Members of the Palestinian civil defense extinguish a fire in a building in the east of Rafah, the southern Gaza Strip, Monday, February 19.
Mandatory Credit:	Said Khatib/AFP/Getty Images

Members of the Palestinian civil defense extinguish a fire in a building in the east of Rafah, the southern Gaza Strip, Monday, February 19.
Mandatory Credit: Said Khatib/AFP/Getty Images

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US proposes ‘temporary ceasefire’ in Gaza in draft UN resolution

The United States has proposed a United Nations Security Council draft resolution on Gaza calling for a temporary ceasefire in Israel’s war against Hamas and warning against an Israeli ground incursion into Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians have fled over the course of the conflict.