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    Talks took place in Doha, the Qatari capital, on Saturday and were expected to move to Cairo on Sunday as the scale of looming starvation pushed the US to start air-dropping food into the enclave.

    And there will be a six-week ceasefire in Gaza starting today, if Hamas agrees to release the default defined category of vulnerable hostages: the sick the wounded, elderly and women.

    Critics point out that President Biden has opted not to use Washington’s leverage as Israel’s principal arms supplier, and most important international ally, to force it to open up more land access for aid.

    Emile Hokayem, director for regional security at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, called the US air drops “virtue signalling and an admission of impotence on the part of the US”.

    The talks are expected to span topics including reducing civilian casualties, securing a temporary ceasefire, the release of hostages and increasing aid to the territory, a White House official said.

    “This hospital is treating more than 200 people who were injured yesterday,” Georgios Petropoulos, the Gaza head of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in a video posted on social media.


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