ISTANBUL (AA) – The Palestinian resistance groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad have affirmed their conditions for any agreement with Israel, including a halt to the Gaza war, a full Israeli withdrawal, reconstruction, ending the blockade and a serious prisoner exchange deal. This was outlined in a statement released by Hamas following a meeti...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Qatar and Egypt have warned the US that there is “little chance” for the Palestinian group Hamas to accept its latest proposal for a Gaza cease-fire, Israeli media reported. Gaza cease-fire talks in Qatar concluded on Friday with a new “proposal that narrows the gaps” between Israel and Hamas, cla...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian resistance group Hamas has called US President Joe Biden’s allegation that the Palestinian group had backed away from a Gaza cease-fire deal “misleading.” “Biden and (US Secretary of State Antony) Blinken’s statements are misleading and don’t reflect the true position of the movement, which is keen...
ANKARA (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is scheduled to arrive in Israel on Sunday to push for a cease-fire agreement, reported Israeli media. Israel’s Public Broadcasting Corporation said that Blinken’s expected visit is the ninth of its kind since Israel waged its deadly war on Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023. During his […]
LONDON (AA) – The British foreign secretary has expressed the hope that the parties to the Doha talks may be “on the cusp of a deal.” Speaking at a news conference in Jerusalem, David Lammy stressed that the time for a deal in Gaza is “now.” “I am pleased that the reports out of Qatar […]
DOHA, Qatar (AA) – Mediators in the Gaza cease-fire talks announced on Friday that they proposed a new plan to bridge gaps between Israel and Hamas. “Over the last 48 hours in Doha, senior officials from our governments have engaged in intensive talks as mediators aiming to conclude the agreement for a cease-fire and release […]
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP Visiting US envoy Amos Hochstein warned that the clock was ticking for a Gaza cease-fire that could also help end 10 months of cross-border exchanges between Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Israel. His Lebanon trip came a day before cease-fire negotiations between Hamas and Israel resumed, with top diplomats scramblin...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) — Hamas demanded Sunday that Gaza cease-fire mediators present a plan to implement a proposal supported by US President Joe Biden that it had agreed upon on July 2. The group released a statement requesting that the mediators “present a plan to implement what they offered to the movement and which […]
ANKARA (AA) – The UN’s special rapporteur on Palestine accused Israel of carrying out a “genocide” in Gaza on Saturday. Describing Gaza as “the largest and most shameful concentration camp of the 21st century,” Francesca Albanese wrote on X: “Israel is genociding the Palestinians one neighborhood at the time, one hospit...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has added new conditions to a proposed deal with Hamas, including exiling around 150 Palestinian prisoners from the country, Channel 13 reported Sunday, citing unnamed sources. According to the sources, the prisoners are accused of killing Israelis. For months, the US, Qatar and ...
