Israel sends tanks into Rafah in Gaza

TANKS ROLL IN. This handout picture released by the Israeli army shows the 401st Brigade’s combat team tanks entering the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday. The Israeli army said it took “operational control” of the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing on and troops were scanning the area.

The latest violence comes after four Israeli soldiers were killed Sunday in a rocket attack on the Kerem Shalom crossing that was claimed by the armed wing of the Palestinian militant group Hamas.The Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades said they fired at Israeli troops at the crossing again on Tuesday. Hamas said on Monday night it had informed Egypt and Qatar of its “approval of their proposal regarding a ceasefire” in the conflict, prompting cheering crowds to take to the streets of Rafah.

Qatar said it was sending a delegation to Cairo on Tuesday morning to resume negotiations in the “hope that the talks will culminate in reaching an agreement for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip”. Egypt’s foreign ministry warned of “grave humanitarian risks” for the more than one million civilians sheltering in Rafah and urged Israel to “exercise the utmost restraint”.

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