Palestinian Territories – AFP A Hamas official on Sunday said the group is pulling out of Gaza truce talks, following an Israeli strike that targeted their commander Mohammed Deif, who was “fine” despite the attack according to another Hamas figure. “Commander Mohammed Deif is well and directly overseeing” the ope...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden said Thursday that he is determined to broker an end to Israel’s ongoing war on the besieged Gaza Strip, where over 38,000 Palestinians have been killed. Addressing reporters at the end of NATO’s three-day leader-level summit, Biden said both Israel and Hamas have agreed to what he called...
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel pounded parts of Gaza’s biggest city on Thursday, Hamas said, after Israel’s military declared an end to its operation in Shujaiya. The upsurge in bombardment and displacement followed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s statement in late June that “the war i...
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said Wednesday his group would accept Palestinian ally Hamas’s decision on Gaza truce negotiations, repeating that his movement would stop cross-border attacks on Israel if a cease-fire were reached. Hezbollah has traded almost daily fire with Israeli forces in support of Hamas...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US has decided to move ahead with the shipment of 500-pound bombs to Israel, which was previously paused due to concerns of Israel’s ground invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah and massive killings of civilians, a report said Wednesday. The bombs “are in the process of being shipped” after […]...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The UK’s new Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Wednesday that relations with the US are “stronger than ever now” as he met with President Joe Biden for an Oval Office sit-down. “This special relationship is so important,” Starmer said in brief remarks before reporters were ushered out of the room....
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel killed at least 29 people in a strike at a school turned shelter in southern Gaza on Tuesday, a hospital source in Khan Yunis said. There was no immediate comment from Israel. Hamas’ Qatar-based political chief Ismail Haniyeh said he had warned mediators that the “catastrophic consequences...
Palestinian Territories – AFP A Hamas official said Sunday the group was ready to discuss a prisoner exchange deal with Israel even without a “complete” cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. The apparent easing of Hamas’s position comes as long-stalled diplomatic efforts to secure a cease-fire and prisoner exchange deal have ga...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Families of Israeli captives in Gaza say they would stage mass rallies if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to reach a cease-fire and prisoner swap deal with Palestinians. In a statement on X, the Association of Families of Israeli Prisoners Detained in Gaza said millions of people will demonstrate if the Israeli ...
Israel’s Mossad has confirmed that Qatar and Egypt have relayed a positive response from Hamas regarding Israel’s proposal for a prisoner and cease-fire agreement in Gaza. Axios reports that senior Israeli officials view the updated response as constructive, paving the way for more extensive negotiations. The Biden administration, ...
