Blinken meets Abbas as bombing continues in Gaza

TEL AVIV — Israel kept bombing Gaza on Wednesday as US top diplomat Antony Blinken met the head of Palestine.

Blinken said he has secured commitments from multiple countries in the region to assist with rebuilding Gaza after the conflict, and that wider Israeli-Arab normalization is still possible, but only if there is "a pathway to a Palestinian state".

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told Blinken on Wednesday that Gaza is integral to Palestinian statehood hopes and should not be cut off as a result of Israel's conflict with Hamas.