Updated On: 10 July, 2024 07:33 AM IST | Deir Al-Balah | Agencies
Hamas warns that escalation threatens cease-fire talks

Men transport in a blanket the body of a victim found in Tuffah district, east of Gaza City. Pic/AFP
Israeli forces advanced deeper into the Gaza Strip’s largest city in pursuit of militants who had regrouped there, sending thousands of Palestinians fleeing on Monday from an area ravaged in the early weeks of the nine-month-long war.
Hamas warned that the latest raids and displacement in Gaza City could lead to the collapse of long-running negotiations over a cease-fire and hostage release, after the two sides had appeared to have narrowed the gaps in recent days.