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Mai YAGHI with Amelie BOTTOLIER-DEPOIS in New York

Prospects For Ceasefire Dim As Israel Rejects Calls To Spare Rafah

Gaza Strip: Nasser hospital under Israeli control (Credit: AFP)

Prospects for an Israel-Hamas ceasefire dimmed Sunday after the United States signalled it would veto the latest push for a UN Security Council resolution and mediator Qatar acknowledged that truce talks on the other diplomatic front have hit an impasse.

The languishing efforts to pause the four-month-old war come as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Saturday to reject international appeals to spare Gaza's southernmost city Rafah, where an estimated 1.5 million people have sought refuge.

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