Israel Resumes Gaza Ceasefire Negotiations as Hezbollah Threatens in North

Published on July 18, 2024

An Israeli delegation arrived in Cairo on July 17, according to Egyptian airport officials, to continue cease-fire talks. International mediators continue to push Israel and Hamas toward a phased ceasefire deal that would halt the fighting and free about 120 hostages, or hostage bodies, still held by the terrorist group in Gaza.  The Israeli delegation includes six officials.  Israel has ramped up its attacks on Hamas in the last few weeks, both in Rafah in southern Gaza—once seen as the group’s last redoubt—and further north in and around Khan Yunis and Gaza City. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have targeted Hamas leaders and top Hezbollah figures in the north as well but also dislocated more civilians and generated, according to the Hamas-controlled Gazan health authorities, more Palestinian casualties....

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