Two years after Hamas’s Oct. 7 atrocities, the U.S. should be grateful to Israel. The Jewish state has defanged a range of militant actors who despise the U.S. and have killed Americans. Yet the Gaza war, with its substantial civilian casualties, has turned much of the Democratic Party against Israel and fractured European-Israeli relations. Israel’s…
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…
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Alaa Khalil, a 49-year-old Palestinian living in a tent camp in Gaza, doesn’t like the terms of President Trump’s peace plan. But she likes the war even less. PREMIUM Gazans Have a Message for Hamas: End the War Now A mother of six who had to flee her home in Gaza City because of the…
new video loaded: Israel and Hamas Show Signs of Embracing Parts of Trump’s Cease-Fire Deal Both sides have reacted positively to a U.S. proposal to release Israeli hostages as part of a cease-fire agreement, but reaching a full deal that would require Hamas to disarm remains a serious challenge. By Jorge Mitssunaga October 5, 2025…
US President Donald Trump on Sunday asked all stakeholders involved in Gaza ceasefire negotiations to “move fast”, adding that there had been “very positive discussions” with Palestinian armed group Hamas. Ceasefire talks between Hamas and Israeli negotiators have resumed in an effort to end the conflict in Gaza(AP, Reuters) Trump’s message came ahead of negotiators’…
President Donald Trump’s potentially historic peace deal between Israel and Hamas, which aims to finally release all the remaining hostages taken on October 7, 2023, faces several significant hurdles even as the administration remains positive it can close the deal. “No one said this is going to be easy. This is good progress, but a…
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…