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If talks go well, the death machines will fall silent in West Asia, or at least Gaza, on Sunday. The US and Qatar have reportedly brokered a deal between Israel and Hamas to end the war. It’s been a long wait for the misery to end. The killings began on October 7, 2023, when Hamas…
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If talks go well, the death machines will fall silent in West Asia, or at least Gaza, on Sunday. The US and Qatar have reportedly brokered a deal between Israel and Hamas to end the war. It’s been a long wait for the misery to end. The killings began on October 7, 2023, when Hamas…
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After the Palestinian militant group Hamas carried out the worst attack in Israeli history on October 7, 2023, Israel launched a devastating military campaign in the Gaza Strip. The air and ground operation has killed at least 46,707 people, according to figures from the Hamas-run territory’s health ministry that the United Nations considers reliable. LIVE:…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said late Wednesday that the ceasefire agreement with Hamas is still not complete and the final details are being worked out. Netanyahu’s statement comes hours after the United States and Qatar announced the deal, which would pause the devastating 15-month…
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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres while speaking about the Israel and Hamas ceasefire deal outside the Security Council at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, U.S., on January 15, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday it was “imperative” the newly struck Gaza ceasefire removes obstacles to…
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Donald Trump said he was “thrilled American and Israeli hostages will be returning home”. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would use the Gaza ceasefire deal as momentum to expand the Abraham Accords, U.S.-backed agreements struck during the president-elect’s first term that normalized Israel’s relations with several Arab countries. Negotiators…
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If the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal goes according to the current draft, then fighting will stop in Gaza for 42 days, and dozens of Israeli hostages and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners will be freed. In this first phase Israeli troops will pull back to the edges of Gaza, and many Palestinians will be able to return…
Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire deal, mediators announced Wednesday (January 15, 2025), pausing a devastating 15-month war in the Gaza Strip and raising the possibility of winding down the the deadliest and most destructive fighting between the bitter enemies. The deal, coming after weeks of painstaking negotiations in the Qatari capital, promises the…
Hamas has accepted a draft agreement for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of dozens of hostages, two officials involved in the talks said on Tuesday (January 14, 2025). Mediator Qatar said the negotiations were at the “closest point” yet to sealing a deal. Also read | Is Israel’s war in Gaza…
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U.S. and Arab mediators made significant progress overnight toward brokering a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war and the release of scores of hostages held in the Gaza Strip but a deal hasn’t been reached yet, officials said Monday (January 13, 2025). Three officials acknowledged that progress has been made and said the coming days would…
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