🔴 Live: Hamas delegation due in Cairo on Monday for Gaza ceasefire talks

28/04/2024 05:51 France 24

A senior Hamas official told AFP on Sunday that the group would deliver its response to Israel's latest counterproposal for a Gaza ceasefire on Monday in Egypt as mediators stepped up efforts to reach a deal ahead of an Israeli assault on the southern city of Rafah. Earlier, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said an attack on Rafah would be “the biggest disaster in the history of the Palestinian people” and that only the United States was capable of stopping it. Follow our live blog for the latest developments on the war in Gaza.

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