A delegation from mediator Egypt is travelling to Israel today, a source close to the Israeli government told AFP, in what local media said is a bid to reignite stalled hostage-release negotiations.
The source told AFP that Egypt’s delegation was travelling to Israel “for security coordination”.
The effort comes alongside preparations for a military push against Hamas in southern Gaza’s Rafah, and with spillover from the Gaza conflict leading to stepped-up exchanges of fire over Israel’s northern border with Lebanon.
Israel’s army on Friday said missile fire near that border killed an Israeli civilian.
A Hamas official told AFP that any push into Rafah, where much of Gaza’s population is sheltering, would threaten negotiations.
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