Talks aimed at brokering a truce between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip will resume in Cairo on Sunday, Egyptian outlet Al-Qahera reported, days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave the green light for fresh negotiations. “An Egyptian security source confirmed to Al-Qahera News the resumption of negotiations on a truce between Israel and … Read more
The Israeli official have warned that any final decision would be based on how many of the inmates were senior militants serving lengthy sentences for violent acts. Gaza Peace Talks Tel Aviv: Israeli authorities on Sunday said that they are willing to allow the return of Palestinians displaced from the northern Gaza Strip as part … Read more
By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS (Associated Press) RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An aid ship loaded with some 200 tons of food set sail for Gaza on Tuesday in a pilot program for the opening of a sea corridor to the territory, where the 5-month Israel-Hamas war has driven hundreds of thousands … Read more
By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS (Associated Press) RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An aid ship loaded with some 200 tons of food set sail for Gaza on Tuesday in a pilot program for the opening of a sea corridor to the territory, where the five-month-old Israel-Hamas war has driven hundreds of thousands … Read more
Israel said on Saturday its spy chief had met his US counterpart as part of efforts to secure the release of hostages still held in Gaza. “The head of the Mossad, David Barnea, met yesterday [Friday] with the head of the CIA, Bill Burns, as part of the ceaseless efforts to advance another hostage release … Read more
By WAFAA SHURAFA, KAREEM CHEHAYEB and MELANIE LIDMAN (Associated Press) RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops fired on a crowd of Palestinians racing to pull food off an aid convoy in Gaza City on Thursday, witnesses said. More than 100 people were killed in the chaos, bringing the death toll since the start of … Read more
Mediators in Egypt were hoping to secure a ceasefire that would see more hostages released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, as Israel prepares for a full-scale ground incursion into Rafah. A displaced Palestinian child and her family from Rafah shelter in Deir Al Balah in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday. Photo: EPA-EFE A Hamas … Read more
About 100 representatives of Gaza hostages flew to The Hague Wednesday to file a “crimes against humanity” complaint at the International Criminal Court against Hamas. Palestinian militants led by Hamas abducted around 250 hostages during their attack on Israel on October 7, of which some 130 are still held captive in Gaza, according to Israeli … Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday rejected Hamas’ terms for a cease-fire and hostage-release agreement, calling them “delusional,” a position that complicates efforts to strike a deal between the sides. Netanyahu vowed to press ahead with Israel’s war against Hamas, now in its fifth month, until achieving “absolute victory.” Netanyahu made the comments shortly … Read more
By Tia Goldenberg | Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel — Ever since Israel was attacked on Oct. 7, a main Israeli highway has been flanked by billboards preaching national unity and a ubiquitous wartime slogan: “Together we will win.” But lately those billboards have been replaced with a starkly different message: a call for immediate … Read more
