Tag: Ceasefire
CIA chief heading to Doha to advance Gaza ceasefire
CIA Director Bill Burns is set to meet with Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in Doha on Wednesday to bridge the remaining gaps in Gaza ceasefire talks.
A source familiar...
Hamas hands hostage list to Egypt
The Hamas terrorist group in Gaza has given Egyptian authorities a list of hostages it is holding as interlocuters continue to push for a ceasefire agreement, the Saudi-based Al-Arabiya channel reported on Tuesday.
The list included names...
Why the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire is fated to fail … and why that’s a good...
Some 415 days after Hezbollah launched a war against Israel in solidarity with Hamas following its Oct. 7 massacre, the United States, France, Israel and Lebanon announced a ceasefire. While the Biden administration surely...
Netanyahu to hostage families: Assad’s fall could facilitate deal
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told representatives of hostages' families groups on Sunday that the fall of the Assad regime, weakened by Israel's determined stand against Hezbollah and Hamas, could help advance a deal for...
IAF hits Hezbollah after terror group fires mortars at Mount Dov
The Israeli Air Force struck Hezbollah terrorist assets across Lebanon on Monday night in response to the Iranian proxy's firing of two mortar shells across the border hours earlier in violation of the Nov....
A 60-day ceasefire
Let’s be clear about why Israel signed onto this ceasefire. There are three reasons:
1. Joe Biden has been slow-walking aid to Israel. That slow-walking has gotten Israeli troops killed. The ceasefire is designed to...
State Department: US hasn’t determined if Israel violated Lebanon ceasefire
The U.S. State Department said on Monday that the Israeli-Hezbollah ceasefire, which went into effect last Wednesday, is thus far “successful, broadly speaking,” with no determination yet made of accusations of Israeli violations.
Despite ongoing...
Lebanon ceasefire opens path to Hamas hostage deal, Hochstein says
The Hezbollah ceasefire agreement in Lebanon could pave the way to a deal to release the hostages held by Hamas, Amos Hochstein, a senior adviser to U.S. President Joe Biden, said in a Wednesday...
Half of Israelis say no clear winner in war against Hezbollah
A survey taken hours before the truce in Lebanon suggests that half of Israelis think the near-14-month-long Israel Defense Forces' campaign against Iranian-backed Hezbollah ended without a clear victor.
Asked by Israel's Channel 12 News on Tuesday...
Full text of Israel-Lebanon ceasefire agreement
The National on Wednesday published what the Emirati state-owned newspaper said is the full text of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon that halted hostilities with the Hezbollah terrorist entity.
According to the Abu Dhabi-based broadsheet, the...