Hamas announced its acceptance Monday of an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal, but Israel said the deal did not meet its “core demands” and that it was pushing ahead with an assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah. The high-stakes diplomatic moves and military brinkmanship left a glimmer of hope alive but only barely for an accord that could bring at least a pause in the 7-month-old war that has devastated the Gaza Strip. Hanging over the wrangling was the threat of an all-out Israeli a
Volunteers from aid group World Central Kitchen returned to work and prepared food for Palestinians in need in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday. The area continues to be hit with Israeli airstrikes. Seven World Central Kitchen workers were killed from an airstrike in Gaza in April.