Article 6PZNK The US push for a ceasefire in Gaza hangs on Thursday's meeting

The US push for a ceasefire in Gaza hangs on Thursday's meeting

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The Biden administration is flooding the zone in the Middle East with high-level diplomats ahead of a key meeting on Thursday. Getting a ceasefire for Gaza is the immediate goal. But this is also about bringing down the temperature in a region that's on edge after Israel assassinated two top leaders from Hezbollah and Hamas. Israel has been anxiously waiting to see what sort of retaliation Iran and its regional proxies might unleash against the Jewish state. The US wants to prevent a wider regional war as The World's Matthew Bell reports.

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