Fragile Opening
For the first time in months, there are signs that Hamas may be willing to entertain a longer-term ceasefire in Gaza.
For the first time in months, there are signs that Hamas may be willing to entertain a longer-term ceasefire in Gaza.
A Hamas delegation arrived in Egypt's Cairo on Saturday to discuss efforts toward reaching a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
In the latest sign of a deepening internal fracture within the Palestinian leadership, President Mahmoud Abbas has launched an unprecedented verbal attack on Hamas, calling them “sons of dogs” and demanding they release hostages, disarm, and cede control of Gaza to his Palestinian Authority (PA).
A Hamas delegation met with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in the Qatari capital Doha over the latest developments in the Gaza Strip.
At least 29 Palestinians were killed and more than 50 others injured on Wednesday in an Israeli airstrike that hit a residential block in the Shuja'iyya neighbourhood, east of Gaza City, Hamas said.
Israel has reportedly received Hamas' response to a new ceasefire deal proposal from Qatari mediators.
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has said that Israel will not be able to eliminate Hamas even if it enters Rafah, a local media outlet reported.
He also said that there "won't be any safe place, not in Gaza, not outside of it or in any other Middle Eastern country. We will put them in their place".
Amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval visited the Jewish nation and met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday.
Doval called on Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on Monday and discussed the ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza.