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Blinken arrives in Egypt to shore up Gaza cease-fire efforts Josef Federman And Samy Magdy Associated Press Updated:  Tags:  Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks with reporters during a news conference at his hotel, Tuesday, May 25, 2021, in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool) JERUSALEM – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Egypt on Wednesday as he pressed ahead with a diplomatic mission aimed at shoring up a cease-fire that ended an 11-day war between Israel and the Gaza Strip's ruling Hamas militant group. ...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Egypt on Wednesday on the next leg of a diplomatic mission aimed at shoring up a cease-fire that ended an 11-day war between Israel and Hamas.

Before leaving Israel, US secretary of state invites President Rivlin to meet Biden in coming weeks; in Cairo, US envoy to meet Egyptian leader, spy chief

US Secretary of State meets President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on trip to shore up ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants

A January declaration put an end to a diplomatic crisis that began in 2017 with a rift between Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain on one side and Qatar on the other