Hamas negotiators began intensified talks on Saturday on a possible Gaza truce that would see the return to Israel of some hostages, a Hamas official told Reuters, with the CIA director present in Cairo.
The premature Palestinian baby, Sabreen Jouda, rescued from her mother s womb, after the woman was killed in an Israeli airstrike, died in a Gaza hospital
Rafah, which abuts the Egyptian border, is sheltering more than a million Palestinians who fled the half-year-old Israeli offensive through the rest of Gaza and say the prospect of fleeing yet again is terrifying.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is set to visit Egypt s border with Gaza on Saturday, following Israel s announcement that it would send troops to fight Hamas in Rafah, even without US support. Despite warnings that such an invasion would cause mass civilian casualties and worsen the humanitarian crisis, Israel s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he must press ahead with the attack.