ANKARA—Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapped up a four-day trip to the Middle East, with little breakthrough on achieving the humanitarian pauses that Washington is seeking to get in more aid into Gaza amid the Israeli bombardment of the enclave and establish calm to secure safe passage for the hostages Hamas terrorists kidnapped.
Mr. Blinken embarked last Thursday on his second tour to the region since the decades-old Israeli–Palestinian conflict escalated after Oct. 7 when Hamas terrorists burst over into Israel in the deadliest attack in the country’s history, killing more than 1,400 people and abducting 240 others.
