A Hamas leader told Newsweek that "we can go to an agreement immediately" if Israel changed its course on negotiations.
The family of a hostage who appears in the latest video released by Hamas has called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to seize the opportunity to do a ceasefire deal, describing the footage as having “torn our hearts to pieces.
Israel denied reports that Hamas forwarded a list of 34 hostages it could release in exchange for a cease-fire Sunday.
Three Palestinians were killed, including two children, in an Israeli airstrike in the West Bank on Wednesday, Palestinian officials said.
"Israel has not received any confirmation or comment by Hamas" on the hostages listed in the reports, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said.
On the Instagram page of the BDS movement in Mexico, a post stated: “Destroying Netanyahu’s statue at the wax museum. At the base of the statue, a Palestinian flag and red paint symbolizing the blood of the residents of Gaza can be seen.”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection from a benign prostate enlargement.
The prime minister’s office announced on Thursday the approval of a new Israeli delegation to continue hostage negotiations in Doha, Qatar.
Trump shared a blistering critique of Netanyahu by economics professor Jeffrey Sachs that blasts the leader for having dragged the US into “phony wars.”
Netanyahu, 75, had his prostate removed after being diagnosed with a urinary tract infection. It is the third surgery he’s undergone in the past two years.
The Prime Minister’s domestic popularity has rebounded to pre-October 7th levels, despite his refusal to prioritize a hostage deal in Gaza.
Former Israeli detainees and relatives of detainees currently held in Gaza have petitioned the High Court to intervene in a deal to free them.