Egypt was in contact with senior Hamas and Israeli figures as well as other mediators on Sunday in an effort to restart negotiations for a truce in the Gaza Strip during the Muslim holy month
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
Hamas said on Monday it was pressing on with talks on securing a ceasefire in Gaza despite Israel's decision not to attend, while Washington appeared to take a tougher line in demanding its ally Israel
Hamas has accused Israeli troops of killing 104 Palestinians and wounding 750 more after opening fire on a crowd waiting for aid in Gaza. An Israeli source said troops opened fire at 'several people' in
Hamas urged Palestinians on Wednesday to march to Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque at the start of Ramadan next month, raising the stakes in negotiations for a truce in Gaza, which U.S. President Joe Biden hopes will
The chief of the World Trade Organization (WTO) warned Monday that global instability and war are weighing down the world economy. WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said at the organization’s biennial meeting in the United Arab
A senior Hamas official told the Al Jazeera news network that "the atmosphere of optimism, as if there was a rapprochement for a prisoner exchange agreement, does not reflect reality." According to him, Prime Minister
The protracted, often bloody Israeli-Palestinian conflict exploded into a hot war on Oct. 7, 2023, when the militant Palestinian group Hamas launched a deadly attack on Israel and Israel retaliated by bombarding the Gaza Strip.
Israel has denied reports that Hamas’s leader and his brother may have escaped with some hostages into Egypt’s Sinai desert. Security sources in Saudi Arabia said Israeli officials believed Yahya and Mohammed Sinwar fled through
US president Joe Biden pushing for United Nations vote calling for a temporary ceasefire over fears for Palestinian citizens The US said on Monday night that Israel’s planned invasion of Rafah “should not proceed under
