 The Israeli military said it had also intensified its offensive in the southern city of Rafah, where it said it had recovered weapons. This came as a senior Hamas official, Osama Hamdan, criticized Israel in a statement on Saturday for stalling on the ceasefire talks. Hamdan said that Hamas was ready to, quote, deal positively with any proposal, as long as it includes a permanent ceasefire and a full Israeli military withdrawal from Gaza. Hadil Al-Shalji, NPR News, Tel Aviv.