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Trump, meanwhile, says he wants Iran to halt all nuclear enrichment and curb its missile and drone production.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel-Adi says Cairo is working to bridge existing gaps between the U.S.
He says Egypt is communicating directly with Iran's foreign ministry.
Aya Batrawi, NPR News Dubai, with reporting by Ahmed Abouhamda in Cairo.
Israel has sealed shut all but one of Gaza's crossings.
That includes closure of the Rafah crossing with Egypt that had just opened last month to allow some people to return and some wounded to leave.
NPR's reporter in Gaza, Anas Baba, says people are feeling squeezed.
And according to Israel's own count, some 200 trucks a day enter Gaza now through a single crossing.
That is a fraction of what the U.N.
says is needed and what mediators say was agreed on in the ceasefire.
Israel has sealed shut all but one of Gaza's crossings.
That includes closure of the Rafah crossing with Egypt that had just opened last month to allow some people to return and some wounded to leave.
NPR's reporter in Gaza, Anas Baba, says people are feeling squeezed.
And according to Israel's own count, some 200 trucks a day enter Gaza now through a single crossing.
That is a fraction of what the U.N.
says is needed and what mediators say was agreed on in the ceasefire.
Iran insists it's not targeting countries in the region, but that it's defending against U.S.