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UN envoy to Mideast warns of war between Israel, Hamas

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Last Updated : May 13 2019 | 8:06 PM IST

The U.N. envoy to the Mideast said Monday that the recent ceasefire between Gaza's Hamas rulers and Israel was the "last chance" to prevent an all-out conflict.

A Qatari envoy arrived the same day in the Palestinian enclave with cash to help cement the truce, which halted the worst round of fighting between the two sides in years.

After a spate of violence killed 25 Palestinians, including 15 civilians, as well as four Israeli civilians earlier this month, Nickolay Mladenov, the U.N. diplomat, said he hopes all parties see that "the risk of war remains imminent."
"We want them to lift the siege so we can work. I have rent for my home and I'm married and have a daughter; what is USD100? It's insufficient."

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First Published: May 13 2019 | 8:06 PM IST

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