Middle East

Gaza: EU leaders call for ‘immediate humanitarian pause’ leading to ‘sustainable ceasefire’

Deal to halt fighting and release hostages ‘very much possible’ but difficult work remains, US secretary of state says

US secretary of state Antony Blinken in Cairo on Thursday, where he held talks about the Gaza crisis with Egypt's president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/AFP via Getty Images
US secretary of state Antony Blinken in Cairo on Thursday, where he held talks about the Gaza crisis with Egypt's president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/AFP via Getty Images
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Lisa O'Carroll
Peter Beaumont
Thu Mar 21 2024 - 23:00 • 5 MIN READ

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