Egypt talks suggest possible deal but UN call for ceasefire still stymied by US objections to wording
A Hamas leader arrived in Egypt on Wednesday for talks about a possible second hostage deal, as a vote in New York on a UN resolution calling for a lengthier ceasefire and more aid deliveries was delayed for a third time.
The diplomacy rolled on as the official estimate of the death toll in Gaza passed 20,000, according to the Hamas government media office, with 8,000 children and 6,200 women among the dead, and as hunger and disease threaten to add to the death rate significantly.