Israel is calling back its ceasefire negotiation team from Qatar, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Tuesday. The negotiation team, which includes senior personnel from the Mossad secret service and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF),

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Gaza's Health Ministry says an Israeli strike killed five Palestinian journalists outside a hospital overnight. Israel says they were militants posing as reporters.

Hamas says ceasefire talks were proceeding in Doha but that Israel has set new conditions causing a delay in an agreement.

Talks to reach a deal between Hamas and Israel continue, the Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson said during a press conference in Doha on Tuesday (AP video shot by Najib Jobain).

DUBAI: Palestinian militant group Hamas said on Wednesday (Dec 25) that Israel has set new conditions that have led to delays in reaching a Gaza ceasefire agreement. Hamas said, however, that it was showing flexibility and that the talks on a ceasefire,

JERUSALEM: The Palestinian militant group Hamas and Israel traded blame on Wednesday (Dec 25) over failure to conclude a ceasefire agreement despite progress reported by both sides in past days.

Israel and Hamas have agreed just one truce in more than 14 months of war. The late 2023 one-week pause saw 80 Israeli hostages freed in exchange for 240 Palestinians detained by Israel, with 25 other captives, mostly Thai farm workers, also released.

Gaza's Health Ministry says an Israeli strike killed five Palestinian journalists outside a hospital overnight. The Israeli military said it targeted a group of militants. The strike overnight into Thursday hit a car outside the Al-Awda Hospital in the built-up Nuseirat refugee camp in the central part of the territory.

Switzerland is ready to host talks between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, the Swiss Foreign Ministry’s spokesman confirmed to Izvestia. However, Moscow will hardly agree to that because Switzerland has lost its neutrality. Experts see Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates as the most likely host countries.

Israel’s defense minister has confirmed that Israel assassinated Hamas’ top leader last summer and is threatening to take similar action against the leadership of the Houthi rebel group in Yemen