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Israel launches fresh Gaza strikes as negotiators work toward truce

The White House condemned the interruption to humanitarian deliveries One strike on an apartment in devastated Gaza City killed seven members of the same family and wounded...

Biden meets Jordan’s King Abdullah as Gaza ceasefire hopes dim

Monday’s meeting between two leaders is not a formal bilateral meeting but an informal private meeting US president Biden faces increasing pressure politically to convince Israel to...

Lebanon’s Hezbollah says fired dozens of rockets at Israeli base

The Israeli army said its warplanes “struck a Hezbollah military structure... deep inside Lebanon,” The Iran-backed Hezbollah group said it fired “dozens of Katyusha rockets”...

Hamas negotiators arrive in Egypt for Gaza truce talks: media

A top Hamas official earlier accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of trying to derail a proposed Gaza truce Palestinian Territories/CAIRO: A Hamas delegation arrived...

Hamas is sending a delegation to Egypt for further cease-fire talks in the latest...

Hamas said Thursday that it was sending a delegation to Egypt for further cease-fire talks, in a new sign of progress in attempts by international mediators to hammer out an agreement between Israel...

Blinken urges Hamas to agree Gaza truce as he meets Israel leaders

Washington has heightened pressure on all sides to reach a ceasefire Israel said it would wait for Hamas’ response to the truce before sending delegation to Cairo

Blinken heads to Jordan to push Gaza aid

Blinken flew to Amman after talks with Gulf Arab leaders in Riyadh The US top diplomat will meet Jordan’s King Abdullah II and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi

Israeli soldiers kill two Palestinian gunmen in West Bank, military says

Violence has been on the rise as Israel presses its attacks and bombardment in Gaza RAMALLAH, West Bank: Israeli soldiers killed two Palestinian gunmen who...

US military starts pier construction off Gaza

But humanitarian aid coming off the pier will need to pass through Israeli checkpoints on land Despite the aid having already been inspected by Israel in Cyprus...

Netanyahu ‘dragging West into total war’: Iranian diplomat

Tehran’s charge d’affaires to UK: ‘Another mistake’ by Israel will be met by ‘stronger’ response Weekend drone, missile salvo a ‘legitimate’ defensive operation, West given ‘considerable warning’