The United States has stepped up pressure for a ceasefire deal in Gaza as the secretary of state said a new proposal had been put to Hamas, whose officials were in Cairo talking to Egyptian mediators. It came as Israeli air strikes killed 26 people in Gaza’s southern town of Rafah, according to hospital records. […]
By Humeyra Pamuk and John Irish RIYADH (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Hamas on Monday to swiftly accept Israel’s latest and “extraordinarily generous” proposal for a Gaza truce to secure a release of hostages, amid a diplomatic drive to end the . Hamas negotiators were expected to meet Qatari and Egyptian mediators […]