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Egyptian mediators rush to Gaza Strip as cease-fire holds

By ARON HELLER Saturday demonstration.
Associated Press The Israeli military bolstered
JERUSALEM (AP) — Egyp- its forces along the Gaza
tian mediators rushed to frontier in advance.
the Gaza Strip on Wednes- Hamas has staged the pro-
day and Hamas' supreme tests in hopes of pressuring
leader emerged from his Israel and Egypt to ease
hideout as an unofficial a crippling blockade. The
cease-fire between Israel protests, however, have
and the Islamic militant yielded few gains, and
group appeared to take nearly 200 Palestinians
hold. have been killed by Israeli
The Egyptian delegation fire.
sought to cement the truce Israel accuses Hamas of us-
that ended two days of ing the demonstrations as
heavy fighting between cover for attacks, and says
the bitter enemies. They it is defending its border
face a key test on Satur- against crowds that have
day, when Hamas is plan- hurled flaming tires, gre-
ning a mass demonstration nades and other explosives
to mark the one-year an- at troops. But the military
niversary of weekly protests has come under heavy in-
along the Israeli border. ternational criticism for us-
In a sign that both sides ing disproportionate force
had stepped back from Hamas' supreme leader Ismail Haniyeh, center right, tours destroyed buildings, in Gaza City, against large numbers of
a major conflagration, Wednesday, March 27, 2019. unarmed protesters.
Hamas' supreme leader Is- Associated Press Palestinian media report-
mail Haniyeh made his first ed that the Egyptian me-
public appearance since leaders typically go under- ble of his Gaza City office, occupation got the mes- diators would offer Hamas
violence with Israel erupted ground, fearing assassina- which was destroyed in an sage." economic incentives in ex-
earlier this week. During tion by Israel. Israeli airstrike on Monday, Haniyeh urged Palestinians change for its commitment
times of fighting, Hamas Standing before the rub- he declared that "the Israeli to come out in force to the to end the protests.q

Save The Children: 7 killed in airstrike on Yemen hospital

By EDITH M. LEDERER national law."
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A Thorning-Schmidt said the
hospital in a rural area of hospital is one of many
northwest Yemen was hit by Save the Children supports
an airstrike Tuesday killing in Yemen, "but time after
seven people and wound- time, we see a complete
ing eight others, Save the disregard by all warring
Children said. parties in Yemen for the ba-
The international aid orga- sic rules of war."
nization, which supports The conflict in Yemen be-
the hospital, said in a state- gan with the 2014 takeover
ment sent to the Associat- of the capital, Sanaa, by
ed Press that four of those Iranian-backed Houthi Shi-
killed were children and ite rebels, who toppled the
two adults are unaccount- government of Abed Rab-
ed for. bo Mansour Hadi.
Save The Children said a A Saudi-led coalition al-
missile struck a petrol station lied with Hadi's internation-
near the entrance to Kitaf ally recognized govern-
rural hospital, about 100 ki- ment has been fighting the
lometers (62 miles) from the Houthis since 2015.
city of Saada at 9:30 a.m. Saudi-led airstrikes have
local time on Tuesday. hit schools, hospitals and
"The missile was said to wedding parties and killed
have landed within 50 me- thousands of Yemeni civil-
ters of the facility's main Graphic corrects Katif to Kitaf; a hospital in a rural area of northwest Yemen was hit by an airstrike ians. The Houthis have fired
building," it said. Tuesday. long-range missiles into
The organization said the Associated Press Saudi Arabia and targeted
hospital had been open vessels in the Red Sea.
for half an hour and many Save the Children, which the attack. health workers have lost The fighting in the Arab
patients and staff were ar- reported earlier this week Helle Thorning-Schmidt, the their lives in what appears world's poorest country has
riving on a busy morning. that 37 Yemeni children a organization's chief execu- to been an indiscriminate killed thousands of civilians,
Among the dead were month had been killed or tive, said: "We are shocked attack on a hospital in a left millions suffering from
a health worker and the injured by foreign bombs and appalled by this outra- densely populated civilian food and medical shortag-
worker's two children and a in the last year, demanded geous attack." area," she said. "Attacks like es, and pushed the country
security guard, it said. an urgent investigation into "Innocent children and these are a breach of inter- to the brink of famine.q