Israel strikes Gaza as Blinken heads to region to try to help close cease-fire deal
At least 19 people were killed in overnight Israeli airstrikes across Gaza as mediators hope to seal a cease-fire deal after months of contentious negotiations.
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00:00Israeli airstrikes across Gaza killed at least 19 people as the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed to the region to seal a ceasefire deal.
00:11The dead included a mother and her six children who were killed in an Israeli strike on their house, according to a local hospital.
00:19US Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed to the region to try and seal a ceasefire deal after months of contentious negotiations.
00:27The latest casualties come as the US and fellow mediators Egypt and Qatar appeared to be closing in on a deal after two days of talks in Doha,
00:36with American and Israeli officials expressing cautious optimism.
00:41Hamas has signalled resistance to what it says are new demands by Israel and the long-running talks have repeatedly stalled.
00:48Mediators have spent months trying to halt the fighting, efforts that gained new urgency amid rising fears of an all-out war across the Middle East.