CAIRO: At least 12 Palestinians, including two children and a woman, were killed on Saturday morning by Israeli shelling east of Gaza’s Khan Younis and in the Al-Nuseirat camp, local media reported. The official Palestinian news agency Wafa stated that around 15 others were wounded in the attacks.
The development takes place as the White House on Friday said that fresh talks in Cairo on reaching a Gaza ceasefire have made progress as it urged Israel and Hamas to move forward.
The White House confirmed that CIA chief William Burns and senior official Brett McGurk were attending the talks which started at a preliminary level on Thursday evening. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters that there has been progress made but both sides need to come together and work toward implementation.
“The preliminary talks that we had going into Cairo last night were constructive in nature. So, we want to see that same sort of momentum continue here over the next couple of days,” he said. Kirby added that reports that the diplomacy was “near collapse” were not correct.
