Tag: Israel Hamas Ceasefire

Hamas official says ready to free 34 Gaza hostages in ‘first phase’ of exchange deal

January 6, 2025 admin

A Hamas official said on Sunday (January 5, 2025) the group was ready to free 34 hostages in the “first phase” of a potential deal with Israel, after Israel said indirect talks on a truce and hostage release agreement had resumed in Qatar. Mediators Qatar, Egypt, and the United States have tried for months to…

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Baby freezes to death overnight in Gaza as Israel and Hamas trade accusations of ceasefire delays

December 25, 2024 admin

A baby girl froze to death overnight in Gaza, while Israel and Hamas accused each other of complicating ceasefire efforts that could wind down the 14-month war. The 3-week old baby was the third to die from the cold in Gaza’s tent camps in recent days, said doctors. The deaths underscore the squalid conditions, with…

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Hamas Official On Ceasefire Deal With Israel

June 29, 2024 admin

Benjamin Netanyahu has said he will continue the war until Hamas is totally defeated. Beirut, Lebanon: A senior Palestinian Hamas official said Saturday in Beirut that negotiations for an agreement with Israel on a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal had not made any progress. A plan presented last month by US President Joe Biden,…

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Major Gaza Hospital Reopens Amid Raging Israel Hamas War

May 19, 2024 admin

Over a week in February, the hospital was attacked when Khan Yunis was the focus of fighting. (File) Khan Yunis: Lying bedridden in her room at the recently reopened Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in Gaza, Alaa Abu Ahmed is relieved that she can finally restart her medical treatment. Displacement because of fighting between Israeli…

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US Military Says First Aid Delivered To Gaza Using Temporary Pier

May 17, 2024 admin

At least 35,272 people have been killed in Gaza, according to Hamas. (File) Jerusalem: The US military said aid deliveries began Friday via a temporary pier in Gaza aimed at ramping up emergency humanitarian assistance to the war-ravaged Palestinian territory. “Today at approximately 9 a.m. (Gaza time), trucks carrying humanitarian assistance began moving ashore via…

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Fighting rages across parts of Gaza Strip as death toll crosses 35,000

May 12, 2024 admin

Smoke billows after an explosion in northern Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from Israel, May 12, 2024. REUTERS/Amir Cohen | Photo Credit: Amir Cohen Israeli air strikes pound northern, central and southern parts of the enclave during the night and into Sunday morning; UN chief calls…

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Israel hostage families urge foreign pressure for Gaza truce

May 7, 2024 admin

People walk past a poster of a hostage kidnapped during the deadly October 7 attack by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas from Gaza, pasted along with other items on a light pole in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 7, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Families of hostages held in Gaza have urged the United States and other…

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Prepared To “Deepen” Gaza Operation If No Progress On Hostages, Says Israel

May 7, 2024 admin

Despite months of shuttle diplomacy, mediators have so far failed to broker a new truce. (File) Jerusalem: Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said Tuesday Israel was prepared to “deepen” its Gaza operation if truce talks fail to secure the release of hostages Hamas holds in the Palestinian territory. Israel is prepared to “make compromises” to get…

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Israel Hamas war: Hamas announces it has accepted an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal

May 6, 2024 admin

Hamas announced on May 6 it has accepted an Egyptian-Qatari proposal for a ceasefire to halt the seven-month-long war with Israel in Gaza, hours after Israel ordered about 100,000 Palestinians to begin evacuating from the southern city of Rafah, signalling that a long-promised ground invasion there could be imminent. There was no immediate comment from…

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Hamas Chief Accuses Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu Of Sabotaging Gaza Truce Talk Efforts

May 5, 2024 admin

Earlier Benjamin Netanyahu had rejected Hamas’s demand to end the war. (File) Doha: Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh on Sunday accused Israel’s prime minister of sabotaging efforts by mediators involved in ongoing talks aimed at a truce and hostage exchange in Gaza. Qatar-based Haniyeh said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wanted to “invent constant justifications for…

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