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Israeli forces have struck one of the largest residential towers in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, residents said, stepping up pressure on the last area of the enclave it has not yet invaded and where more than a million displaced Palestinians are sheltering. The 12-floor Burj al-Masri building, located …

“There’s a lot of work to be done, but we continue to believe that an agreement is possible and indeed essential, and we will continue to work relentlessly to achieve it,” Mr. Blinken said. The Hamas reply came as something of a surprise to Mr. Blinken and the White House, …

Peace appears to be in sight in the political climate in Rivers state as the state Governor Sim Fubara and preecessor/political godfather, Nyesom Wike, reached a truce today December 18, after a closed door meeting with President Tinubu at the State House, Abuja.       Among the resolutions reached …

  Israel has declared that Hamas ‘will now take the mother of all thumpings’ as punishment for ‘failing to release all the kidnapped women’ after a truce expired and hostilities resumed.     ‘Unfortunately, Hamas decided to terminate the pause by failing to release all the kidnapped women,’ government spokesman …

With hours left of the agreed pause in Gaza fighting, Israel, Hamas and the intermediaries negotiating between them were on Wednesday again in a frenzy of activity. The original truce was to have lasted until Monday, but Hamas decided to accept the Israeli offer to extend the ceasefire by a …

A truce between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip will be extended by two days, the Palestinian group and mediator Qatar said Monday, November 27 opening the way for further releases of hostages and prisoners.   With just hours to go before the “humanitarian pause” was to end early …

Hamas has declared it wants to see a four-day ceasefire between its fighters and Israel’s Defence Forces extended beyond today’s deadline to negotiate the release of more hostages from Gaza in return for Palestinian prisoners.     In a new statement released, Hamas called for ‘an extension of the truce after the conclusion of …

Hamas has declared it wants to see a four-day ceasefire between its fighters and Israel’s Defence Forces extended beyond today’s deadline to negotiate the release of more hostages from Gaza in return for Palestinian prisoners.     In a new statement released, Hamas called for ‘an extension of the truce after the conclusion of …

An extended cease-fire is also expected to create more opportunities for foreign powers — particularly the United States — to pressure Israel to scale back its military goals. The Israeli response to the Oct. 7 attack has killed more than 12,000 Gazans, according to health officials there, leading to rising …

Egypt has said it will deliver 30,000 litres of diesel and four trucks of gas daily to Gaza when the four-day truce starts on Friday. The head of Egypt’s State Information Service (SIS), Diaa Rashwan, also announced early on Friday that 200 trucks of aid would enter Gaza daily. Egypt, …