Gaza Strip - July 27, 2024

A joint meeting of senior officials from Israel, Qatar, Egypt, and the United States to negotiate a ceasefire in Gaza adjourned early on Sunday afternoon several hours after it began in Rome, with no apparent progress reported.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said in a statement that Mossad Director David Barnea had returned from his meeting with the mediators in Rome, and the negotiations were expected to resume "in the coming days."

At the meeting, the officials discussed an Israeli document with "clarifications regarding the draft agreement that was conveyed from Israel," the office said.

According to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, in the document, Israel toughens its position, demanding the addition of checkpoints along strategic roads between southern and northern Gaza and control over an area along the Gaza-Egypt border.

The meeting was part of an effort to reach a ceasefire deal in which more than 100 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza would be exchanged for hundreds of Palestinians jailed by Israel under a three-stage plan that has been discussed since late May.

Shotlist:
Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip - July 27, 2024:
1. Smoke rising from destroyed buildings;
2. Displaced people fleeing;
Khan Younis, Gaza Strip - Recent
3. Various of displaced people;
4. Ambulance pulling over;
5. Injured victim being carried through crowd to hospital;
6. Various of women, children;
Gaza Strip - Recent
7. Various of pedestrians on street;
Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip - July 27, 2024
8. Various of damaged buildings after Israeli air strike.

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