JERUSALEM (AP): Hamas announced its acceptance on Monday (May 6) of an Egyptian-Qatari ceasefire proposal, but Israel said the deal did not meet its "core demands” and that it was pushing ahead with an assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah. Still, Israel said it would continue negotiations.
The high-stakes diplomatic moves and military brinkmanship left a glimmer of hope alive - but only barely - for an accord that could bring at least a pause in the seven-month-old war that has devastated the Gaza Strip.
