🔴 Live: Israel and Hamas ‘agree to return to the negotiating table’

06/05/2024 23:55 France 24

Israeli and Hamas negotiating teams arrived in Cairo Tuesday, with Egyptian state-linked media reporting that “all parties had agreed to return to the negotiating table” for ceasefire talks. The renewed push for mediated talks came hours after Israel sent tanks into Rafah in southern Gaza, seizing the border crossing with Egypt. Read our liveblog for all the latest developments on Israel's war on Gaza.

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