Israel’s total blockade of the Gaza Strip enters its 12th day, with no food, fuel or medicine allowed in, as mediated talks with Hamas continue in the Qatari capital, Doha. The Israeli negotiation team, that were likely to leave Qatar today, will remain in Doha as ceasefire talks continue, Arab media reported citing a report…
Israel has cut off the electricity supply to Gaza in a move that is likely to escalate tensions as truce negotiations between Israel and Hamas continue. The decision, announced by Israel’s energy minister, Eli Cohen, on Sunday, immediately halts the power supply to the Gaza Strip, exacerbating the ongoing humanitarian crisis and affecting essential services,…
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents (ICE) have arrested a Palestinian graduate student who played a prominent role in last year’s pro-Palestinian protests at New York’s Columbia University, the student workers’ union said on Sunday. The student, Mahmoud Khalil at the university’s School of International and Public Affairs, was arrested at his university residence…
Meetings between Hamas leaders and US hostage negotiator Adam Boehler in recent days have focused on the release of an American-Israeli dual national being held by the militant group in Gaza, a senior Hamas official told Reuters on Sunday. Taher al-Nono, political adviser to the leader of the Palestinian group, confirmed the unprecedented, direct talks…
The ceasefire in Gaza hangs in the balance as Israel insists on extending phase one. Palestinians in Gaza were planning to enter the Muslim holy month of Ramadan as the second phase of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas got under way. But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government now wants to renegotiate the terms….
As the first phase of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire in Gaza draws to a close, negotiations on the next stage, aimed at securing a permanent truce, have so far been inconclusive. Hamas on Saturday rejected Israel’s “formulation” of extending the first phase of the ceasefire instead of proceeding to the second phase as originally planned, calling…
Hundreds of Palestinians held in Israeli jails arrive at the European hospital in Gaza as Israel releases the remaining 642 Palestinian detainees scheduled to be freed in the first phase of the ceasefire deal with Hamas. Emotional scenes in the occupied West Bank as dozens of Palestinian prisoners who had been serving life and long…
The Palestinian group Hamas said Tuesday that its delegation concluded a visit to the Egyptian capital Cairo, where it reached an agreement to resolve a delay in releasing Palestinian prisoners who were supposed to be freed last Saturday as part of a ceasefire agreement. In a statement, Hamas said its delegation, led by senior official…
Talks with Israel through mediators on further steps in a ceasefire agreement are conditional on Palestinian prisoners being released as agreed, Hamas official Basem Naim said. Hamas official Basem Naim said Sunday that his group will not engage in negotiations with Israel until the release of Palestinian prisoners held by Tel Aviv. Israel was scheduled…
Hamas has condemned Israel’s decision to postpone the release of more than 600 Palestinian prisoners, saying its claim that the captives’ handover ceremonies are “humiliating” was false and a pretext to evade Israel’s obligations under the Gaza ceasefire agreement. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Netanyahu’s decision reflects a deliberate attempt to disrupt the agreement, represents a…
