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The U.S. secretary of state held a series of meetings with Israeli officials on Tuesday, and the Saudi ambassador to Britain said talks on normalizing relations with Israel “included nothing less than an independent state of Palestine.”

The U.S. secretary of state is speaking after a series of meetings with Israeli officials, amid some differences between the allies over the war in Gaza.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken began meetings in Tel Aviv with Israeli officials amid some differences between the allies over the war in Gaza.

Some in the Maldives were critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s trip to nearby Indian islands to promote tourism, seeing it as an attempt to draw visitors away from their nation.

A Lebanese security official said the commander was part of Hezbollah’s Radwan unit, which Israel says aims to infiltrate its northern border.

The latest strikes across Israel’s northern border came as the U.S. secretary of state made another trip to the Middle East in efforts to prevent a wider war.

Israeli officials privately say that they hope to complete the transition by the end of January, but that the timeline could change.

The Israeli military has started fighting with fewer ground troops and airstrikes, its chief spokesman said, after weeks of international pressure to ease its offensive in Gaza.

The case of Bilkis Bano, who was three months pregnant when she was attacked, became a powerful symbol of communal bloodshed and of the widespread violence against women in the country.

The apparent retaliatory fire heightened fears of a broader war, and came after Hezbollah launched one of its most significant attacks on Israel in recent months.