#tensions
U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken arrived in Tel Aviv on Sunday, 18 August, hoping to broker a ceasefire in Gaza, which has endured relentless Israeli shelling for the past 10 months in a grueling conflict. However, mere hours after his arrival, Hamas, the militant group that controls much of the enclave, accused Israel of sabotaging the ceasefire talks. Blinken, during his ninth visit to the Middle East since the outbreak of war in October, described the current moment…
