Negotiations over a ceasefire in Gaza break up without a deal
THREE days of international negotiations with Hamas over a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of Israeli hostages ended today without a breakthrough, Egyptian officials said.
The talks closed less than a week before the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the informal deadline for a deal, and followed Human Rights Watch saying that Israeli troops’ killing of people queueing for aid last week was part of a “decades-long pattern.”
The United States, Qatar and Egypt have spent weeks trying to broker an agreement for Hamas to release up to 40 hostages in return for a month-long ceasefire, the release of some Palestinian prisoners and Israel allowing an influx of desperately needed humanitarian aid into the besieged territory.
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