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Israel will send negotiators on Friday to truce talks in Paris, Israeli media said, as Gazans hoped for a ceasefire that could hold off a full-blown Israeli assault on Rafah, after it endured one of its worst bombardments of the conflict.

Israeli bombing has flattened a mosque and destroyed homes in Rafah, but it is hoped a full-blown assault can be headed off.

The head of Palestinian militant group Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, has been in Egypt this week, in the strongest sign in weeks that negotiations remain alive

RAFAH, Gaza Strip/CAIRO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Israel will take part in negotiations this weekend in Paris with the U.S., Qatar and Egypt on a potential deal for a ceasefire and release of hostages in Gaza, according to a source briefed on the matter and Israeli media. The last talks on a ceasefire failed two weeks ago, when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected as "delusional" a Hamas proposal for a 4-1/2 month truce that would end with an Israeli withdrawal.

RAFAH, Gaza Strip/CAIRO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Israel will take part in negotiations this weekend in Paris with the U.S., Qatar and Egypt on a potential deal for a ceasefire and release of hostages in Gaza, according to a source briefed on the matter and Israeli media. The last talks on a ceasefire failed two weeks ago, when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected as "delusional" a Hamas proposal for a 4-1/2 month truce that would end with an Israeli withdrawal.

الوكالة الوطنية للإعلامNNA - On Friday, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) described the terrifying and chaotic scenes seen at 

GENEVA — Humanitarian chiefs said on Thursday they had run out of words to describe the horrors unfolding in Gaza, stressing that states and especially Israel could not "offload" responsibility for the carnage onto aid workers.There have been growing international warnings after Israel vowed to push ahead with a major operation in southern Gaza's Rafah, where 1.5 million

Doctors Without Borders said the situation is catastrophic at the Nasser Hospital. Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden warned Israel against an operation in Rafah without a plan to protect civilians. Follow DW for more.

GENEVA, Feb 16 ― The World Health Organisation (WHO) said today it was trying to get access to biggest functioning hospital in Gaza, the Nasser Hospital, following an Israeli...

Aid operations in area can soon be impossible