Germany's Baerbock to visit Middle East in ceasefire push
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock is making her eleventh trip to the Middle East region since the Hamas attack on Israel in October. Meanwhile, the polio vaccination campaign in Gaza is progressing well, UN says. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock is leaving Wednesday evening for a trip to Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Israel and the West Bank to meet with regional officials, Berlin said. It will be her 11th visit to the Middle East and her ninth to Israel since the Hamas attack on Israel in October, as diplomatic efforts continue in search for an agreement between the warring sides to end the Gaza war. The militant Islamist group has been designated a terrorist organization by the US, Germany, the EU and others. The talks are likely to focus on stalled negotiations for a cease-fire in the war, which have been further complicated by the discovery of six Israeli hostages recently murdered in Gaza and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's threat of retaliation. What is o...