By NNN-KUNA
Washington : US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will meet with officials in Israel and Palestine next week.
Rice, who will make a four-day tour of the Middle East, will visit Israel and the Palestinian territories as part of a follow-up to the Annapolis peace summit meeting last year, the State Department said on Wednesday.
Following the visit, Rice will continue on to attend the NATO ministerial meeting, the State Department said.
The visit was announced on the same day Israeli forces killed 10 Palestinians in Gaza, while a rocket which was launched from Gaza into southern Israel killed a man.