US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he will travel on Tuesday to Qatar, the key mediator with Hamas, after stops in Israel and Egypt to push forward a ceasefire proposal.

Egypt and Qatar "are our two critical partners in this effort to get the ceasefire agreement over the finish line, to get the hostages home, to put everyone on a better path to lasting peace and security," Blinken told reporters in Tel Aviv on Monday.