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Blinken wraps trip to Middle East

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is ending another Middle East trip to push for a cease-fire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas. Meanwhile, Israel says it has recovered the bodies of six hostages in Gaza who were taken by Hamas during its October 7 attack. CBS News foreign correspondent Ramy Inocencio has the latest on the situation in the Middle East and Raphael Cohen, senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation, joined CBS News to discuss Blinken's visit.

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in Iran's capital city, Tehran, where he attended the swearing-in of Iran's new president Tuesday. Hamas announced the news early Wednesday, blaming an Israeli airstrike for the death and vowing to make Israel regret the assassination. Haniyeh's death came hours after Israel confirmed it killed a top Hezbollah commander in a suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. CBS News' Imtiaz Tyab and Ian Lee have more.

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