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The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, which has caused tens of thousands of deaths, marked five months on Thursday without international mediators managing to reach a truce in this Palestinian territory, bombed and on the verge of famine.

The United States, Qatar and Egypt, meeting in Cairo since Sunday, had hoped to reach an agreement on a pause in fighting before Ramadan, the holy month of fasting for Muslims, which begins early next week.

But the Islamist movement’s delegation, which was participating in the meetings, left Egypt, a senior official of the group announced on Thursday.

“The initial responses” from Israel “do not respond to the minimum demands” formulated by the Islamist group, especially regarding a definitive ceasefire and a withdrawal of Israeli troops, said the leader, who requested anonymity.

Israel continues to bomb Palestinian territory and, according to the Hamas government, 83 people died in the last 24 hours.

The war broke out on October 7 after the unprecedented attack by the Palestinian Islamist movement on Israeli soil, in which some 1,160 people died, most of them civilians, according to an AFP count based on official Israeli data.

Israel promised to “annihilate” Hamas, in power in Gaza since 2007, and launched a military campaign that, so far, has caused 30,800 deaths, especially women and minors, according to the latest balance sheet from the territory’s Ministry of Health.

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