Cairo hosts Gaza truce talks as aid crisis continuesAFP, GAZA STRIP, Palestinian TerritoriesEgypt yesterday hosted envoys for talks on a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the latest diplomatic effort as Gaza officials reported more deadly bombardment in the nearly five-month-old war. A senior Hamas official said that a delegation from the Palestinian group would discuss with mediators a proposal for a six-week truce, after a US official said Israel had broadly accepted its terms. People inspect a building hit by an Israeli air strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip yesterday. The Hamas official said the group would demand “the entry of at least 400 to 500 trucks per day” carrying food, medicine and fuel as part of a truce deal. Israel had yet to confirm whether it would attend the Cairo talks.

Source: Taipei Times March 04, 2024 03:34 UTC