US Clings to Optimism Over Ending Israel-Hamas War
Palestinians at the site of an Israeli strike in Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza on June 8.
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Standing on a searing Cairo tarmac after meeting with Egypt’s president about the latest efforts to end the Israel-Hamas war, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters that pessimism about progress was “understandable.”