U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner are planning to head to Egypt on Tuesday and arrive there Wednesday, according to a source familiar with the matter, as indirect peace talks between Israel and Hamas continue. White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said on Monday that Witkoff and Kushner were on hand to take…
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Andrew Mills SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) -Delegations from Israel and Hamas held their first day of indirect negotiations in Egypt on Monday on U.S. President Donald Trump‘s plan to halt the war in Gaza, wrestling with contentious issues such as demands that Israel withdraw and Hamas disarm. Israel and Hamas have…
By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -The Vatican’s top diplomat sharply criticised Israel’s “ongoing massacre” in Gaza in comments published on Monday – one of the Catholic Church’s strongest condemnations of Israel’s war against the militant group Hamas. In an interview tied to the second anniversary of Hamas’ attack on Israeli communities on October 7,…
CAIRO (AP) — Israeli and Hamas officials are meeting in an Egyptian resort Monday in hopes of hammering out a potential ceasefire in Gaza on the eve of devastating war’s second anniversary. The indirect negotiations will take place in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh where the Israeli delegation, headed by top negotiator Ron…
Pars Today – The head of the Iranian Space Agency announced cooperation between Tehran and Beijing for a lunar mission. Massive popular demonstrations in Italy, Spain, and Portugal in support of the people of Gaza Citizens of Italy, Spain, and Portugal held large-scale demonstrations condemning the crimes of the Zionist regime and expressing solidarity with…
Two years ago, the war in Gaza triggered a chill in diplomatic ties between China and Israel, once described by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “a marriage made in heaven”. But Beijing and Tel Aviv appear now to have restored some balance in the relationship, driven by a shared interest in maintaining trade and…
Netanyahu signals that Gaza peace deal could be close – CBS News Watch CBS News Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he hoped to announce the release of all the hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza in one fell swoop in the coming days. Debora Patta reports on the latest from the Middle East….
Greta Thunberg was allegedly ‘tortured’ after the flotilla she and others were on, enroute Gaza, was intercepted by Israeli forces, Al Jazeera reported. Some 137 activists detained by Israel for taking part in a flotilla seeking to deliver aid to Gaza arrived in Turkey on Saturday after being deported. Hazwani Helmi, a Malaysian citizen, and…
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BEIRUT (AP) — Minutes after journalists gathered outside a Gaza hospital to survey the damage of an Israeli strike, Ibrahim Qannan pointed his camera up at the battered building as the others climbed its external stairs. Then Qannan watched in horror — while broadcasting live — as a second strike killed the friends and colleagues…