Israel halts flow of aid as it demands Hamas accepts US plans to prolong ceasefire
The Israeli move came as the first phase of the ceasefire brokered by international mediators expired on Saturday.
Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s government is demanding Hamas accept US plans to prolong the ceasefire. But the Islamist group has dismissed this as “cheap blackmail” akin to a “coup” on the truce. “We have also arranged for 1,000 tents to be transported from the UN emergency stocks depot in Dubai to Jordan. These tents will be distributed to families in Gaza by the International Organisation for Migration.”
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