It affirmed that it takes "a positive and responsible approach with determination" towards reaching an agreement that "meets the national demands of our people, ends the aggression completely, achieves withdrawal of Israeli troops from the entire Gaza Strip, allows for the return of the displaced, ...
Israel and Hamas reached a seven-day ceasefire brokered by Egypt, Qatar, and the United States from Nov. 24 to 30, after which Israel resumed its siege and bombardment of the Palestinian enclave. The week-long truce also included a swap between Palestinian prisoners in Israel and Israeli hosta...
Israel’s leaders are clearly nervous about what Trump might negotiate with Hamas. When it was revealed that the US was speaking with Hamas, the prime minister’s office released a terse statement that “Israel has expressed to the United States its position regarding direct talks with Hamas” ...
The United States' criminal charges against Hamas leaders for their role in the Oct 7 attacks on Israel are "politically motivated", aimed at reducing pressure on Israel even as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is accused of being the "main obstacle" in the cease-fire talks. ...
It was not clear which mediators had proposed the release to Hamas. The United States, led by the Trump administration's hostage envoy Steve Witkoff, has been pushing for a proposal that would extend the truce and see a limited number of hostage for prisoner exchan...
Talk of an imminent hostage deal has swirled for days. There were reports last week that Qatari mediators were seeking a deal for Hamas to release 50 hostages in return for Israel freeing some prisoners and a three-day ceasefire. Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Herzog said on...
Bagheri Kani said following Israel's "crime" of assassinating Haniyeh, the European sides wasted the first diplomatic opportunity by their inaction from even condemning the Israeli action. He said the United States and a number of European countries, which had impeded the United Nations Security ...
UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomes the agreement reached by Israel and Hamas on the release of hostages, with the mediation of Qatar supported by Egypt and the United States, said his spokesman on Wednesday. ...
Sinwar was considered a vital decisionmaker and likely the main point of contact within Gaza during the intense negotiations over the return of the hostages taken into the enclave by Hamas in the October 7 attacks. The talks involved senior figures from Israel, Hamas, the United States, Qata...
From CNN's Natasha Bertrand, Alex Marquardt and Oren Liebermann The United States is planning to transfer $320 million worth of precision-guided bomb equipment to Israel, according to three people familiar with the matter, amid Israel’s ongoing aerial bombardment of Gaza as part of its war on...