US and Arab mediators are working round the clock to hammer out a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, sources near the talks instructed the Reuters information company, whereas within the Gaza Strip medics stated Israeli strikes had killed 41 Palestinians on Thursday.

The mediators, at talks in Egypt and Qatar, are attempting to forge a deal to pause the 14-month-old battle within the besieged enclave that would come with a launch of captives seized from Israel on October 7, 2023, together with Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.

Mediators had managed to slender some gaps on earlier sticking factors however variations remained, the sources stated.

In Gaza, medics stated at the least 13 Palestinians have been killed in a single day in separate Israeli air strikes, together with on two homes in Gaza Metropolis and a central camp.

Medics stated an Israeli air strike killed 9 individuals close to the Shati refugee camp in Gaza Metropolis, whereas one other killed 4 others at a housing mission close to Beit Lahiya within the north. There was no Israeli remark.

In a while Thursday, air strikes killed at the least 15 Palestinians in two shelters housing displaced households in jap Gaza Metropolis’s suburb of Tuffah, medics stated, bringing Thursday’s loss of life toll to 41.

The Israeli army stated it struck Hamas fighters working in command and management complexes in areas that have been beforehand the Al-Karama and Sha’ban Faculties in Tuffah. It stated Hamas used the complexes to plan and execute assaults in opposition to its forces.