Israel's Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli told Kan Reshet Bet public radio that there had been "some" progress toward an agreement, adding that the sides are closer to a deal than in recent months. He said the initial phase would be "a humanitarian phase," involving a 42-day ceasefire and...
A new outline for the release of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza and a truce was achieved in the talks, which were brokered by Qatari and US negotiators, an Israeli official told Israel's state-owned Kan TV news. "There...
wounding medical staff and damaging equipment, palestinian medics said on saturday. among the dead were seven members of one family whose house was hit overnight in the zeitoun suburb of gaza city, the health officials
An Israeli strike on a school where displaced people were sheltering in the central Gaza Strip killed at least 17 people on Thursday, nearly all women and children, Palestinian medical officials said. Another 42 people were wounded in the strike in the built-up Nuseira...
After the Israeli withdrawal, dozens of citizens headed to those areas to inspect their homes, while others retrieved the bodies of Palestinians killed by the Israeli army, according to witnesses. The withdrawal came following reports indicating pr...
GAZA, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli army has withdrawn from wide areas in the northern Gaza Strip for the first time since the start of the ground operation, eyewitnesses said on Thursday. It is not clear whether the withdrawal is permanent or just a repositioning of Israeli forces, as...
US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday that it is Hamas, not Israel, that is standing in the way of a ceasefire in Gaza. Sullivan, appearing on the CBS program “Face the Nation,” added that the United States will make a judgment about the progress Israel has...
Gaps remain in the discussions surrounding the redeployment of Israeli forces to the Gaza Strip, residents returning to northern Gaza and how many Palestinian prisoners Israel is willing to release, the official said. Israel’s war cabinet is expected...
Israel said its infantry and tanks carried out "localized raids" inside the Gaza Strip on Friday, its first announcement of a shift from an air campaign to ground operations. Israel ordered residents of the populous Gaza City to evacuate southward within 24 hours. The surprising a...