Tel Aviv: — Hamas claimed responsibility for a bombing that shook Tel Aviv on Sunday 18 August 2024 night as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived to promote a US backed cease-fire proposal in Gaza which he described as potentially a last-ditch chance to restore calm to the Middle East
While the Biden administration has said that a deal could be concluded as early as this week, the explosion in Tel Aviv on Sunday night — about an hour after Blinken touched down in the city — underscored the peril of the moment and the risk of escalation
