The secret discussions were mediated by Iraq and started in Baghdad early last month. Iran confirmed that it was talking to Saudi Arabia, its arch-rival, in an effort to resolve the many issues that divide them. Adding to the turmoil, street fighting broke out in several Israeli cities between Jews and Arabs. Israel said it had killed Hamas officials. Scores of people, mostly Palestinians, were killed. Hamas and its allies then fired more than 1,600 rockets at Israel, which responded with hundreds of air strikes on Gaza. Israeli police fired stun-grenades and rubber bullets at rock-throwing Palestinians. The crisis began with clashes around the al-Aqsa mosque, Islam’s third-holiest site. Israel and Hamas, the militant group that controls Gaza, were on the brink of war.
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