The high-stakes negotiations between Egyptian and Israeli delegations in Cairo aimed at brokering a cease-fire and prisoner exchange with Hamas ended in deadlock, Israeli media reports. The Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation reports the discussions achieved no progress. The talks followed a “final bridging proposal” presented ...
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...
ANKARA (AA) – Three Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli strike on the Tulkarem refugee camp, northern occupied West Bank. They were killed by an Israeli drone attack on a house in the Tulkarem camp. Wafa, the official Palestinian news agency, identified the three as Imad Shreim, Muawiya Ahmad and Wassim Anbar. Israeli army [&hell...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu still insists on maintaining control over the Philadelphi Corridor in the southern Gaza Strip on the border with Egypt, the public broadcaster KAN has reported. “The prime minister has not changed his position on the need for Israeli control and presence in the Philadelphi Corrid...
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...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian resistance groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility on Monday for a bombing attack in Tel Aviv a day earlier. Israeli police said the attacker was killed in Sunday’s bombing, which also injured one person. In a statement, Hamas’ armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, said the attack was carr...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Philadelphi Corridor remains a sticking point in Gaza cease-fire and prisoner swap negotiations between Israel and Hamas, Israeli media reported on Sunday. The corridor is a 14-kilometer (8.69-mile) demilitarized buffer zone along the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. According to the Israeli news portal Walla, Isra...
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 […]
BEIRUT (AA) – Another Hezbollah resistance fighter has been killed by Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, the group said on Friday. Hezbollah identified the slain resistance fighter as Ibrahim Shawqi Salama, 40, from the town of Blida in southern Lebanon. This new fatality brings the death toll of the Lebanese group Hezbollah in these co...
