Blinken expresses frustration at attacks he says threaten to ‘derail’ Gaza talks

US secretary of state Antony Blinken is in Egypt for talks on the Gaza ceasefire negotiations (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)

US secretary of state Antony Blinken has expressed frustration at surprise escalations that he said threaten to derail efforts to broker a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

He said the US is still assessing the previous day’s deadly pager explosions, linked to Israel, in Lebanon.