‘Events that threaten to derail us’ – US secretary of state Antony Blinken frustrated by pager bombs setting back ceasefire hopes
US secretary of state Antony Blinken expressed frustration yesterday at surprise escalations that threaten to derail efforts to broker a ceasefire deal in Gaza, noting that the United States is assessing a deadly attack that caused pagers and radios used by Hezbollah to explode in Lebanon.