Israeli attack targets Rafah, ceasefire talks continue

The city of Rafah, where more than a million Palestinians have taken refuge from the threat of war in Gaza, was the scene, on Saturday 3 February, of intense Israeli strikes at a time when diplomats are trying to impose a new ceasefire against a backdrop of war. regional outbreaks. LNegotiations were held under the auspices of Qatar, Egypt and the United States and allowed the release of nearly a hundred Israeli hostages in exchange for more than a week, with diplomacy trying for its part to negotiate another cease-fire. Palestine imprisoned by Israel. Follow our live stream.

A powerful strike in Rafah. Shortly after midnight, an AFP reporter heard powerful strikes in Rafah, a city on the southern tip of the Gaza Strip, bordering Egypt. The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry announced the death of at least 100 civilians during the evening and night, including 14 in an attack on two residences in Rafah early Saturday. LHamas’ health ministry also claimed on Saturday that 27,238 people, mostly women, children and teenagers, had been killed in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement.

Hoping for a truce. Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh is expected to discuss the proposal prepared by the United States, Egypt and Qatar in Egypt. Doha has reported in recent days “first”

Signs of support for a ceasefire from Hamas, but the Palestinian Islamic Movement claimed no decision had been made yet.

A new tour from the head of American diplomacy. The ceasefire project is to be at the center of a new tour of the Middle East by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken starting on Sunday, which will take him to Qatar, Egypt, Israel and the occupied West Bank and Saudi Arabia. .