Egypt warned Hamas that it must reach a hostage-for-ceasefire deal with Israel within 2 weeks, or Israel will move into Rafah, The Wall Street Journal reports. Cairo is hosting talks on a deal beginning on
According to senior Israeli figures, ongoing discussions with Egypt and Qatar are focused the hostages, with a critical deadline set for the coming Tuesday. Israel plans to send a delegation next week to Cairo. The
When asked by members of the Hostage and Missing Families Forum what he would do if he were PM of Israel, Guterres claimed he would prioritize the release of hostages. New York - Knesset Speaker
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken canceled a planned visit to the Kerem Shalom Crossing, Hebrew daily Haaretz reports, despite Blinken telling a Channel 13 journalist during a press briefing last night, “There was no
Jerusalem won’t offer counter-proposal, instead seeking to put pressure on Qatar via the US to soften terror group’s terms, says Israeli source. Israel is working to pressure Hamas to withdraw its “delusional” terms for a
Shahram Akbarzadeh, a professor of Middle East and Central Asian politics at Deakin University, says Israel’s leader is averse to signing a truce deal as it would give Hamas credibility and recognition. “He knows his
President Vladimir Putin told leaders of Russia's Jewish community on Wednesday that Moscow had achieved "specific results" in diplomatic efforts to free hostages caught up in Israel's conflict with Hamas, Russian news agencies reported. The
In meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that “there’s a lot of work to be done” to reach a hostage
Hamas has proposed a ceasefire plan that would quiet the guns in Gaza for four-and-a-half months leading to an end to the war, in response to a proposal sent last week by Qatari and Egyptian
Hamas official Ghazi Hamad has told the Reuters news agency that the group is aiming for the release of as many Palestinians held in Israeli prisons as possible, a central point of contention in a
