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stanley cup targets in the southern Gaza town of Rafah, its leaders said Monday, hours after Hamas announced it had accepted an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal. Still, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would send negotiators to continue talks on the deal.The high-stakes diplomatic moves and military brinkmanship left a glimmer of hope alive 鈥?but only barely 鈥?for an accord that could bring at least a pause in the 7-month-old war that has devastated the Gaza Strip. Hanging over the wrangling was the threat of an all-out Israeli assault on Rafah, a move that the United States strongly opposes and that aid groups warn will be disastrous for some 1.4 million Palestinians taking refuge there.Hamas abrupt accep
stanley cup tance of the cease-fire deal came hours after Israel ordered an evacuation of Palestinians from eastern neighborhoods of Rafah, signaling an invasion was imminent.Netanyahus office said that the proposal Hamas accepted was far from Israels essential demands, but that it would nonetheless send negotiators to continue talks on a deal.EXPLAINER: The UN says theres full-blown famine in northern GazaAt the same time, the Israeli military said it was conducting targeted strikes against Hamas in eastern Rafah. The nature of the strikes was not immediately known, but the move may aim to keep the pressure of the Rafah threat on as talks
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WASHINGTON AP 鈥?Attorney General William Barr took a public swipe at President Donald Trump on Thursday, saying that the presidents tweets about Justice Department prosecutors and cases make it impossible for me to do my job. Barr made the comment during an interview with ABC News just days after his Justice Department overruled its own prosecutors 鈥?who had recommended in a court filing that Trumps longtime ally and confidant Roger Stone be sentenced to 7 to 9 years in prison 鈥?and took the extraordinary step of lowering the amount of prison time it would seek. The department didn ;t offer an amended number.Barr himself has been under fire for the Justice Department action, and Thursday comment served as a defense of his own integrity.The department insisted the decision to undo the sentencing recommendation was made Monday night 鈥?before Trump blasted the recommendation on Twitter as very horrible and unfair 鈥?and pro
stanley cup secutors had not spoken to the White House about it. The about-face prompted the four attorneys who prosecuted Stone to quit the case. One left the Justice Department altogether. Im happy to say that, in fact, the president has never asked me to do anything in a criminal case, Barr said in the interview. However, to ha
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