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Israel bombed targets in Gaza on Tuesday as mediators in Cairo sought progress towards a truce and hostage deal and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted Israeli troops would launch a ground invasion of Rafah. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he had no indication of an “imminent” Israeli assault on the city, the last in the Gaza Strip yet to be the target of a ground invasion and where around 1.5 million displaced Palestinians are sheltering. Under the latest ceasefire proposal, fighting would stop for six weeks, about 40 women and child hostages in Gaza would be exchanged for hu…