Hamas has said it will not sign a peace deal with Israel that fails to meet the demands of its people. Khalil al-Haya, the Palestinian group’s negotiator at the talks in Egypt seeking to stop fighting in Gaza, said on Thursday they were negotiating with a difficult side “versed in[…]
Israel and Gaza rebels were holding their fire Thursday morning after a new truce got off to a shaky start, with night-time Palestinian rocket fire followed by Israeli air strikes. The Israeli army said that there had been no fighting for several hours, since Israeli air raids into Gaza finished[…]
With a 72-hour ceasefire currently in effect, residents of the troubled Gaza Strip have gone about resuming their normal daily activities, with some departing from the make shift refugee centres to discover the fate of their homes. Many Gazans have fled their family homes in the more stricken areas, seeking[…]
Israel and the Palestinians have begun indirect talks in Cairo to try and end the conflict in Gaza and lift the blockade on the coastal enclave, Egypt’s state news agency MENA has said. Egypt is acting as a go-between for the talks, which began on Monday a day after the[…]
A senior UN aid official warned Israel that a new conflict in Gaza is likely unless the Jewish state lifts a crippling blockade on the tiny Palestinian enclave. James Rawley, the top UN humanitarian official for the Palestinian territories, told AFP in an interview that the international community had failed[…]
Palestinian negotiators have warned they will leave Cairo on Sunday unless Israel agrees to return to Egyptian-mediated negotiations to end the fighting in Gaza without setting conditions. “We told the Egyptians that if the Israelis are not coming and if there is no significant development, we are leaving today,” Palestinian[…]
A senior Palestinian official said a team negotiating in Cairo for a ceasefire agreement with Israel is committed to reaching a deal. “We told the Egyptians (mediators) we are sitting here to achieve a final agreement that restores the rights” of Palestinians, delegation head Azzam al-Ahmed told reporters. The Egyptian[…]
Gaza rebels fired a barrage of rockets at Israel on Friday as Palestinian factions at talks in Cairo refused to extend a 72-hour ceasefire in the devastating month-long conflict. But negotiations for a new truce were still ongoing in the Egyptian capital, as residents in southern Israel took shelter from[…]
A leader of the Palestinian group Hamas has said there will not be a renewal of the Gaza ceasefire that ends on Friday unless Israel meets some of its demands. Ismael Radwan told Al Jazeera: “The truce will not be renewed; it cannot be renewed without real achievements. As we[…]
Scenes of mass destruction, coupled with smell of decomposing bodies, welcome about half-million of Palestinians as they left UN shelters and ventured into Gaza streets after announcing a 72-hour ceasefire on Tuesday. “This is complete destruction,” Zuhair Hjaila, a 33-year-old father of four, told Reuters on Tuesday, August 5. “I[…]
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