US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Ankara on the last leg of his regional tour that covered Israel, the occupied West Bank, Jordan, and Iraq this week. The two diplomats discussed Israel's ongoing attack on Gaza and reviewed efforts to protect civilians while preventing the conflict from spreading. Regional leaders are pushing the US to facilitate a ceasefire in Gaza, but the US has dismissed the idea, saying it will only give time for Hamas to regroup. As the conflict crossed the one-month mark, the death toll in Gaza passed 10,000, with 40% of those killed being children. Israeli air strikes have injured around 20,000 people, targeting hospitals, refugee camps, and UN-run schools.