Blinken Visits Cairo

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken meets with Arab Contact Group and Palestinian Authority in Cairo, Egypt on March 21, 2024. From left: PLO Executive Committee Secretary General Hussein al-Sheikh, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Qatar Foreign Minister Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, Jordan Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, United Arab Emirates Minister of State for International Cooperation, Reem Al Hashimy.Blinken said on Thursday he believed talks in Qatar could still reach a Gaza ceasefire agreement while Israel attacked Hamas gunmen in the enclave's Al Shifa hospital and evacuated patients. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM