US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday pushed for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip and the release of hostages held by the Palestinian Islamist movement amid negotiations in the Qatari capital. “We continue to push for an agreement in Doha. There is difficult work to get there. But I continue to believe this is possible,” he said in Cairo after talks with Arab officials. The US, Qatar and Egypt have been mediating between Hamas and Israel for weeks. The aim is a ceasefire and the exchange of hostages. Blinken, who arrived earlier Thursday in Cairo as part of a re…