International diplomacy to prevent the war in Gaza from spreading into a wider regional conflict is intensifying.
Mourners carry the bodies of Palestinians Wael Misha, 18, front, and Ahmed Sheikh Khalil, 20, both killed by an airstrike overnight during an army operation in the occupied West Bank, during their funeral in the refugee Camp of Balata, in Nablus, on Aug. 15, 2024.
“It’s never too late for peace,” Séjourné said. “We must at all costs avoid a regional war, which would have terrible consequences.” Hamas, which didn’t participate directly in Thursday’s talks, accuses Israel of adding new demands to a previous proposal that had U.S. and international support and to which Hamas had agreed in principle. Israel accuses Hamas of adding its own new demands.
A U.S. official briefed on Thursday’s talks called the discussion “constructive.” The official was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.The war began when Hamas-led militants stormed across the heavily guarded border on Oct. 7, killing around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting 250 to Gaza.
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