The CIA, Mossad and Qatar meet in Egypt to reactivate truce progress in Gaza. The talks come despite Israeli rejection of Hamas' ceasefire proposal.
The United States and Arab leaders who have mediated the conflict are trying to prevent talks on a possible truce from being derailed by the imminent Israeli offensive in Rafah, a Gazan city bordering Egypt. Israel has assured that it will encourage the displacement of refugees, but has not detailed how it will carry it out. Egypt fears that the million and a half Palestinians displaced in the city of Rafah will try to flee towards its territory.