Post by Murph on Apr 29, 2024 7:25:01 GMT -6
Gaza under fire. Israel strikes Rafah ahead of key ceasefire talks
The Israeli armed forces attacked the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday night, an area with around 1 million refugees from the north. The attack resulted in 13 fatalities. On the same day, the White House reported another phone conversation between the President of the USA and the Prime Minister of Israel.
International news agencies emphasized that Israeli airstrikes targeted civilian areas in Gaza and Rafah, which currently shelters more than a million refugees from other parts of Gaza, just hours before a scheduled meeting in Cairo with mediators from Qatar and Egypt and representatives of Hamas, labeled a Palestinian terrorist organization—the meeting aimed to explore the possibility of a ceasefire with Israel.
According to Reuters, citing anonymous sources, the proposed peace agreement includes, among other conditions, the release of at least 40 hostages by Hamas, the freeing of numerous Palestinians from Israeli jails, and the temporary halt of hostilities in Gaza.
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