Egypt Hosts Ceasefire Talks With Hamas as Israeli Airstrike Kills Five at Gaza Police Post Near Displacement Camp
Strikes hit a police post near Khan Younis and other sites across Gaza. Egypt opened talks on June 7 to preserve the U.S.-brokered truce.
Al JazeeraIsraeli airstrikes killed at least nine Palestinians and wounded dozens more across the Gaza Strip on June 7, health officials said. Five people died when a strike hit a police post next to a tent encampment in the al-Mawasi area near Khan Younis, medics reported. Three more were killed in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, and one person died on a beach in Deir el-Balah.
-brokered ceasefire. The discussions involve leaders from Hamas and other Palestinian factions and are expected to continue for several days. -brokered agreement. No deal has been reached on Israeli troop withdrawal, Hamas disarmament, or reconstruction.
The Israeli military now controls about 64 percent of the Gaza Strip, up from the 53 percent outlined in the original plan. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on May 28 that he had ordered the military to expand its control to 70 percent. Hamas has rejected handing over its weapons until comprehensive talks with other Palestinian factions occur.
Hamas told envoys from the Board of Peace and mediators from Egypt, Qatar, and Turkiye that ending Israeli attacks remains essential for progress, according to group sources and officials close to the Cairo talks. Since the ceasefire began, about 947 Palestinians have been killed and more than 2,900 wounded in continued Israeli attacks, while Hamas fighters have killed four Israeli soldiers.
"The group was not going to hand over its weapons yet, saying that the fate of its military arsenal would be decided following comprehensive discussions with other Palestinian factions," Husam Badran, member of Hamas’s political bureau, said on June 6.
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