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Israel’s Cabinet is set to convene to discuss Hamas’ latest response to a U.S.-backed proposal for a phased cease-fire in Gaza
An Israeli official says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will dispatch negotiators to resume Gaza cease-fire talks.
President Biden will speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday to discuss Hamas’ response to a hostage and cease-fire deal which may be pivotal in ending the war.
Hezbollah said that it fired more than 200 missiles at Israeli military sites in retaliation for the killing of one of its senior commanders in southern Lebanon.
The Biden administration has voiced concern over the prospect of a full-scale war between Israel and Hamas ally Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Up to now Hamas has demanded an end to the war and a full withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza. Israel says it will accept only temporary pauses in the fighting until it eliminates Hamas. A Palestinian official familiar with the negotiations told the BBC Hamas is no longer insisting on a full ceasefire at the outset of the three-phase plan.
Israel is weighing a fresh proposal from Hamas on a pause in fighting in Gaza and a release of hostages, raising the possibility of a breakthrough following months of deadlocked talks.
Mediators including Egypt, Qatar and the United States have been trying for months to secure a ceasefire and the release of 120 remaining hostages
Israeli officials believe Hamas’ latest response will enable the two parties to enter detailed negotiations to reach an agreement, according to a source familiar with the matter.
Israel’s military killed a senior Hezbollah commander in an airstrike on his vehicle in south Lebanon, adding to already intensifying hostilities.
Israel is studying Hamas' response to a proposal that would include a hostage release deal and ceasefire in Gaza, according to a statement from Israel's Mossad spy agency. "The mediators of the hostage deal have given the negotiating team Hamas' response to the hostage deal outline.
Hizbollah said it had fired more than 200 rockets at northern Israel in retaliation for an Israeli air strike that killed one of its senior commanders, as tensions between the two sides escalated sharply on Thursday.
There has been no progress towards a ceasefire since Biden's announcement five weeks ago Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to send a team of negotiators to discuss a hostage release deal with Hamas.
The escalation in violence across the border of Israel and Lebanon came as Western diplomats tried to head off a full-fledged war there.
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International diplomats are scrambling to prevent the near-daily clashes between Israel and Hezbollah from spiraling into an all-out war that could possibly lead to a direct confrontation between Israel and Iran,
Hamas has broadly agreed to the framework of a cease-fire proposal with Israel, a senior US administration official said, though mechanics of the deal have yet to be resolved.
Qatar and Egypt on Wednesday delivered Hamas' updated response to Israel's proposal for a hostage and ceasefire deal in Gaza, the Israeli Mossad said in a statement. Why it matters: Two senior Israeli officials told Axios that Hamas' updated response was constructive and opens the door to more detailed negotiations that could result in a deal.
The Palestinian militant group Hamas informed its ally Hezbollah it had agreed to a proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the leader of the powerful Lebanese group welcomed the step, two sources familiar with the matter said on Friday.
Lebanon's Hezbollah group held a funeral on Thursday for its senior commander Mohammad Naameh Nasser who was killed in an Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon.
A senior White House official called progress in talks with Hamas “a breakthrough,” while Israel was more restrained, and both said major obstacles to a truce remained.
Hamas has broadly agreed to a US-proposed cease-fire plan with Israel, according to a senior American official, though the details still have to be resolved.Most Read from BloombergKamala Harris Is Having a Surprise Resurgence as Biden’s Campaign UnravelsBiden’s Fourth of July Shrouded by Pressure to Drop 2024 BidSingapore Couples Are Marrying Earlier to Buy Homes,
Israeli forces and the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah traded aerial attacks along the border Thursday in the latest of months of exchanges that have raised fears of the Israeli war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip spreading to a wider regional conflict.
The Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says the Palestinian death toll from nearly nine months of war has surged past 38,000. The ministry said Thursday that in the last 24
Israel and Hamas appear to be inching closer to a possible ceasefire deal, which could free the remaining hostages in Gaza.
The militant group has reportedly shown flexibility over some clauses that would allow a framework deal to be reached should Israel approve Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US President Joe Biden on Thursday he has decided to send a delegation to resume stalled negotiations on a hostage release deal with Hamas,
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to speak with President Biden over the phone on Thursday, officials say, after Hamas sent in its latest proposal for a hostage exchange and cease-fire deal.
Lebanon's Hezbollah launched more than 200 rockets and drones at Israeli army positions on Thursday, escalating tensions between the two adversaries amid the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.After months of deadlocked Gaza ceasefire efforts,
Hezbollah fires rockets at Israeli positions after top commander Mohammed Nasser killed in air strike An Israeli strike killed one of Hezbollah's top commanders in south Lebanon on Wednesday, prompting retaliatory rocket fire by the Iran-backed group into Israel as their dangerously poised conflict rumbled on.
A top Hamas official told AFP Friday the group expects a swift Israeli response -- "likely today or tomorrow morning" -- to its new "ideas" for halting the Gaza war and freeing hostages.
STORY: Smoke billows from the roof of a mall in the northern Israeli city of Acre, after a rocket barrage launched from Lebanon was intercepted overhead, a video obtained by Reuters showed.Reuters was able to corroborate the video.
The deputy leader of the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah said Tuesday the only sure path to a cease-fire on the Lebanon-Israel border is a full cease-fire in Gaza.
The strike near the southern coastal city of Tyre took place as global diplomatic efforts have intensified in recent weeks to prevent escalating clashes between Hezbollah and the Israeli military from spiraling into an all-out war that could possibly lead to a direct confrontation between Israel and Iran.
Israel sees Hezbollah as its most direct threat and estimates that it has an arsenal of 150,000 rockets and missiles, including precision-guided missiles.
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Israel is weighing a response from Hamas in the long-stalled talks on how to reach a cease-fire deal in Gaza, while weathering an intense rocket attack from Hezbollah as fighting escalates across the Lebanese border.
Lebanon's Hezbollah said it launched more than 200 rockets and explosive drones Thursday at Israeli military positions as tensions have soared amid the almost nine-months-old Gaza war.Hezbollah said that "as part of the response to