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CAIRO/WASHINGTON/RAFAH, Gaza Strip - The United States believes the remaining differences between Israel and Hamas can be bridged in negotiations over the Palestinian militant group's latest ceasefire proposal, as talks resume in Cairo on Wednesday.Israeli forces on Tuesday seized the main border crossing between Gaza and Egypt in Rafah, the southern Gaza city where more than one million displaced Palestinians have sought shelter during Israel's seven-month-old offensive.
White House spokesperson John Kirby said Hamas presented a revised proposal, and the new text suggests the remaining gaps can"absolutely be closed." Speaking on Tuesday, he declined to specify what those were. Israel's military said it was conducting a limited operation in Rafah to kill fighters and dismantle infrastructure used by Hamas, which runs Gaza. It told civilians, many of whom were previously displaced from other parts of Gaza earlier in the conflict, to go to an"expanded humanitarian zone" some 20 km away.
The U.N. and other international aid agencies said the closing of the two crossings into southern Gaza - Rafah and Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom - virtually cut the enclave off from outside aid and very few stores were available inside.
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