Senior Biden administration adviser Brett McGurk will travel to Egypt and Qatar this week for talks aimed at advancing discussions related to Israel’s war on Gaza and the release of hostages held by Hamas, according to media reports on Sunday. The trip is a renewed effort by the Biden administration to strike a prisoner exchange deal, similar to the agreement between Hamas and Israel reached in November last year, US government sources told Axios. McGurk is expected to meet with Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in Doha later this week. In Cair…