“The negotiations are sensitive. I can’t say there is optimism or pessimism, but we haven’t yet reached a point at which we can achieve a cease-fire,” Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said Monday. The war began with a Hamas attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7 in which Palest...
After weeks of fighting, Israel and Hamas announce the first truce of the war. They agree to pause fighting for four days to exchange women and child hostages held in Gaza for Palestinian women and teenagers detained or jailed by Israel on security grounds, ...
In recent negotiations, “Haniyeh had played a big role in trying to convince Sinwar to accept a cease-fire proposal with Israel,’’ said Hugh Lovatt, an expert on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at the European Council on Foreign Relations. Sinwar has stuck ...
If a cease-fire is reached, more than 11,000 people will die over the next six months, the findings estimate, based on current conditions inside Gaza. If the status quo of the war is maintained, more than 66,000 people will die during the same period, the findings show. Mourners react...
International mediators have held a new round of talks aimed at halting the Israel-Hamas war and securing the release of scores of hostages.
Nations Security Council on Monday issued its first demand for a cease-fire in Gaza, with the U.S. angering Israel by abstaining from the vote. Israel responded by canceling a visit to Washington by a high-level delegation in the strongest public clash between ...
Yahya Sinwar's appointment as the top leader of Hamas formalizes a role he assumed in the early hours of Oct. 7, when the surprise attack into Israel that he helped mastermind ushered in the bloodiest chapter of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Israel calls permanent cease-fire in Gaza a ‘nonstarter,’ undermining Biden proposal June 1, 2024 The war in Gaza, now in its 11th month, has caused widespread destruction and forced the vast majority of Gaza’s 2.3 million residents to flee their homes, often...
A cease-fire and hostage release deal has been reached between Israel and Hamas, Israeli, Egyptian and U.S. officials said on Wednesday. An Israeli source told Haaretz that the living hostages will be released first, and that Israel ho...
of the conflict even for another day would cause even more civilian casualties and lead to a greater catastrophe. An immediate cease-fire in Gaza is an urgent imperative to save innocent lives and to prevent a wider war, said Zhang Jun, China's permanent representative to the United Nations....