Hamas has repeatedly offered to release all the hostages held in Gaza and conclude a permanent ceasefire agreement, and Israel has refused, Abu Ubaida added in a televised speech. Arab mediators Qatar and Egypt, backed by the United States, have hosted more than 10 days of talks on a U.S.-backed proposal for a 60-day truce […]
Trump Offers Peace Plan for Israel-Hamas War Former U.S. President Donald Trump said he made a final offer for a 60-day ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas, which has been going on for almost 21 months. He said he expected to get a reply soon. Hamas Responds to the Proposal Hamas said on […]
Israeli officials said prospects for reaching a ceasefire and hostage deal appeared high, nearly 21 months since the war between Israel and Hamas began. Efforts for a Gaza truce gathered steam after the U.S. secured a ceasefire to end a 12-day aerial conflict between Israel and Iran, but on the ground in Gaza, intensified Israeli […]
When reporters asked Donald Trump how close Israel and Hamas were to stopping the war, he said, “We think there will be a ceasefire within the next week.” The United States helped to arrange a ceasefire (a stop to the fighting) during the last days of President Joe Biden’s term, with help from Trump’s new […]
The plan, which says it is guaranteed by U.S. President Donald Trump and mediators Egypt and Qatar, includes sending aid to Gaza as soon as Hamas signs off on the ceasefire agreement. The plan stipulates that Hamas will release the last 30 hostages once a permanent ceasefire is in place. The White House said on […]
The new proposal, which sees the release of ten hostages and 70 days of truce, was received by Hamas through mediators. “The proposal includes the release of ten living Israeli hostages held by Hamas in two groups in return for a 70-day ceasefire and a partial withdrawal from the Gaza Strip,” the source said. The […]
More than 300 Gazans have been killed in Israeli strikes since Thursday, according to local health authorities, one of the deadliest phases of bombardment since a truce collapsed in March. The latest strikes came after U.S. President Donald Trump ended his Middle East tour on Friday with no apparent progress towards a new ceasefire. Since […]
“The return of Edan Alexander is the result of serious communications with the US administration and the efforts of mediators, not a consequence of Israeli aggression or the illusion of military pressure,” the Palestinian militant group said in a statement. “Netanyahu is misleading his people and has failed to bring back his prisoners through aggression,” […]
“The (Ezzedine) Al-Qassam Brigades have just released the Zionist soldier and American citizen Edan Alexander, following contacts with the US administration, as part of the efforts undertaken by mediators to achieve a ceasefire,” Hamas said in a statement. Israel’s military said he was back inside Israel and “on his way to an initial reception point […]
Trump said that 24 hostages were alive when he received a recent visit by former Israeli hostages, but “as of today, it’s 21, three have died.” “Twenty-one, plus a lot of dead bodies,” the president said at a White House swearing-in ceremony for his Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff. He did not provide any further […]
