US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken indicated that the United States will not join the growing calls for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza as the fighting enters its second week. He expressed his country’s willingness to offer support to the parties if they seek a ceasefire. Blinken added that he asked Israel for any evidence to support its claim that Hamas is working in the residential and international media high-rise building that houses the Associated Press and Al-Jazeera news offices, which were bombed in an Israeli airstrike last weekend. For further details, click here