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Fri Apr 26, 2024, 05:09 AM Apr 2024

Egypt sending cease-fire delegation to Israel; Hezbollah attacked Israeli convoy

https://apnews.com/article/israel-iran-hamas-latest-04-26-2024-b0f509827675bd4e173156ba6eaff9bf

The Latest | Officials say Egypt sending cease-fire delegation to Israel

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated 5:44 AM EDT, April 26, 2024

Egypt is sending a high-level delegation to Israel in the hope of reaching a cease-fire agreement with Hamas in Gaza, while warning a possible new Israeli offensive focused on the southern city of Rafah on the border with Egypt could have catastrophic consequences for regional stability, two officials said Friday.

While in Israel, Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel plans to make clear that Egypt “will not tolerate” Israel’s deployments of troops along Gaza’s borders with Egypt, an Egyptian official said, speaking on condition of anonymity to freely discuss the mission.

Earlier Friday, Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group fired anti-tank missiles and artillery shells at an Israeli military convoy in a disputed area along the border, killing an Israeli civilian, the group and Israel’s military.

Hezbollah said that its fighters ambushed the convoy shortly before midnight Thursday, destroying two vehicles. The Israeli military said the ambush wounded an Israeli civilian doing infrastructure work, and that he later died of his wounds.

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