Live UpdateFrom the Liveblog of Monday, May 6, 2024
‘High-level’ official to Egypt TV: Deadly Hamas rocket attack on Kerem Shalom caused hostage talk impasse
A helicopter lands in southern Israel after a number of soldiers were killed in a Hamas rocket attack on the Kerem Shalom area, May 5, 2024. (Magen David Adom)
Egypt’s state-affiliated Al Qahera news TV quotes an unnamed “high-level” source as saying that Hamas’s deadly attack on the Kerem Shalom Israel-Gaza crossing yesterday has caused an impasse in the hostage-truce deal talks.
The Egyptian negotiators are intensifying talks to contain the current escalation between Israel and Hamas, the source says according to the channel.
Four IDF soldiers were killed when Hamas fired a barrage of rockets at the area near the crossing.
Most of the rockets struck an area where troops were gathered on the border, not far from the Kerem Shalom border crossing, which has been used to deliver thousands of truckloads of humanitarian aid to Gaza during the war.
