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An Israeli delegation was meeting with officials from Egypt, Qatar and the United States, the latest attempt to advance a deal for a cease-fire and the release of hostages.

Strikes overnight killed nearly 100, seven of them in Rafah, as officials said there had been momentum on a deal to free some Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.

Israeli activists and their allies have expressed frustration at international organizations like the United Nations for slow responses to such reports.

The Israeli military said its latest deadly raid targeted “terrorism” and was part of a broader operation in the Israeli-occupied territory.

Residents of two neighborhoods in Gaza City were ordered to evacuate, and the World Food Program described scenes of chaos in the north too dangerous to allow it to provide food supplies.

“When we saw the video, it really tore our hearts out,” the sister of one of the hostages said. Hamas has said three members of the family died in an Israeli airstrike; Israel has not confirmed the report.

Reducing access to Al Aqsa, the sacred mosque compound in Jerusalem that has long been a flashpoint for tensions, may set off unrest, some Israelis warned.

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The largely symbolic move followed proposals by international allies that were discussed during recent cease-fire negotiations in Cairo.