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Reports that a ceasefire had been enforced in southern Gaza to permit foreigners to leave the beleaguered Palestinian enclave and aid to be delivered amid a worsening crisis were refuted by Israel and Hamas officials.
A deal has reportedly been reached to open the Rafah border crossing so that aid may start entering the enclave at 0600 GMT, according to security sources in Egypt.
Izzat El Reshiq, a representative of Hamas, told Reuters that there was no reality to rumours of a temporary ceasefire or the opening of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt.
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According to a statement from the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, “There is currently no cease-fire and humanitarian aid in Gaza in exchange for getting foreigners out.”
It was still unclear what was happening at the Rafah crossing.
Residents of Gaza, which is governed by Hamas, claim that the shelling there overnight was the worst one so far in the conflict’s nine days of hostilities.
Two Egyptian security officials claimed Israel had decided to stop bombing southern Gaza as a humanitarian crisis engulfed the region. They predicted that the Rafah border crossing, which is under Egyptian authority, will reopen so that people with international passports could escape.
The enclave has been completely blocked off since the Hamas attack on Israel, and diplomatic efforts to provide aid there have been stepping up.
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