Air raid sirens and explosions over Tel Aviv as Antony Blinken lands in Israel – video

Air raid sirens sounded in Tel Aviv on Tuesday after Hezbollah said it bombed the Nirit area in the city’s suburbs with missiles. The Israeli military said about 20 rockets were fired in the latest barrage from Lebanon – five toward central Israel and 15 toward the north – and that attempts were made to intercept them. The IDF said there were no immediate reports of injuries. The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, arrived in Tel Aviv on Tuesday for his 11th trip to the Middle East since the war in Gaza began. Blinken will meet the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and is hoping to ramp up negotiations for a ceasefire in the region

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