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Gaza cease-fire talks held successful Egypt
Hamas militants attacked Israel's main crossing constituent for delivering humanitarian assistance into nan Gaza Strip connected Sunday, dealing a rustle to nan ongoing crease-fire efforts that appear astatine an impasse pinch some sides blaming each other.
The onslaught connected Israel's Kerem Shalom crossing wounded respective Israelis, Israel's Channel 12 News reported, prompting officials to adjacent nan terminal, disrupting captious shipments of nutrient and different humanitarian assistance into Gaza.
The Israeli subject reported 10 launches astatine nan Kerem Shalom crossing. Hamas said it had been targeting Israeli soldiers successful nan area. Israel's Channel 12 TV transmission said 10 group were wounded, 3 seriously.
Israeli soldiers and medics locomotion adjacent an ambulance aft Palestinian Islamist group Hamas claimed work for an onslaught connected Kerem Shalom crossing, adjacent Israel's separator pinch Gaza successful confederate Israel, May 5, 2024.
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The subject said nan crossing was instantly closed, halting deliveries of assistance from location into hard-hit Gaza. It was unclear really agelong nan closure would stay successful effect.
The incident came astatine a clip erstwhile Gaza is facing a humanitarian situation pinch shortages of food, medicine and different humanitarian items.
The onslaught threatened to complicate nan ongoing cease-fire talks successful Egypt. Egyptian and Hamas officials person said nan woody nether chat calls for an extended region successful fighting successful speech for nan merchandise of Israeli hostages held by Hamas. But nan sides stay astatine likelihood complete whether nan woody would see an extremity to nan warfare and a complete withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza.
Saturday's cease-fire negotiations ended pinch nary developments, a elder Hamas root adjacent to nan Cairo talks told CBS News. The root added that "tomorrow, a caller information will begin."
Israel did not nonstop a delegation to nan talks, saying it would only do truthful erstwhile Hamas replies to Israel's latest proposal. An advisor to Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told CBS News connected Saturday that "the extremity of nan warfare will travel pinch nan extremity of Hamas successful Gaza."
That sentiment continued Sunday erstwhile Netanyahu accused Hamas of making unacceptable demands.
While claiming that Israel has shown a willingness to make concessions, he said: "Hamas has still held its utmost positions, first and foremost nan withdrawal of our forces from nan strip, nan conclusion of nan warfare and leaving Hamas intact."
"Israel will not work together to Hamas's demands, which would mean surrender; it will proceed fighting until each of its objectives are achieved," he said.
Israeli soldiers guidelines adjacent subject vehicles, amid nan ongoing conflict betwixt Israel and nan Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, adjacent nan Israel-Gaza border, successful confederate Israel, May 5, 2024.
Amir Cohen / REUTERS
In a connection released soon aft Netanyahu's, Hamas main Ismail Haniyeh said nan group is still keen connected reaching a broad cease-fire that ends nan Israeli "aggression," Reuters reported. Haniyeh besides said nan woody must guarantee Israel's withdrawal from Gaza, and execute "a serious" woody to free Israelis being held hostage successful speech for nan merchandise of Palestinian prisoners.
At nan same, Israel's defense curate warned of "a powerful cognition successful nan very adjacent early successful Rafah and different places crossed each of Gaza."
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said, "we spot signs that Hamas does not intend to spell to immoderate agreement."
Rafah is nan southernmost Gaza metropolis connected nan separator pinch Egypt wherever much than half of Gaza's 2.3 cardinal residents now activity shelter from Israeli attacks. Rafah is simply a cardinal introduction constituent for aid.
Israel launched its war successful consequence to nan Hamas cross-border onslaught connected Oct. 7, which killed immoderate 1,200 group and took 250 others hostage. An Israeli aerial and crushed violative has killed complete 34,500 people, according to Palestinian wellness officials, displaced immoderate 80% of Gaza's organization and led to a humanitarian disaster.
Egypt and Qatar person been moving pinch nan United States to mediate a cease-fire.
CIA director William Burns traveled to Cairo, Egypt, connected Friday for nan talks. The sojourn follows a agelong of method talks and a caller connection from Israel that U.S. officials person described arsenic "generous."
The latest cease-fire deal, group to past respective weeks, projected by mediators hinges connected a switch for hostages. In nan projected deal, for each 1 hostage Hamas releases, Israel would person to merchandise a larger number of Palestinians held successful Israeli jails.
On Sunday, Netanyahu's Cabinet approved a measurement to shutter Qatar's Al Jazeera news channel, accusing it of broadcasting anti-Israel incitement. The determination threatened to further disrupt nan cease-fire talks. There was nary contiguous remark from Qatar.
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