This evening (Thursday), US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will begin a new Middle Eastern tour that includes Israel, and it comes at a time when fears are increasing about the expansion of the war that has been going on for three months between the Hebrew state and the Hamas movement, according to what an American official announced.

The American official told Agence France-Presse, requesting that his name not be published, that Blinken will leave the United States this evening (Thursday), on a trip that includes Israel and several other stops in the Middle East.

The official refused to give details about the specific timetable for this trip and its stops.

This will be Blinken's fifth official visit to Israel and his fourth to the region since the war broke out between the Hebrew state and Hamas on October 7.

By sending its Foreign Minister to the region again, the United States wants to maintain pressure on its ally while at the same time preserving its relations with its Arab allies, who are angry that the war has not stopped so far.

The United States confirms that the pressure it exerted on the Hebrew state behind the scenes bore fruit in recent days through Israel allowing goods trucks to enter Gaza and opening a second crossing into the Strip.

Regional tensions intensified with the assassination of Hamas leader Saleh Al-Arouri in an air strike targeting him in the southern suburb of Beirut on Tuesday evening, and Tehran held both Israel and the United States responsible for two near-simultaneous explosions that killed at least 95 people in southern Iran on Wednesday, an accusation it denied. Washington.