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Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in the Middle East for the next few days, where he will hold meetings with officials in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar, Israel and the West Bank. While this is his fifth trip to the region since October, Blinken’s latest visit couldn’t come at a more delicate time. In Gaza, Israel’s military is wrapping up its operations in the city of Khan Younis and preparing to root out Hamas cells in Rafah near the Gaza-Egypt border, which is now jampacked with more than a million Palestinians who fled from their homes to escape the fighting. As the war continues, Israel an…