Blinken Says US 'Intensely Focused' on Hostages Despite End of Gaza Truce

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that Washington remains "intensely focused" on freeing hostages held in Gaza despite the resumption of the Israel-Hamas war after a week-long truce. "We remained intensely focused on getting everyone home, getting hostages back, something that I also worked on today," he said, after meeting Arab foreign ministers in Dubai. Blinken met with the top diplomats of the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Jordan, Qatar and Bahrain during his brief visit to Dubai, as well as a representative of the Palestinian Authority. "We're determined to do everything we can to get everyone reunited with their families, including pursuing the process that had worked for seven days," Blinken said, saying the work was continuing "almost hour by hour."