US secretary of state arrives in Amman after leaving Israel without securing ‘humanitarian pauses’ in war; WHO chief ‘utterly shocked’ at ambulance attack

US secretary of state Antony Blinken will meet Jordan’s King Abdullah II after leaving Israel empty-handed in his efforts to secure humanitarian “pauses” in its war with Hamas.

Blinken arrived late Friday in Amman where he will also join a meeting of foreign ministers of five Arab countries which will be attended by a representative of the Palestinian Authority (PA) led by Mahmud Abbas.

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