After four days of talks mediated by Qatar and Egypt to secure a 40-day ceasefire ahead of the Muslim fasting month there is still no sign of progress on key sticking points, with both sides blaming the other.
A UN team found clear and convincing information" of hostages subjected to various forms of sexual violence, which may still be ongoing. Hamas has repeatedly rejected accusations of sexual violence even as the UN team found circumstantial information of sexual violence in Israel on October 7.
The mother had woken up at around 10 pm to breastfeed Naeim, the boy, and went back to sleep with him in one arm and Wissam, the girl, in the other. Her husband was sleeping beside them. Suddenly, an attack killed 14 members of her family including her husband.
Govinda Acharya, Dahal’s press secretary, said the former guerrilla chief was likely to name a new cabinet including nominees from two main opposition parties – Communist Party of Nepal (UML) and the Rastriya Swotantra Party (RSP).
From the Israeli side, there was no official confirmation even that its delegation was attending. One source briefed on the talks had said Israel could stay away from Cairo unless Hamas first presented a full list of hostages who are still alive.
Israeli officials said Biden's comments came as a surprise and were not made in coordination with the country's leadership. A Hamas official played down any sense of progress, saying the group wouldn't soften its demands.
Negotiators from the US, Egypt and Qatar are working on a framework deal under which Hamas would free some of the dozens of hostages it holds, in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners and a six-week halt in fighting.
Israel-Hamas war: The two men, who were kidnapped by Hamas from Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak on October 7, were in good condition and taken to the Tel Hashomer Medical Complex, the military said.
This is not the first time when President Biden's gaffes have made headlines, leading to concerns about his age and his cognitive decline. Biden will be 86 if he is reelected and serves a second term, while his rival Trump will be 82 if he manages to return to the White House.
The militant group's proposal - a response to an offer sent last week by Qatari and Egyptian mediators - comes amid the biggest diplomatic push yet for an extended halt to the fighting, and was met with hope and relief in the Gaza Strip.
The vote gave individual lawmakers another chance to show voters their support for Israel and could be used on the campaign trail to criticize those who voted against it. But it did little to generate momentum toward passage of a final emergency spending package.
The US military said that its massive barrage of strikes hit command and control headquarters; intelligence centres; rockets and missiles, drone and ammunition storage sites; and other facilities connected to the militias and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's Quds Force.
Masons, painters, electricians, plumbers and some farmers said they were looking for jobs in Israel with some willing to risk going into a conflict zone because they could make five times more money in a year than they would at home.
CCTV footage showed around a dozen Israeli troops, including some in women's garb and two dressed as medical staff, pacing with rifles through a corridor in Ibn Sina Hospital in the West Bank on Tuesday.
American forces in the Middle East have been attacked more than 150 times by Iran-backed forces in Iraq, Syria, Jordan and off the coast of Yemen since the Israel-Hamas war erupted in October.
Antonio Guterres warned that the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA, would be forced to scale back aid to more than 2 million Palestinians as soon as February.
The explosion happened some 100 metres from the vessel but caused no damage and its crew is safe, said. an organisation monitoring Mideast waterways overseen by the British military.
One of the women who was luckily released by the Hamas terrorists, Chen Goldstein-Almog, shared the terrible condition of the women who have become a "sex doll" for the militant group.
The Gaza militants had held at least 253 people in the cross-border Hamas rampage of October 7 that triggered the worst fighting in decades. At least 130 are still in Gaza after others were brought home in a November truce.
Hamas released a video showing three hostages: Noa Argamani, Yossi Sharabi, and Itay Svirski, who were abducted on the day the militant group barged into the neighbouring nation and killed over 1400 Israeli civilians.
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