Blinken Heads to Israel, Jordan and Asia

U.S. state department - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading to Israel and Jordan Thursday as Israel intensifies its retaliatory assault on Hamas targets in Gaza.

Blinken then continues to Japan next week for the G7 Foreign Ministers' meeting in Tokyo, followed by visits to South Korea and India.

It is Blinken's second trip to Israel since the deadly Hamas attack on October 7. The United States