WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will leave on his fourth crisis trip to the Middle East, an official said, as fears mount that the Israel-Hamas conflict will spiral into a regional war.
The top US diplomat will leave Thursday evening from Washington on a trip that will include Israel, the US official said Wednesday on condition of anonymity.
The official did not offer any further detail but Blinken on previous trips has visited a number of Arab countries.
It will mark Blinken’s fourth trip to the region and fifth to Israel — excluding a visit accompanying President Joe Biden — since Hamas militants carried out the deadliest-ever attack inside Israel on October 7, triggering massive retaliation.
