A senior Hamas official urged the United States on Monday to pressure Israel to end the war in Gaza, ahead of the planned visit on Monday by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to the region to push forward ceasefire efforts. Blinken is set to visit Egypt and Israel on Monday.
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Israel pounds Gaza as Cairo peace talks with Hamas continue
Hamas leaders held a second day of truce talks with Egyptian and Qatari mediators on Sunday, with no apparent progress reported as the Islamist group maintained its demand that any agreement must end the war in Gaza, Palestinian officials said. One Palestinian official, close to the mediation effort, said the Hamas
Gazans break fast without ‘joy of Ramadan’ as Israel-Hamas war grinds on
Hamas raises stakes in Gaza truce talks by calling for Ramadan march
Hamas called on Wednesday for Palestinians to march to Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque at the start of Ramadan, raising the stakes in ongoing negotiations for a truce in Gaza, which U.S. President Joe Biden hopes will be in place by then. The call by Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh followed comments by Biden
Health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says war death toll at 28,473
The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Tuesday that at least 28,473 people have been killed in the territory during more than four months of war between Palestinian militants and Israel. The latest toll includes 133 deaths over the past 24 hours, a ministry statement said, while 68,146 people have been
Hamas had command tunnel under U.N. Gaza HQ, Israeli military says
Israeli forces have discovered a tunnel network hundreds of metres (yards) long and running partly under UNRWA's Gaza headquarters, the military says, calling it new evidence of Hamas exploitation of the main relief agency for Palestinians. Army engineers took reporters for foreign news outlets through the passages at a time of
Israel approves terms of deal with Hamas
Israel has given its consent to general provisions of a deal with Palestine's Hamas movement, drafted during the recent negotiations in Paris, Qatari Foreign Ministry's spokesperson Majed al-Ansari said. "The meeting in Paris succeeded in consolidating their proposals on the table into one proposal. That proposal has been approved by the
Israel approves terms of deal with Hamas, reached in Paris: Qatar
Israel has given its consent to general provisions of a deal with Palestine's Hamas movement, drafted during the recent negotiations in Paris, Qatari Foreign Ministry's spokesperson Majed al-Ansari said. "The meeting in Paris succeeded in consolidating their proposals on the table into one proposal. That proposal has been approved by the
Hamas leader’s killing raises fears of wider war
Gazans exhausted as Israel-Hamas war rages on
Fighting raged Saturday across Gaza, where displaced Palestinians are "exhausted" with no end in sight to war between the besieged territory's Hamas rulers and Israel, now in its 13th week. Smoke billowed over the Gaza Strip's southern city of Khan Yunis, the focus of recent fighting in the grinding war, which