TEL AVIV - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Benjamin Netanyahu he understood on a personal level 'the harrowing echoes that Hamas' massacres carry for Israeli Jews' and Washington was at Israel's side, as he began a Middle East trip also aimed at containing the conflict. From a podium next to the Israeli Prime Minister at the military headquarters in Tel Aviv on Thursday, Blinken urged Israel to show restraint in its retaliation, in his most direct plea so far, asking that it take every possible precaution to protect civilian life. Washington's top diplomat embarked on a multi-country Middle East tour as Israel unleashes the most powerful bombing ...Keep on reading: Blinken tells Netanyahu in Israel: U.S. will ‘always be there’