The outlook in Gaza appears bleak. A famine looms if not more aid is brought in, while Israel has said it is preparing to invade Rafah, the southern city where half the civilians in Gaza are sheltering. But there is a glimmer of hope.
In Cairo a deal between Israel and Hamas has been tabled and the two sides are discussing whether to accept it. Julian Borger explains how such negotiations happen, what the deal includes and why there is pressure on both sides to make it happen.
Michael Safi asks how rumours that the international criminal court may issue warrants for the arrest of Israel’s leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Hamas leaders are playing into the ceasefire talks, and if more aid is finally being allowed into the strip.
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