U.S. President Joe Biden said Thursday he doesn’t expect to seal a Gaza cease-fire deal in the near future, as an American-backed proposal with global support has not been fully embraced by Israel or Hamas.
Biden said international leaders had discussed the cease-fire at the Group of Seven summit in Italy, but when asked by reporters if a truce deal wound be reached soon, Biden replied simply, “No,” adding, “I haven’t lost hope.”
Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza has killed more than 37,100 people, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between combatants and civilians in its count. Palestinians are
Israel launched the war after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, in which militants stormed into southern Israel, killed some 1,200 people — mostly civilians — and abducted about 250.
Israeli strike on house kills a woman in southern Lebanon
A woman was fatally wounded by an Israeli strike on a house in southern Lebanon late Thursday between the towns of Jannata and Deir Qanoun al-Nahar, the state-run National News Agency reported.
Local media reported the strike hit a three-story residential building and that a number of wounded people, including women and children, were transported to local hospitals, which put out a call for blood donations.
Al Jazeera will remain shut down in Israel for 45 more days, court says
Israel shut down the network’s local operations last month. Al Jazeera has maintained 24-hour coverage in Gaza during the war, and Israel’s military operations have killed and wounded members of its staff.
While including on-the-ground reporting of the war’s devastating toll, Al Jazeera’s Arabic-language arm often publishes verbatim video statements from Hamas and other regional militant groups.
Israeli forces kill at least one Palestinian during raid in northern West Bank
Israeli forces killed at least one Palestinian in a daylong raid Thursday into the northern West Bank, according to the military and Palestinian health officials.
As of Thursday night, Palestinian health officials had only confirmed the death of one man, 21-year-old Qais Mohammed Zakarneh.
Israel’s military said it also arrested several Palestinians suspected of militancy and dug up explosives planted in the ground.
Since the start of the Israel-Hamas war Oct. 7, over 530 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in the West Bank.
Biden says no Gaza cease-fire deal soon, as mediators work to bridge gaps between Israel and Hamas
U.S. President Joe Biden said Thursday he doesn’t expect to reach a cease-fire deal for Gaza in the nearfuture, as Israel and Hamas have not fully embraced an American-backed proposal with global support.
Biden said international leaders at the Group of Seven summit in Italy had discussed the cease-fire, but when asked by reporters if a truce deal wound be reached soon, Biden replied simply, “No,” adding, “I haven’t lost hope.”
Hezbollah attacks Israeli bases with rockets and drones in second day of retaliation for killing militant commander
