Good evening I'm John Yang.

In the Israel-Hamais war, today was a day of impeded progress.

Amid Gaza's worsening humanitarian crisis, Hamas fired rockets at Israeli forces near the main entry point for aid.

That led Israel to close the gateway.

The Israeli military said three soldiers were killed.

The Karam Shalom Crossing has been a lifeline for more than a million displaced Palestinians in need of food, water, and medicine.

And in Cairo, the latest round of talks aimed at a hostage release and ceasefire deal has ended as Hamas negotiators went back to Qatar. They're to return

to Cairo on Tuesday. Hamas is holding to its position that they would only release

hostages in exchange for a permanent ceasefire. That's something Israeli

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says is out of the question. But while Israel

has shown willingness, Hamas remains entrenched in its extreme positions.

First among them, the demand to remove all our forces from the Gaza Strip,

end the war, and leave Hamas in power.

The state of Israel cannot accept that.

And the Israeli cabinet voted to shut down Al Jazeera's operations in Israel.

Shortly after, the main cable provider took it off the air. The Foreign Press Association

and Israel called it a dark day for media and democracy. In Kenya the Interior

Ministry said the death toll from flooding and landslides has risen to

228. Terential rains have battered Kenya for weeks and

are forecast to get worse. Homes, roads and bridges have been

destroyed and more than 200,000 people have been displaced.

Ukraine marked its third Orthodox Easter at war with Russia.

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