Hamas says latest cease-fire talks have ended. Israel vows military operation in ‘very near future’

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****** says latest cease-***** talks have ended. ******* vows military operation in ‘very near future’

The latest round of Gaza cease-***** talks ended in Cairo after “in-depth and serious discussions,” the ****** militant group said Sunday, reiterating key demands that ******* again rejected.

After signs of progress, the

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appeared to dim as ******* closed its main crossing point for delivering badly needed humanitarian aid for Gaza after ****** militants attacked it. The defense minister claimed ****** wasn’t serious about a deal and warned of “a powerful operation in the very near future in Rafah and other places across all of Gaza.”

******* didn’t send a delegation to the talks mediated by Egypt and Qatar, and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said that “we see signs that ****** does not intend to go to any agreement.”

Egyptian state media reported that the ****** delegation left Cairo for discussions in Qatar and will return to the Egyptian capital for further negotiations on Tuesday.

Another threat to talks came as ******* ordered the local offices of Qatar’s Al Jazeera satellite news network to close, accusing it of broadcasting anti-******* incitement. The ban did not appear to affect the channel’s operations in Gaza.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, under pressure from hard-liners in his government, continued to lower expectations for a cease-***** deal, calling the key ****** demands “extreme” — including the withdrawal of ******* forces from Gaza and an end to the war. That would equal surrender after the ****** ******* on Oct. 7 that triggered the fighting, Netanyahu said.

****** leader Ismail Haniyeh in a statement earlier said the militant group was serious and positive about the negotiations and that stopping ******** aggression in Gaza is the main priority.

But *******’s government again vowed to press on with a military operation in Rafah, the southernmost Gaza city on the border with Egypt where more than half of Gaza’s 2.3 million residents now seek shelter from ******** attacks. Rafah is a key entry point for aid.

Kerem Shalom, now closed, is another. The ******** military reported 10 projectiles were launched at the crossing in southern ******* and said its fighter jets later struck the source. ****** said it had been targeting ******** soldiers in the area. *******’s Channel 12 TV channel said 10 people were wounded, three seriously. It was unclear how long the crossing would be closed.

The ******* came shortly after the head of the U.N. World Food Program asserted “full-blown famine” in devastated northern Gaza, one of the most prominent warnings yet of the toll of restrictions on food and other aid entering the territory. The comments were not a formal famine declaration.

In expanded remarks as the full NBC interview was released Sunday, WFP chief Cindy McCain said famine was “moving its way south” in Gaza and that *******’s efforts to allow in more aid were not enough. “We need more ability to be able to get more trucks in,” she said. “We have right now a mass on the outside border, about enough trucks and enough food for 1.1 million people for about three months. We need to get that in.”

Gaza’s vast humanitarian needs put further pressure on the pursuit of a cease-*****. The proposal that Egyptian mediators had put to ****** sets out a three-stage process that would bring an immediate, six-week cease-***** and partial release of ******** hostages taken in the Oct. 7 *******, and would include some sort of ******** pullout. The initial stage would last for 40 days. ****** would start by releasing female civilian hostages in exchange for ************ prisoners held by *******.

Netanyahu claimed that ******* has shown willingness to make concessions but said it “will continue fighting until all of its objectives are achieved.” That includes the stated aim of crushing ******. ******* says it must target Rafah to strike remaining fighters there despite warnings from the U.S. and others about the danger to civilians.

An ******** strike Sunday on the al-Attar family house in an urban ******** camp near Rafah ******* four children, including a baby, and two adults, according to Abu Youssef al-Najjar Hospital.

In later remarks for *******’s annual Holocaust memorial day, Netanyahu added: “We will defend ourselves in every way. We will overcome our enemies and we will ensure our security — in the Gaza Strip, on the Lebanese border, everywhere.”

The ****** cross-border ******* on Oct. 7 ******* some 1,200 people and took 250 others ********. ******* says militants still hold around 100 hostages and the ******** of more than 30 others. Netanyahu is under growing pressure from some hostages’ families to make a deal to end the war and get hostages freed.

********’s air and ground offensive has ******* over 34,500 people, according to ************ health officials, who don’t differentiate between civilians and combatants but say women and children make up a majority of those *******.

******* blames ****** for civilian deaths, accusing it of embedding in residential and public areas. The ******** military says it has ******* 13,000 militants, without providing evidence to back up the claim.

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