Gaza truce efforts ongoing, Israel says; Hamas unlikely to continue talks this weekend
Israel struck one of the largest residential towers in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Saturday, residents said, stepping up pressure on an area where more than a million displaced Palestinians are sheltering.
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Israel struck one of the largest residential towers in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Saturday, residents said, stepping up pressure on an area where more than a million displaced Palestinians are sheltering.