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Mughrabi, Mohammad Salem and Maayan Lubell CAIRO/GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday he has decided to send a delegation to resume stalled negotiations on a hostage release deal with Hamas,
An Israeli anti-settlement monitoring group says the government approved plans for over 5,000 new homes in settlements in the occupied West Bank.
An Israeli official says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will dispatch negotiators to resume Gaza cease-fire talks.
Israel is weighing a fresh proposal from Hamas on a pause in fighting in Gaza and a release of hostages, raising the possibility of a breakthrough following months of deadlocked talks.
Hamas made a pretty significant adjustment in its position over a potential hostage release deal with Israel, a senior U.S. administration official said on Thursday, expressing hope that it would lead to a pact that would be a step to a permanent ceasefire.
Tensions on Israel’s northern border deepened as Hezbollah launched one of its largest rocket barrages in months.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has given approval for a team of negotiators to be sent to discuss a hostage release deal with Hamas, a government official has said. The development comes a day after Hamas responded to a Gaza ceasefire plan outlined by President Biden at the end of May.
Israel said Friday that "gaps" remained with Hamas on how to secure a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release but that it will send a delegation for fresh talks with Qatari
Israel and Hamas appear to be inching closer to a possible ceasefire deal, which could free the remaining hostages in Gaza.
A senior White House official called progress in talks with Hamas “a breakthrough,” while Israel was more restrained, and both said major obstacles to a truce remained.
The Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says the Palestinian death toll from nearly nine months of war has surged past 38,000. The ministry said Thursday that in the last 24
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has authorized the dispatch of a team of negotiators for talks on a ceasefire-for-hostages arrangement with Hamas in Gaza, Israel's Kan public broadcaster reported on Thursday,
President Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Thursday morning about progress on a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. “Earlier I spoke with Prime Minister Netanyahu to discuss ongoing efforts to finalize a deal that would result in a ceasefire together with the release of hostages – a deal that I have outlined
Israel and Hamas resumed indirect negotiations over a cease-fire and hostage-release deal in Gaza on Friday, after the Biden administration said Hamas had made “a pretty significant adjustment” in its position.
A team of Israeli negotiators will resume talks next week on a cease-fire and hostage exchange deal with Hamas, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said.