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...
ANKARA (AA) – The Israeli army has issued new evacuation orders for residents in several areas of central and southern Gaza Strip, which were previously designated as “humanitarian safe zones.” Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee announced that residents of Blocks 89-2356 in the neighborhoods of east Deir al-Balah and those in the neig...
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 […]
Bedminster, New Jersey – AFP Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has said he will support “Israel’s right to win its war on terror.” “When I’m back in the Oval Office, I will support Israel’s right to win its war on terror. They have to have a right to win the war,” he told an event [&...
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...
