Tag: Ceasefire
Israel, Hamas agree to hostage deal framework, PA-led force in Gaza
The Hamas terror group has agreed to a hostages-for-ceasefire framework and mediators are negotiating the details and implementation, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday night.
The Post‘s David Ignatius said that though the framework is in place, officials...
Gallant: Israel will only negotiate under fire
Israel’s talks with the Hamas terrorist organization will only be conducted under fire, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant vowed on Wednesday, five days after U.S. President Joe Biden launched a proposed deal offering an immediate...
Netanyahu talks hostage negotiations with visiting CIA chief
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hosted CIA Director William Burns at his office in Jerusalem on Wednesday afternoon for talks on the ongoing indirect hostage negotiations with Hamas.
Burns first held a private discussion with...
Blinken to Netanyahu: Israel must ‘avoid further expansion’ of war
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Israeli leaders on Wednesday as part of his Middle East tour to Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, his seventh trip to the Jewish state since the...
Blinken heading to Riyadh for talks with Abbas, Arab leaders
U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is scheduled to meet with Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas and Arab leaders this week on the sidelines of a World Economic Forum summit in Saudi Arabia, the...
Biden, world leaders issue joint statement demanding release of hostages
U.S. President Joe Biden and 17 other world leaders issued a joint statement on Thursday calling on Hamas to immediately free all of the hostages the terrorist organization is still holding in the Gaza...
Hamas again rejects hostage deal, to present ‘roadmap’ for ending war
Hamas has informed mediators that it rejects the latest U.S. proposal for a renewed hostages-for-ceasefire deal, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing sources as saying that the terrorist organization intends to put forward a...
‘Hitler has won’ due to Israeli ‘genocide,’ Jewish ‘Harry Potter’ actress says
Miriam Margolyes, an Australian and English actress of Jewish descent who played Pomona Sprout in Harry Potter, believes that Israel’s war against the Hamas terror group in Gaza is a victory for Adolf Hitler.
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Hamas rejects ceasefire offer in Cairo
Hamas rejected the latest ceasefire proposal on Monday, according to senior officials in the terror organization as reported by multiple news outlets.
“We reject the latest Israeli proposals that the Egyptian side informed us of....
Hostage talks hit snag as Hamas sticks to maximalist demands
The Hamas terrorist group told mediators on Monday night that it was sticking to its demands for a “permanent ceasefire,” hours after praising the passing of a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for a...