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05/07/2024May 7, 2024
First reports of IDF activity at Rafah crossing
Israeli Army Radio and Palestinian and Egyptian officials both reported a military presence on the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing between southern and early on Tuesday.
A spokesperson for the Gaza border authority told Reuters that the crossing had been closed amid the presence of Israeli tanks. Reuters also cited humanitarian aid workers as saying deliveries were halted.
, thought to be a temporary home to more than a million fleeing the fighting in Gaza after a mortar attack that it said hailed from the town killed four Israeli soldiers.
Soon after that, Hamas said it had accepted a cease-fire deal after days of delay. But as celebrations started breaking out in Rafah and elsewhere, Israel’s government then responded by saying the deal did not meet its “core demands.”
Talks on a possible truce continue on Tuesday. French and Chinese presidents and , in the south of France for a second day of talks, issued an early statement urging a breakthrough.
, plus international appeals for restraint from Israel, has been openly in play for months now, albeit without major military activity.
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