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These fire talks to eventually and the war in Gaza have been drawn out for months with little progress and no deal.

A new round of meetings initiated by the U.S. Egypt and Qatar wrapped up Sunday, that as many

Palestinians and Gaza frustrated and somewhat hopeless as NPR's

Hidal El Shauchi reports.

International mediators continue to push Israel and Hamas toward a deal presented

last week that they said bridge the gaps between the two sides.

Israel and Hamas have blamed each other for stalling the talks.

But no one wants an end to the war more than Palestinians living in Gaza.

29-year-old Ahmed Hellas is being forced to evacuate

again from the center of Gaza. He says he's so hopeless that he doesn't even

follow the news of the talks anymore.

Handal me Nizu, and I'm not sure. the talks anymore. We'll keep going to the talks about.

We'll keep going from evacuation to evacuation, he says, and one death to another.

Only God above can change our situation.

Hadil al-Shalchi NPR News, Haifa.

To mute or not to mute the mics at the scheduled debate between vice president and Democratic presidential nominee

Kamala Harris and Republican former president Donald Trump.

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