Blinken Urges Halt To Middle East Conflict As Israel Bombs Historic Lebanese City
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pushed on Wednesday for a halt to fighting between Israel and militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah. However, heavy Israeli air strikes on a large historic Lebanese port city have demonstrated that there was no respite. Huge clouds of thick smoke billowed above residential buildings in Tyre, a UNESCO-listed port…