Israel signs that ceasefire before Ramadan is possible, despite Palestinian skepticism: Israeli National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi told Israeli media that the country’s delegation to the Paris ceasefire talks “did not come back empty handed,” Reuters reports. Hanegbi also appeared to nod when asked if progress could be made in time for Ramadan. However, the newswire quoted a Palestinian official who rejected the notion that an agreement was approaching and that “no discussion over the prisoners, neither in terms of categories or numbers” had taken place.

Egypt and the Palestine Red Crescent have begun setting up a camp for 4k displaced Palestinians in Khan Younis, and will soon also establish a field hospital in Rafah and a relief camp in Deir Al Balah in central Gaza.

ON THE EGYPTIAN DIPLO FRONT- El Sisi, King Abdullah discuss Gaza: President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Jordan’s King Abdullah II reiterated in a phone call their rejection of the escalation of the military operations in Gaza, “given their repercussions on the security and stability of the entire region,” according to an Ittihadiya statement. Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry also discussed the war on Gaza with UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron on the sidelines of the G20 meeting in Brazil.

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