CAIRO - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Egypt on Wednesday as he pressed ahead with a diplomatic mission aimed at shoring up a cease-fire that ended an 11-day war between Israel and the Gaza Strip's ruling Hamas militant group.Blinken landed in Cairo a day after holding intensive talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders.
In Egypt, he was meeting with President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi and other top officials, before traveling to Jordan to meet with King Abdullah II.Blinken has vowed to "rally international support" to rebuild the destruction in hard-hit Gaza while promising to make sure that none of the aid destined for the territory reaches Hamas.