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War between Israel and Hamas: hope of a truce before Ramadan remains in Gaza
Muslim worshipers will be allowed to pray on mosque plazas in Jerusalem during Ramadan, the Israeli government announced Tuesday March 5. The international community continues to call for a ceasefire as the humanitarian situation worsens in Gaza.
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Muslim worshipers will be allowed to pray on mosque plazas in Jerusalem during Ramadan, the Israeli government announced Tuesday March 5. The international community continues to call for a ceasefire as the humanitarian situation worsens in Gaza.
36,000 meals were dropped by American planes in northern Gaza on Tuesday March 5, while the Palestinian enclave is in the grip of a growing humanitarian crisis. Rescue efforts continue as Israel bombed a house in the Palestinian refugee camp as well as the towns of Rafah and Khan Younes. Nearly a hundred people died in 24 hours.
Difficult negotiations
Faced with the humanitarian emergency, international mediators are calling for a truce before the start of Ramadan on March 10 or 11. But the prospects of an agreement still seem far away. Israel is absent from the discussion table currently taking place in Cairo. The agreement would aim to release hostages held in Gaza in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. But Hamas demands above all a definitive ceasefire and a withdrawal of military troops. Israel rejects these conditions.
