When President-elect Donald J. Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Saturday to pressure him on a cease-fire deal in Gaza, there was someone on the speakerphone: Brett H. McGurk, President Biden’s longtime Mideast negotiator. It was a vivid example of cooperation between two men representing bitter…
Los negociadores de Israel y Hamás han acordado un alto el fuego en Gaza tras más de 15 meses de devastadora guerra en el territorio, según un alto funcionario de uno de los países mediadores y dos altos funcionarios israelíes. El alto el fuego entrará en vigor inmediatamente, según un funcionario de la Casa Blanca….
Mediators rushed on Wednesday to clinch a deal between Israel and Hamas on a cease-fire that would release hostages held in Gaza, after more than a year of devastating war that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and destroyed much of the enclave. Neither Israel nor Hamas has publicly endorsed the agreement, and Israeli…