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
The United Nations' food agency said it was "largely unsuccessful" in its attempt on Tuesday to resume deliveries to northern Gaza which is nearing famine. The World Food Programme (WFP) had paused its deliveries on
Indirect talks on an end to hostilities along the Lebanese-Israeli border will begin during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan which starts next week, Lebanon's caretaker prime minister Najib Mikati said on Tuesday. Powerful Lebanese
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz at their meeting on Tuesday in a "quite frank" way that Israel needs to act urgently to allow more aid into Gaza,
U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that a deal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip in exchange for the release of Israeli hostages was in the hands of Hamas, as delegations held a
Security official responds: “This is not a gesture and the matter was even clarified in a Cabinet discussion." Forty Palestinian administrative detainees were released from jail on Thursday night at the directive of the Israel
The United States supports the United Nations doing a probe into an aid-related incident in Gaza last week where dozens of people died, the U.S. State Department said on Monday. Gaza health authorities said Israeli
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, IDF Chief Herzi Halevi, and Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar are urging maximal freedom of access for Muslim worshipers to pray at the Al-Aqsa compound atop Jerusalem’s Temple Mount during Ramadan,
The White House says a temporary ceasefire in Gaza is essential to a hostage deal and calls on Hamas to accept the terms currently on the table, as talks to secure a truce proceed in
Calling unsourced report ‘fake news,’ Prime Minister’s Office says neither side asked for a conversation; Gantz in Washington for talks with VP Harris The office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied on Monday an unsourced
