israel s military says it is looking into whether it was operating in the area at the time. our reporter in gaza says sunday night has brought what appears to be the most intense israeli air strikes since the war began. meanwhile, us secretary of state antony blinken made an unannounced visit to iraq on sunday. mr blinken said he d had productive talks with the iraqi prime minister mohammed al sudani on efforts to prevent the israel gaza conflict spreading and allowing more aid to reach the besieged gaza strip. it is important that the pause advance a number of things. one of them is hostages. we are intensely focused the united states, israel, every other country that has a citizen being held hostage by hamas to bring them home. it is important that as we are engaged in pursuing a humanitarian pause, this could be something that advances the prospect of getting the hostages back. it can also advance other things that we are committed to doing, as is the government of isr