International pressure mounts for deal between Israel and Hamas. 128 days after the Hamas attack in Israel, international pressure intensified this Tuesday for a truce agreement.
The director of the CIA, the American central intelligence agency, William Burns, is expected in Cairo on Tuesday for new talks mediated by Qatar relating in particular to the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip. Israel recently ordered his army to prepare an offensive on Rafah, where 1.4 million Palestinians are massed, according to the UN, more than half of the territory's total population, most of them having fled the war.