Hamas negotiators are expected to meet Qatari and Egyptian mediators in Cairo to deliver a response to the phased truce proposal which Israel presented at the weekend.
A second phase of a truce would consist of a “period of sustained calm”, Israel’s compromise response to a Hamas demand for a permanent ceasefire.
Israel retaliated by imposing a total siege on Gaza and mounting an air and ground assault that has killed about 34,500 Palestinians, according to health officials in the Hamas-run strip.
Lord Cameron was among several foreign ministers in Riyadh, including from the US, France, Jordan and Egypt, as part of a diplomatic push to bring an end to the Gaza war.
Mr Blinken reiterated that the United States – Israel’s main diplomatic supporter and weapons supplier – could not back an Israeli ground assault on Rafah if there was no plan to ensure that civilians would not be harmed.
Asked about the overnight airstrikes on Rafah, an Israeli military spokesperson said fighter jets had “struck terror targets where terrorists were operating within a civilian area in southern Gaza”, declining to give details.
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Hamas negotiators are expected to meet Qatari and Egyptian mediators in Cairo to deliver a response to the phased truce proposal which Israel presented at the weekend.
A second phase of a truce would consist of a “period of sustained calm”, Israel’s compromise response to a Hamas demand for a permanent ceasefire.
Israel retaliated by imposing a total siege on Gaza and mounting an air and ground assault that has killed about 34,500 Palestinians, according to health officials in the Hamas-run strip.
Lord Cameron was among several foreign ministers in Riyadh, including from the US, France, Jordan and Egypt, as part of a diplomatic push to bring an end to the Gaza war.
Mr Blinken reiterated that the United States – Israel’s main diplomatic supporter and weapons supplier – could not back an Israeli ground assault on Rafah if there was no plan to ensure that civilians would not be harmed.
Asked about the overnight airstrikes on Rafah, an Israeli military spokesperson said fighter jets had “struck terror targets where terrorists were operating within a civilian area in southern Gaza”, declining to give details.
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