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The Middle East conflict topped the agenda at the first meeting of G7 foreign ministers since the conflict broke out a month ago. It followed Mr Blinken’s visit to the Middle East where he called for Israel to halt its attacks to allow food and medical aid into Gaza as the civilian death toll soars. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week expressed openness to “tactical little pauses in the fighting” to allow in humanitarian aid, but Israel has repeatedly ruled out a ceasefire without the release of the more than 240 hostages held in Gaza. “This is a very...
