Renewed fighting jeopardises Gaza truce efforts
Sunday, 10 August 2014
An Israeli air strike killed a Palestinian man and wounded seven other people on Sunday, medics said, on the third day of renewed fighting that has jeopardised international efforts to achieve a lasting ceasefire in Gaza Strip. The parties remained far apart. Israel refused to send back officials to Egyptian-brokered peace negotiations in Cairo as long as violence along the Israel-Gaza border went on. The head Palestinian delegate on Saturday threatened to quit the talks unless Israel reversed that stance. Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said he saw ‘very slim’ chances of success in efforts to renew a three-day truce that stopped the more than month-old fighting last Tuesday, only to see the tensions pick up again on Friday. The violence has already caused deaths to 2000 mostly Palestinians and injuries to several thousands, according to Reuters.