Israeli strikes kill nearly 100 Palestinians in Gaza as negotiators head to Paris for truce talks

Israel will send negotiators to truce talks in Paris on Friday, Israeli media said, as Palestinians in Gaza hoped for a ceasefire that could hold off a full-blown Israeli assault on Rafah, after it endured one of its worst bombardments of the conflict.

Israeli strikes kill nearly 100 Palestinians in Gaza as negotiators head to Paris for truce talks
Two children walk past the crumbled, concrete domes of a mosque destroyed in an airstrike.

Israel will send negotiators to truce talks in Paris on Friday, Israeli media said, as Palestinians in Gaza hoped for a ceasefire that could hold off a full-blown Israeli assault on Rafah, after it endured one of its worst bombardments of the conflict.