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Last Updated:January 16, 2025, 00:03 IST The deal was finalised after months of intermittent negotiations led by Egyptian and Qatari mediators with support from the US. Two Palestinian sources close to the talks told AFP on Wednesday that Hamas and its ally Islamic Jihad had approved the draft agreement. (Reuters file) Mediators on Wednesday said…
Israel and Hamas have reached a landmark agreement to cease hostilities in Gaza and exchange Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners. This breakthrough comes after months of intense negotiations facilitated by Egyptian and Qatari mediators, with the support of the United States. The deal is particularly significant, given its timing, just ahead of the January 20…
Last Updated:January 15, 2025, 00:05 IST In his farewell remarks on the Middle East, Antony Blinken laid out plans for the post-war management of Gaza.However, he was repeatedly interrupted by protesters. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (Image: Reuters) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday was heckled and yelled at by protestors as…
Hamas said on Jan. 14 that it hopes for a “clear and comprehensive” deal at the conclusion of ongoing talks in Qatar’s Doha for a truce in Gaza. The Palestinian group said in a statement that it had held consultations with leaders of other Palestinian factions.The statement said that Hamas informed the Palestinian factions “of…
Washington: US President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday warned that “all hell will break out” if Hamas did not release hostages before January 20, when he will be sworn in as the 47th President of the United States. “All hell will break out. If those hostages aren’t back, I don’t want to hurt your negotiation, if…
Hamas spent seven years hacking security cameras to gather intelligence before its coordinated attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, a report has revealed. The Palestinian group, along with allies, killed at least 1,200 people – mostly civilians – and kidnapped 251 during the assault from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel. In response, Israel’s…
Washington: Iran on Tuesday denounced what it termed Israel’s “brazen admission” of having killed former Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran earlier this year, accusing the country of having carried out a “heinous crime” and defending its missile-strike response. “This brazen admission marks the first time the Israeli regime has openly confessed to its responsibility…
Jerusalem: The armed wing of Hamas, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, released a video on Saturday of an Israeli hostage held in the Gaza Strip since the Hamas attack of October 2023. In the undated, three-and-half-minute video that AFP has not been able to verify, Matan Zangauker says in Hebrew that he has been in captivity…
Gaza City: Hamas representatives will go to Cairo on Saturday for talks on a possible ceasefire in Gaza, an official in the Palestinian militant group told AFP on Friday. “A Hamas delegation will go to Cairo tomorrow for several meetings with Egyptian officials to discuss ideas for a ceasefire and a prisoner accord in the…
Gaza City: Hamas representatives will go to Cairo on Saturday for talks on a possible ceasefire in Gaza, an official in the Palestinian militant group told AFP on Friday. “A Hamas delegation will go to Cairo tomorrow for several meetings with Egyptian officials to discuss ideas for a ceasefire and a prisoner accord in the…