Hamas has expressed willingness for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza but accused Israel of not presenting a serious proposal. Hamas leader Basem Naim criticised Israeli actions and urged US intervention to end the violence, while defending the October 7 attack as a response to Israeli actions.
Israeli strikes tore a huge crater, set tents ablaze and buried Palestinian families alive under sand in a supposedly safe zone of southern Gaza before dawn on Tuesday. Earlier Gaza claimed at least 40 killed but later minimised the death toll in a revised announcement.
Netanyahu's stance on the Philadelphi corridor has threatened to derail ceasefire efforts in Gaza as Hamas and other negotiators have called for a full Israeli withdrawal. Israel claims Hamas smuggles weapons and supplies through the corridor located at Gaza's border with Egypt.
As funeral prayers were recited over his daughter’s body, her father, Osama Musleh, was overcome with grief. He recounted that the teenager had looked out the window in response to the sound of gunfire and was found with a gunshot wound to her forehead.
While Hamas negotiators had arrived in Cairo on Saturday for intensified talks on a possible ceasefire in Gaza, the Israeli government abstained from the talks leading to failure of the initiative.
Turkey has announced restrictions on 54 Israeli products including cement, steel and iron construction materials, till a ceasefire in Gaza is reached. In a tit-for-tat move, Israel responded by announcing curbs on products from Turkey, accusing it of supporting Hamas.
An exchange of Palestinian prisoners and Israeli hostages in Gaza can only happen after a ceasefire, senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan said on Tuesday, as ceasefire talks in Cairo between Hamas, Egypt, and Qatar continued with no sign of a breakthrough.
Israel-Hamas War Updates: As per the deal, Hamas is expected to release 50 hostages it abducted on October 7 in exchange for 150 Palestinian prisoners held in Israel. The hostage release was expected to take place on Thursday, but both parties need to sign onto a document for it to take place.
US President Joe Biden has said that there is no shift in the commitment of his administration towards the security of Israel but insisted a two-state solution that includes a state for Palestinians remains the only answer to that conflict.
Palestinians rallied by the thousands early Friday after a cease-fire took effect in the latest Gaza war, with many viewing it as costly but clear victory for the Islamic militant group Hamas over a far more powerful Israel.
Palestinians and Israelis equally deserve to live safely, security and to enjoy equal measures of freedom, prosperity and democracy, US President Joe Biden has said as Israel and Hamas have agreed to an unconditional ceasefire
Cairo: Egypt announced that Israeli and Palestinian negotiators agreed to extend ceasefire in the Gaza Strip for 24 hours, state media reported on Monday."Both sides have agreed to extend the ceasefire to 24 hours, to
Gaza/Jerusalem: Ahead of the Muslim holy festival of Eid, Hamas today agreed to a 24-hour UN-brokered humanitarian truce after initially rejecting it as the 20-day Gaza conflict killed 1,060 Palestinians and 46 Israelis, including an
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