Blinken says US 'determined to deter any escalation' in Mideast
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday he would work to avoid escalation of the Israel-Hamas war after Yemen's Huthi rebels and Lebanon's Hezbollah, both backed by Iran, fired on Israel.
"We've been very clear in some of the actions we're taking that we are determined to deter any escalation," Blinken told reporters as he left on a new crisis trip to the Middle East.
Source: Agence France Presse
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