Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with visiting U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Ramallah in the central West Bank on Wednesday, according to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA.

The visit follows Blinken's trip to Israel a day earlier, where he met with Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

According to the report, Abbas and Blinken discussed the latest developments in Gaza and the West Bank and the importance of accelerating the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza.