The ceasefire took effect on January 19 after more than 15 months of war sparked by Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, the deadliest in the country’s history. Over several weeks, Gaza militants freed 25 living hostages and returned the bodies of eight others to Israel, in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held […]
A three-phase ceasefire in Gaza went into effect on January 19 and has led to the handover of 33 Israeli hostages held in Gaza and some 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees held by Israel. An initial six-week first phase of that ceasefire is due to expire in two days. Israel said on Thursday it was […]
“Two years of continuous death and destruction has made it amply evident that there can be no victory on the battlefield in Sudan,” Ambassador Usman Iqbal Jadoon, deputy permanent of Pakistan to the UN, told the UN Security Council on Wednesday, stressing that both parties respect the inviolability of human life during the blessed month. […]
Prime Minister’s office confirmed Israel had received the coffins of “four fallen hostages”, and a process to formally identify them had started. In the West Bank and Gaza, AFP journalists saw hundreds of Palestinian prisoners freed by Israel arrive on buses accompanied by Red Cross vehicles. More than 600 were due to be released in […]
Washington’s top Middle East envoy said talks for a second phase of a Gaza ceasefire deal remained on track. Palestinian militant group Hamas late Tuesday confirmed the release agreement, negotiated under Egyptian supervision. In Washington, US President Donald Trump’s point person on the Middle East said Israeli representatives were already en route to talks on […]
According to the party spokesperson, the meeting took place with Hamas’ Shura Council and discussed the current situation in Gaza and Palestine. Maulana Rehman reiterated Pakistan’s commitment to the Palestinian struggle for freedom, stating that Palestine is an independent state and that Israeli occupation cannot be supported. He also expressed support for the Palestinian people’s […]
Wearing traditional keffiyeh scarves, the freed prisoners were hoisted on the crowd’s shoulders and hugged relatives before heading to a quick health checkup, the journalist reported. Earlier, buses carrying hundreds of Palestinian prisoners freed under the Gaza ceasefire deal left a jail in Israel’s Negev desert heading to the Gaza Strip on Saturday. Shortly thereafter, […]
“Mediators from Qatar and Egypt are in contact with the American side,” said the source on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to speak publicly on the Gaza ceasefire. “They are working intensively to resolve the crisis and compel Israel to implement the humanitarian protocol in the ceasefire agreement and begin negotiations for […]
Indirect negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas on the next stage of the ceasefire are set to start this week following Netanyahu’s visit to the United States last week. However, a source in Netanyahu’s office said the Israeli delegation at this point will only discuss technical issues, rather than the bigger matters that […]
The exchange comes despite uproar in the region over a proposal by US President Donald Trump to clear out the Gaza Strip of its inhabitants and for the United States to take over the Palestinian territory. The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed to AFP on Friday it had received a list of […]
