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  Blinken returns to Israel for more tough conversations with Netanyahu From CNN's Jennifer Hansler US Secretary of State Antony Blinken returns to Israel on Friday as part of an intensive diplomatic push to reach a “sustained and immediate ceasefire”  in Gaza  and deter an Israeli offensive into Rafah. He is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli war cabinet. His trip coincides with the  resumption of talks in Doha  aimed at securing a deal for a ceasefire tied to the release of the hostages held by Hamas. It also coincides with  a vote at the UN  on a US-sponsored Security Council resolution calling for an “immediate ceasefire” in the Gaza conflict. Click Here To see Video Blinken’s meetings are expected to be tense, with Netanyahu vowing to carry out an Israeli military  incursion into Rafah , where more than a million people have been forced to flee. Click Here To see Video “Our positi...