A new round of cease-fire negotiations began this week in Cairo, though a senior Hamas official said talks were “on hold” after the group received a proposal from mediators. While Israel’s key objective remained “foremost” the release of hostages, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in recorded remarks Monday that Israel remained set on “total victory over Hamas,” which would require “entering Rafah” — the southern Gaza city where much of the enclave’s displaced population is sheltering — and “eliminating the terrorist battalions there.”
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End of carouselThe Hamas delegation left Cairo on Monday for consultations back home, Hamas official Basem Naim told The Washington Post. An Israeli team was still in Cairo on Monday morning, said an Israeli official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the talks’ sensitivity.
Israel withdrew all but one brigade from southern Gaza over the weekend, though military officials said the conflict is “far from stopping.” It’s unclear what the drawdown means for Israel’s planned ground offensive in Rafah, where displaced Palestinians have swelled the population to about 1.4 million.
On Sunday, 322 trucks crossed into Gaza, according to the Israeli agency that oversees the Palestinian territories — the highest one-day figure since the start of the war. Aid officials say the enclave needs 500 trucks a day, at minimum, to stave off widespread starvation.
At least 33,207 people have been killed and 75,933 injured in Gaza since the war began, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants and says the majority of the dead are women and children.
Israel estimates that about 1,200 people were killed in Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack, including more than 300 soldiers, and says 260 soldiers have been killed since the start of its military operation in Gaza.
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End of carouselThe Hamas delegation left Cairo on Monday for consultations back home, Hamas official Basem Naim told The Washington Post. An Israeli team was still in Cairo on Monday morning, said an Israeli official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the talks’ sensitivity.
Israel withdrew all but one brigade from southern Gaza over the weekend, though military officials said the conflict is “far from stopping.” It’s unclear what the drawdown means for Israel’s planned ground offensive in Rafah, where displaced Palestinians have swelled the population to about 1.4 million.
On Sunday, 322 trucks crossed into Gaza, according to the Israeli agency that oversees the Palestinian territories — the highest one-day figure since the start of the war. Aid officials say the enclave needs 500 trucks a day, at minimum, to stave off widespread starvation.
At least 33,207 people have been killed and 75,933 injured in Gaza since the war began, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants and says the majority of the dead are women and children.
Israel estimates that about 1,200 people were killed in Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack, including more than 300 soldiers, and says 260 soldiers have been killed since the start of its military operation in Gaza.
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