Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss how to release the hostages and end the war in Gaza.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Israel on Wednesday to use the opportunity to end the war in Gaza created by the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and the destruction of much of the group's capacity during more than a year of conflict.

In our news wrap Tuesday, Secretary of State Blinken is on his 11th trip to Israel since the war with Hamas began, the FBI is investigating a leak of classified U.S. documents related to Israel's plans for a possible retaliatory strike on Iran and Vladimir Putin welcomed world leaders to Russia for a summit of the BRICs bloc of developing economies.