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Hamas claimed responsibility for a mortar attack on the Kerem Shalom border crossing, as its officials departed cease-fire negotiations in Cairo and Al Jazeera’s offices in Israel were ordered to close.
Updated May 5, 2024 at 3:37 p.m. EDT |Published May 5, 2024 at 1:40 a.m. EDT
Palestinian medics evacuate a wounded youth after Israeli bombardment in Rafah early Saturday. (Ismael Abu Dayyah/AP) Hamas claimed responsibility Sunday for a deadly rocket attack on the Kerem Shalom border crossing with Israel as cease-fire negotiations dragged on with no breakthrough in sight. The talks are viewed by some U.S. officials as the “last chance” to avoid a return to all-out war in Gaza.