Politics

Antony Blinken, America’s secretary of state, went to Israel to press for more extensions to the ceasefire in Gaza. Under the truce Hamas has released Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in Israel. During the week William Burns, the director of the CIA, and David Barnea, the head of Mossad, Israel’s intelligence agency, went to Doha to hold talks with the Qatari prime minister and Egyptian officials about the hostages. The Americans want Israel to prolong the ceasefire. Israel’s government is insisting that the war against Hamas must resume soon.