The US, Qatar and Egypt said a lot of progress was made on a number of issues in the last 48 hours and Washington presented a new proposal to close gaps for the implementation of a ceasefire deal. Israel's military campaign has killed more than 40,000 people in Gaza.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his conversation with Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu, made a push for the de-escalation of situation in West Asia where the situation remains tensed between Israel and Iran.
Tensions in the Middle East are at an all-time high after a suspected Israeli attack that killed Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Iran last month. Iran had blamed Israel for the attack and promised retaliation, threatening ceasefire efforts in the Gaza war that has killed over 40,000 Palestinians.
The Trump campaign claims its internal communications were hacked by Iranian government-linked actors, raising concerns over foreign interference in the US Presidential Elections 2024.
Roughly a dozen F-22s are expected to arrive in the Middle East in the coming days to help defend Israel from possible attacks by Iran and its proxies, said a US official.
Last week, Israel killed Shukr, Hezbollah's senior-most military commander, in a strike on the group's stronghold in the southern suburbs of Lebanon's capital Beirut.
Israel and Hezbollah have exchanged near-daily strikes for the past 10 months during the war in Gaza. But last week’s assassinations of Hamas' leader Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah commander Fouad Shukur sent regional tensions soaring.
The Middle East is on the edge of an all out war after the killing of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Iran. Iran has vowed retaliation against Israel who it blames for the killing of Haniyeh.
Hamas-led militants killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and took around 250 people hostage in their surprise attack into southern Israel last October.
Earlier reports claimed that Mossad hired Iranian agents to plant explosives in three separate rooms of a building where Haniyeh was staying. However, Iran has now said that Haniyeh was killed by a short-range projectile.
Senior officers reviewed security measures, implementing a multi-layered system with increased CCTV surveillance and potential for additional personnel. The move follows two low-intensity blasts near the embassy in the past three years and a recent hoax about explosions.
Ismail Haniyeh was targeted by the Mossad agency since he arrived in Tehran to attend former Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi's funeral in May. His recent assassination shocked Iran and exposed critical failures of the country's intelligence and security.
Tensions are on a rise in Israel due to escalating conflicts with Lebanon and Iran. The Indian Embassy in Israel has issued an advisory for the Indian nationals living in the country.
The report claimed that the explosives had been hidden approximately two months ago in the guesthouse despite the fact the building is run and protected by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps
The conflict in the Middle East has entered a new phase in the wake of Israel's suspected assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and an Israeli strike in Beirut against the top military commander of Iran-backed Hezbollah.
Iran's Axis of Resistance is a coalition with the potential to further destabilize the Middle East amid the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict. Their coordinated actions against Israel and close ties to Iran could trigger wider conflicts, disrupt global trade, and worsen humanitarian crises.
Ismail Haniyeh, the chief of Hamas' political bureau and long targeted by Israel, was killed in an attack on his residence in Iran. His death has fuelled concerns of an all-out conflict between Iran and Israel and came at a critical time of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
Lebanon's Hezbollah confirmed on Wednesday that senior commander Fuad Shukr was killed in an Israeli strike on the outskirts of the Lebanese capital, making him the most senior figure from the group to be killed in nearly 10 months of conflict with Israel.
Netanyahu did not mention the killing. Both Hamas and Iran quickly blamed Israel for the shock assassination that risked escalating into an all-out regional war. The strike that killed Haniyeh came hours after Israel targeted a top commander in Iran's ally Hezbollah in the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
Hamas sources said Meshaal is expected to be chosen as the paramount leader of the group to replace Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in Iran in the early hours of Wednesday, with Tehran and Hamas vowing retribution against Israel.
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