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Reports of captured and killed Americans, Blinken says
8 October 2023 14:38 BST
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Washington is trying to verify reports that American citizens have been killed or captured in the Palestinian attack on Israel.
"We have reports that several Americans were killed. We are working overtime to verify that," Blinken told CNN. "There are reports of missing Americans. There again, we are working to verify those reports."