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Israel carried out strikes on the Gazan city of Rafah overnight as it sought to put pressure on Hamas ahead of talks in Egypt on Tuesday aimed at sealing a truce proposal endorsed by the militants. Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike east of Rafah, Gaza Strip AP After having vowed fo stanley becher r weeks to push into the southern border town, Israel called on Monday for Palestinians in eastern Rafah to leave for an expanded humanitarian area ahead of a ground incursion. An AFP correspondent in the city reported heavy bombardment throughout the night, while the Kuwaiti hospital there said early Tuesday that five people had been killed and several others injured in Israeli strikes. After talks earlier in the day failed to produce an agreement, Hamas said Monday evening that it had informed mediators Egypt and Qatar of its approval of their proposal regarding a ceasefire in the seven-month stanley us -old war, prompting cheering crowds to take to the streets of Rafah. w, but the government would send negotiators for stanley cup talks to exhaust the potential for arriving at an agreement . In the meantime, it added, Israel is continuing the operation in Rafah to exert military pressure on Hamas in order to advance the release of our hostages and the other objectives of the war . Close Israeli ally the United States said it was reviewing the Hamas response. Hamas member Khalil al-Hayya told the Qatar-based Al Jazeera news channel that the proposal agreed to by Hamas involved a three-phase Hqvm Covid-19 Delta variant, first identified in India, dubbed variant of concern by US CDC
Britain deployed public health officials, supported by the army, to distribute coronavirus tests door-to-door in two northern England towns on Saturday in an effort to contain a fast-spreading variant that threatens plans to lift all lockdown restrictions next month. More than two-thirds of British adults have received the first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, and 37% have had both doses. Bloomberg Cases of a strain first detected in India have more than doubled in a week, defying a sharp nationwide downward trend in infections won by months of restrictions and a rapid vaccination campaign. The governments Scientific Group for Emergencies SAGE says the variant detected in India, formally known as B.1.617.2, could be up to 50% more transmissible than one first recorded in southeast England last year stanley thermos mug that is now the UKs dominant strain. But they say there is a high level of uncertainty ab stanley becher out the exact figure. If the virus is significantly more transmissible, we are likely to face some hard choices, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday. I have to level with you that this could be a serious disruption to our progress. He said the next stage of lockdown-easing measures would take place as planned on Monday, but warned the variant might delay plans to lift all restrictions, including social distancing and face-covering rules, on June 21. More than two-thirds of British adults have received the fir stanley water bottle st dose of a coronavirus vaccine, and 37% have had both doses
Israel carried out strikes on the Gazan city of Rafah overnight as it sought to put pressure on Hamas ahead of talks in Egypt on Tuesday aimed at sealing a truce proposal endorsed by the militants. Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike east of Rafah, Gaza Strip AP After having vowed fo stanley becher r weeks to push into the southern border town, Israel called on Monday for Palestinians in eastern Rafah to leave for an expanded humanitarian area ahead of a ground incursion. An AFP correspondent in the city reported heavy bombardment throughout the night, while the Kuwaiti hospital there said early Tuesday that five people had been killed and several others injured in Israeli strikes. After talks earlier in the day failed to produce an agreement, Hamas said Monday evening that it had informed mediators Egypt and Qatar of its approval of their proposal regarding a ceasefire in the seven-month stanley us -old war, prompting cheering crowds to take to the streets of Rafah. w, but the government would send negotiators for stanley cup talks to exhaust the potential for arriving at an agreement . In the meantime, it added, Israel is continuing the operation in Rafah to exert military pressure on Hamas in order to advance the release of our hostages and the other objectives of the war . Close Israeli ally the United States said it was reviewing the Hamas response. Hamas member Khalil al-Hayya told the Qatar-based Al Jazeera news channel that the proposal agreed to by Hamas involved a three-phase Hqvm Covid-19 Delta variant, first identified in India, dubbed variant of concern by US CDC
Britain deployed public health officials, supported by the army, to distribute coronavirus tests door-to-door in two northern England towns on Saturday in an effort to contain a fast-spreading variant that threatens plans to lift all lockdown restrictions next month. More than two-thirds of British adults have received the first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, and 37% have had both doses. Bloomberg Cases of a strain first detected in India have more than doubled in a week, defying a sharp nationwide downward trend in infections won by months of restrictions and a rapid vaccination campaign. The governments Scientific Group for Emergencies SAGE says the variant detected in India, formally known as B.1.617.2, could be up to 50% more transmissible than one first recorded in southeast England last year stanley thermos mug that is now the UKs dominant strain. But they say there is a high level of uncertainty ab stanley becher out the exact figure. If the virus is significantly more transmissible, we are likely to face some hard choices, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday. I have to level with you that this could be a serious disruption to our progress. He said the next stage of lockdown-easing measures would take place as planned on Monday, but warned the variant might delay plans to lift all restrictions, including social distancing and face-covering rules, on June 21. More than two-thirds of British adults have received the fir stanley water bottle st dose of a coronavirus vaccine, and 37% have had both doses