US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Tel Aviv to try to seal a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas after more than 10 months of war. Blinken’s arrival happened after US and fellow mediators Egypt and Qatar said they were closing in on a deal after two days of talks in Doha, with American and Israeli officials expressing cautious optimism. But Hamas, which didn’t participate directly in the talks, has signalled resistance to what it calls new demands by Israel. The evolving proposal calls for a three-phase process in which Hamas would release all hostages abducted during its …