GAZA: Gaza ceasefire talks hung in the balance as Hamas and Israel on Saturday (Jul 12) accused the other of blocking attempts to strike a deal, nearly a week into an attempt to halt 21 months of bitter fighting in the Palestinian territory.A Palestinian source with knowledge of the indirect talks in Qatar told AFP that Israel's proposals to keep its troops in the war-torn territory were holding up a deal for a 60-day pause.But on the Israeli side, a senior political official, also speaking on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivities of the talks, accused the militants of inflexibility and deliberately trying to scuttle an accord.On the ground, Gaza's civil defence agency said more than 20 people were killed across the territory on Saturday, including in an overnight air strike on an area sheltering the displaced. "While we were sleeping, there was an explosion ... where two boys, a girl and their mother were staying," Bassam Hamdan told AFP after the attack in an area of Gaza City.
Published at: 2025-07-12 20:12:41
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