Secretary of State Antony Blinken is visiting the Middle East as the United States seeks to avoid escalation in the region, with the prevention of a wider war between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah being a primary objective, The Washington Post reported. Nearly 90 percent of Gaza’s population has been forcibly displaced in three months of war, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said, warning that a famine is looming.