THE US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken stated today that he met with officials of Arab countries and discussed the future of the Gaza Strip as Israel resumed its attacks after breaking a week-long truce with the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

Before boarding the plane at the end of his third tour of the region since October 7, when Hamas militants attacked Israel, killing more than 1,200 Israelis and taking 240 hostages, Blinken said today’s talks focused on current situation in Gaza, a day after the conflict and how to build a “durable, lasting and secure peace”

A State Department official said that Blinken met with the foreign ministers of Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Jordan and Bahrain, as well as representatives of the Palestinian Authority. on the sidelines of the COP28 UN climate conference taking place in Dubai.