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The top leader of Hamas was in Egypt for talks Wednesday on halting the war in Gaza and securing the release of at least some of the estimated 129 Israeli captives held by Palestinian militants.

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00:00 Hamas`s top leader, Ismail Haniyeh, traveled to Cairo on Wednesday for talks on the war
00:07 in Gaza, after Israel said that it was ready to accept a new truce in exchange for hostages.
00:13 But Hamas says no more hostages will be released until Israel ends its war on Gaza.
00:20 In New York, members of the United Nations Security Council Chamber vote on a new resolution
00:26 for the entry of humanitarian aid into the Palestinian enclave, intended to improve the
00:31 catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza, a vote which had first been postponed on Monday.
00:38 Talks have been ongoing since in an effort to get the Biden administration to abstain
00:43 or vote in favor of the resolution.
00:47 Studies by the World Food Program of the United Nations show that the majority of the population
00:52 of Gaza is in a severe or extreme situation, with 90 percent of them spending days without
00:58 eating.
01:00 Displaced children only have access to between 1.5 and 2 liters of water per day, 10 percent
01:06 of the minimum necessary for hydration and hygiene.
01:09 The number of cases of diarrhea in children less than five years old has multiplied by
01:13 20.
01:15 More than 360,000 cases of infected people have been detected.
01:20 Among those who have taken refuge in UN facilities in Gaza.
01:24 [WHOOSH]

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