In the wake of a fresh request from the Palestinian militant organisation that also demanded increased supplies into Gaza—where the first food shipment by sea arrived—efforts to bring an end to the Israel-Hamas conflict seemed to be resuming on Saturday. Israel declared that it would send a delegation to Qatar to continue negotiations on a potential agreement. Plans for a military operation in Rafah, where the majority of Gaza’s population has sought safety after more than five months of fighting and hardship, were also advanced by it. The World Central Kitchen team, a US nonprofit, said that they had completed unloading nearly 200 tonnes of food. It released a statement saying, “All cargo was offloaded and is being readied for distribution in Gaza.”