ISTANBUL (AA) – Hamas on Tuesday evening denied links to any clip threatening attacks on Israeli athletes at the upcoming Paris Olympics, calling it a fake video circulated by Israeli security forces for nefarious purposes. Hamas political bureau member Izzat al-Rishq said in a statement that Israeli security forces circulated a fake video dep...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Palestinian factions have pledged to end divisions during their reconciliatory talks in Beijing, the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has announced. The representatives inked the declaration “pledging to end division and strengthen unity.” Representatives from 14 groups of Palestinians have held talks in Beijing sin...
ISTANBUL (AA) – An Israeli negotiating team will leave for Qatar on Thursday to continue talks on a Gaza cease-fire and prisoner swap deal with Palestinian factions, according to the Israeli media. A statement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he held “in-depth discussions” Sunday on efforts to reach a prisoner swap deal ...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP The Israeli army claimed Friday there were mounting indications that a strike in Gaza killed Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif. “There are increasing signs that imply a successful elimination of (Mohammed) Deif,” Israeli military spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari told a press conference. Israel ...
Washington, United State – AFP US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that a deal for a cease-fire in Gaza and release of remaining Israelis held by Hamas is near the “goal line.” “I believe we’re inside the 10 yard line and driving toward the goal line” on an “agreement that would produce a ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh spoke by phone with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on developments in Israel’s war on Gaza. Hamas said in a statement on its Telegram channel that Haniyeh called President Pezeshkian “to discuss political and field developments related to the genocidal war being waged by the (Israeli) occu...
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...
