Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh has said the group is showing flexibility in negotiations with Israel but is ready to continue fighting.
He called on Palestinians in Jerusalem and the West Bank to march to al Aqsa Mosque to pray on the first day of Ramadan.
Negotiations
The latest round of walks was taking place Paris last week, with “budding signs of optimism” reported by one official briefed.
The head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence service met separately with Qatar, Egypt and the United States.
Al Aqsa
Israel has said it will set limits on prayers at the Jerusalem mosque during Ramadan, starting 10 March, depending on “security needs”.
Muslims regard the site as the third holiest in Islam, after Mecca and Medina.
Number of Palestinians killed nears 30,000, says Hamas ministry
The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry says the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli strikes has reached 29,954 since 7 October.
Another 70,325 people have been injured, the ministry said.
Hamas says it launched 40 missiles from Lebanon at Israeli base
Hamas’s military wing says it has bombed a northern Israeli airport barracks and IDF brigade headquarters.
Al Qassam Brigades claimed to have launched 40 missiles from southern Lebanon toward the 769th Eastern Brigade’s base in Beit Hilal.
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