Gaza, Israel and Hamas
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The US has been talking with Hamas through an American intermediary in Doha this week in hopes of brokering an Israel-Gaza ceasefire agreement, according to a source familiar with the matter, as US officials say President Donald Trump is growing increasingly frustrated with Israel’s handling of the conflict.
Israeli troops "will stay and hold the ground in areas we've already fought for longer," an IDF spokesperson told Newsweek.
Pope Leo XIV says the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, "the heartbreaking price of which is paid by children, the elderly, the sick," must end and food must be allowed in.
In his statement, the Israeli leader said that Hamas “want to destroy the Jewish state” and annihilate the Jewish people,” adding that he fails to understand how this “simple truth evades” French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.
Israel’s defense minister has claimed Hamas is preparing to attack Israeli communities near the Gaza border, as the country’s forces continue their offensive into the Palestinian enclave. The warning was issued to Israeli sailors at the Ashdod naval base during a visit by Defense Minister Israel Katz.
Israel launches new offensive to pressure Hamas to release hostages as food crisis continues in Gaza
The Israeli military said the new offensive in Gaza will not stop until the hostages are returned and Hamas is dismantled.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says there is “no way” Israel will halt its war in Gaza, even if a deal is reached to release more hostages.
The morning after the shooting of two members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday night, university protests in Chicago against the Israel-Hamas war continued.
A new round of Gaza ceasefire negotiations between Hamas and Israel is underway in Qatar's Doha, Hamas official Taher al-Nono told Reuters on Saturday.
Pro-Hamas groups and other Iran-backed trolls hailed the barbaric murder of two Israeli Embassy staffers at a Washington, DC, Jewish museum as a “heroic attack” — claiming it was a justified