Hamas truce deal elusive as Netanyahu vows: 'Israel will not agree to Hamas' demands'
Palestinians search for casualties in the rubble of a house destroyed in an Israel i strike in the centre of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. There is growing pressure to secure a truce between Israel and Hamas.Efforts aimed at securing an elusive truce in exchange for hostages held in Gaza were due to resume on Monday as disagreement between Israel and Hamas over demands to end the seven-month war intensified.
Hamas negotiators are then due back in Cairo on Tuesday, said Al-Qahera News, a site linked to Egyptian intelligence services.In Rafah in southern Gaza, where about 1.2 million Palestinians have sought shelter, medics and first responders said 16 people were killed on Sunday in Israeli air strikes, hours after Hamas rockets had killed three Israeli soldiers.
The Palestinian civilian toll has strained ties between Israel and its main military supplier and ally the United States. Previous negotiation efforts had stalled in part because of Hamas' demand for a lasting ceasefire and Netanyahu's vows to crush its remaining fighters in Rafah. At the start of the war, Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said his country would impose a"complete siege" blocking food, water and other supplies.
Firefighters douse a burning car after it was hit in an Israeli strike in Lebanon's southern area of Tyre, amid ongoing cross-border tensions as fighting continues between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. In Rafah, where the army said the rockets were launched from, 35-year-old Mohammed Al-Najjar said:"I expect an escalation."
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