'Tough and long negotiations': Israel and Hamas blame each other for lack of Gaza deal
Members of the Israel i army's infantry 6th brigade take part in an assault coordination exercise near Moshav Kidmat Tsvi in the Israel -annexed Golan Heights, amid ongoing cross-border tensions as fighting continues with Hamas militants in the southern Gaza Strip. Both Israel and Hamas blamed each other for the lack of progress.
Each side blamed the other for stalled negotiations, with a senior Hamas official insisting late on Saturday that the group would"not agree under any circumstances" to a truce that did not explicitly include a complete end to the war, including Israel's withdrawal from Gaza. Israel's retaliatory offensive against Hamas has killed at least 34 654 people in Gaza, mostly women and children, according to the Hamas-run territory's health ministry.Cindy McCain, executive director of the World Food Programme, said in an interview excerpt published on Friday:The World Health Organisation said on Friday that the availability of food in the Gaza Strip had very slightly improved in the besieged Palestinian territory, which is home to 2.4 million people.
US President Joe Biden has come under mounting domestic pressure to leverage more concessions from Netanyahu's government over its conduct of the war. The war in Gaza has also triggered a surge in violence in the already restive occupied West Bank, where Israel said on Saturday its troops killed five Palestinian"terrorists" during a 12-hour siege near Tulkarem.
Student protests against the war have erupted in Europe and North America, with demonstrators gathering on at least 40 US university campuses since mid-April.In recent days, police have forcibly dismantled several student sit-ins, including one at New York University at the request of its administrators.
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