Discussions are due to resume today in Cairo on the means of reaching a truce, against a backdrop of reciprocal accusations from the belligerents of hindering any agreement.
LHamas is calling for a definitive end to the fighting, while Israel, which is only proposing a 40-day truce, is demanding the release of around thirty hostages held by the Palestinian Islamist movement in the Gaza Strip since the 7th. october.
On Saturday, a Hamas delegation led by Khalil al-Hayya held a first round of discussions in Cairo with mediators who were awaiting the Palestinian movement’s response. There was no “no development” Saturday and further discussions are planned for today.
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On the ground, new Israeli strikes targeted the Gaza Strip and in particular Rafah, killing 32 people in the last 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health of the Islamist movement Hamas, which reported a total death toll of 34,654 since. the start of the war in the Palestinian territory.
In the seventh month of the war triggered by an unprecedented bloody attack by Hamas on October 7 against Israel, the director of the World Food Program (WFP), Cindy McCain, was alarmed to see northern Gaza hit by a “real famine “, which progresses towards the south.
