Blinken renews push for Gaza cease-fire; Israeli attacks kill 28

WASHINGTON - Israeli strikes killed 28 Palestinian civilians in new fighting in Gaza, including a woman and her six children, Palestinian health officials said, ahead of another visit to the region by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on a renewed push to reach agreement on an elusive cease-fire deal to halt the 10-month Israel-Hamas war.

The long-running cease-fire talks have lasted for months. Officials on