*US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Israel to push for a ceasefire in Gaza* after his administration called for an end to the war in Lebanon _"as soon as possible"_. 🇮🇱 🇺🇸 🇵🇸 *It is his 11th trip to the Middle East since Hamas's attack on Israel more than a year ago* triggered the Gaza war, and his first since Israel's conflict with Hezbollah escalated last month. *He is due to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other top officials,* as Israel weighs its response to Iran's October 1 missile attack. 🇱🇧 *In Lebanon, Israel hit an area of south Beirut housing the country's largest public health facility,* killing 13 people, according to the health ministry.