The US, along with Arab mediators, are actively working towards a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. Negotiations in Cairo aim to secure a deal involving the release of hostages held in Gaza in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.
Rescuers and people are searching through rubble after an Israel i strike on a municipality building in Deir el-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on Dec. 14. The United States, joined by Arab mediators, sought on Wednesday to conclude an agreement between Israel and Hamas to halt the fighting. A Palestinian official close to the negotiations said on Wednesday that mediators had narrowed gaps on most of the agreement’s clauses.
He said Israel had introduced conditions which Hamas rejected but would not elaborate. On Tuesday, sources close to the talks in Cairo, the Egyptian capital, said an agreement could be signed in coming days on a ceasefire and release of hostages held in Gaza in return for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. Medics said an Israeli airstrike killed at least 10 people in a house in the northern town of Beit Lahiya while six were killed in separate airstrikes in Gaza City, Nuseirat camp in central areas, and Rafah near the border with Egypt. In Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, medics said four people were killed in an airstrike on a house. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military spokesman. Israeli forces have operated in the towns of Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahiya as well as the nearby Jabalia camp since October, in a campaign the military said aimed to prevent Hamas militants from regrouping. Palestinians accuse Israel of carrying out acts of “ethnic cleansing” to depopulate the northern edge of the enclave to create a buffer zone. Israel denies it. Hamas does not disclose its casualties, and the Palestinian health ministry does not distinguish in its daily death toll between combatants and non-combatants. On Wednesday, the Israeli military said they struck a number of Hamas militants planning an imminent attack against Israeli forces operating in Jabalia. The U.S. administration, joined by mediators from Egypt and Qatar, has made intensive efforts in recent days to advance the talks before President Joe Biden leaves office next month
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