Israel-Hamas: Antony Blinken in Jerusalem to discuss a truce in Gaza. Hamas Health Ministry says 123 people killed in past 24 hours across Gaza Strip.
Egypt and Qatar sponsor "new round of negotiations" to begin Thursday in Cairo. Egyptian official at AFP. Cairo urges "both parties to show the necessary flexibility" to reach a truce, added this. official on condition of anonymity, assuring that "Egypt was making intense and persistent efforts to reach an agreement truce" between Israel and the Islamist movement Hamas.