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South Africa wants the move to join its larger case against Israel.

Multiple defense sources have assured the Jerusalem Post that Tuesday’s fights are an indication of a more significant volume of Hamas terrorists reconstituting themselves in Jabalya.

Staff at the new facility will be able to treat around 200 people a day and can provide emergency surgical care and manage mass casualties as well as provide pediatric and other services.

Sheik Mohammed, whose country has mediated heavily between Palestinian terrorist group Hamas and Israel throughout the seven-month conflict, said Qatar would keep working to resolve the situation.

Despite these calculations, the US is still unsure of whether Israel will act on its initial goal of entering Gaza's southernmost city, where, according to reports, one million Gazans are sheltering.

Hamas uses UN facilities for cover • US denies it withheld information about Hamas leaders' whereabouts • IDF kills Hamas terrorists in UNRWA school

Four officials from the PA, Israel and the United States told Axios that Israel made the request as Egypt threatened to disallow the transport of aid unless Israel withdrew from Rafah

The United States has denied withholding information to leverage against Israel and force it to cancel operations in Rafah.

The world should be calling on Hamas to return to the negotiating table and accept a deal, Sullivan said.

Egyptian and Qatari mediators working on a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas will reconvene in Doha this week.