Ceasefire in Gaza: CIA chief heads to Cairo for new negotiations. negotiations for a truce in Gaza and the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas are barely alive.
The Gaza Strip has been the scene for nearly six months of a devastating war between Israel and Hamas. According to a latest report Friday from the Hamas Ministry of Health, 33,091 people, mostly civilians, were killed there. More than 250 people were kidnapped during the attack and taken as hostages to the Gaza Strip, where 130 are still detained.