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Top US official flies to the Middle East as Israel strikes more Hezbollah targets

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is making his fourth trip to the Middle East since the war in Gaza began, amid heightened fears that the conflict between Israel and Hamas will spill into the wider region. It comes as a top Hamas leader was buried in Beirut, after being killed in a drone strike that the group - and its ally Hezbollah - is blaming on Israel.
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