Middle East crisis live: Egyptian delegation due in Israel seeking to kickstart Gaza ceasefire talks, say reports

Israeli media reports planned visit, citing unnamed officials, in the wake of stalled talks mediated by Qatar, the US and Egypt

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Palestinian news agency Wafa reports that seven Palestinians have been detained by Israeli security forces during raids inside the occupied West Bank. The riads have been near Jenin, Nablus and Ramallah.

Hani Mahmoud, reporting from Rafah for Al Jazeera, writes that he is seeing “constant artillery shelling on the eastern part of the city”, and there is “a concentration of attacks on Gaza’s central area, mainly refugee camps, such as Nuseirat and Bureij camps, as well as on Deir el-Balah city.”

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