World Mar 02 Israel has agreed to framework for a Gaza cease-fire, U.S. says, with Hamas’ decision pending Israel has essentially endorsed a framework of a proposed Gaza cease-fire and hostage release deal, and it is now up to Hamas to agree to it, a senior U.S. administration official said Saturday, a day before talks to reach an…
World Mar 01 Gaza doctor says gunfire accounted for 80 percent of the wounds at his hospital from aid convoy bloodshed The head of a Gaza hospital where some of the wounded from bloodshed surrounding an aid convoy were taken says more than 80 percent had been struck by gunfire, suggesting heavy shooting by Israeli troops.
World Feb 29 Palestinian deaths in Gaza pass 30,000 as witnesses say Israeli forces fire on crowd waiting for aid Health officials said that more than 100 people were killed, bringing the death toll since the start of the Israel-Hamas war to more than 30,000. Israeli officials acknowledged that troops opened fire, saying they did so after the crowd approached…
World Feb 28 Food aid reaches north Gaza for first time in weeks. Israeli hostages’ families push for release Aid convoys carrying food reached northern Gaza this week, Israeli officials said. The U.S., Egypt and Qatar have been working on a ceasefire deal that would release some of the hostages still held by Hamas.
World Feb 27 Biden signals there could be a Gaza cease-fire during Ramadan, but Israel and Hamas indicate no deal is imminent Talks to pause the fighting have gained momentum recently and were underway Tuesday.
Politics Feb 26 Biden hopes Israel-Hamas war cease-fire, hostage deal can take effect by next Monday President Joe Biden said Monday that he hopes a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas that would pause hostilities and allow for remaining hostages to be released can take effect by early next week.
World Feb 26 Human Rights Watch says Israel is violating order from top UN court by blocking aid to Gazans Human Rights Watch said Israel was not adhering to the court’s order on aid provision, citing a 30% drop in the daily average number of aid trucks entering Gaza in the weeks following the court’s ruling.
World Feb 25 A cease-fire deal would only ‘somewhat’ delay Israel’s assault on Rafah, Netanyahu says An Israeli military offensive in Gaza's southernmost city of Rafah could be “delayed somewhat” if a deal is reached for a weekslong cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday, and claimed that total victory in the territory would come…
World Feb 24 Israeli officials to consider pause in Gaza while Cabinet is set to approve Rafah action plan Israeli officials will meet Saturday night on the next steps after the latest talks with the United States, Egypt and Qatar in search of a deal on pausing the fighting in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
World Feb 23 Israel seeks open-ended control over security and civilians in Gaza in new postwar plan Netanyahu presented the two-page document to his security Cabinet late Thursday for approval. Separately, cease-fire efforts appeared to gain traction, with mediators to present a new proposal at an expected high-level meeting this weekend in Paris.