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JERUSALEM—As Israel and Hamas move closer to a ceasefire agreement, Israel says it wants to maintain troops in a southern corridor of the Gaza Strip—a condition that could derail the talks. An Israeli ...

Hamas on Thursday said it opposes any ceasefire deal that includes a large Israeli military presence in Gaza, after offering to release some hostages and ...

Both sides have been holding indirect talks in Qatar to agree a temporary halt in the conflict. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

At least 15 Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli strike close to a medical point in central Gaza, a hospital said.

By bnm Tel Aviv bureau An undisclosed White House meeting on July 8 brought together US envoy Steve Witkoff, a senior Qatari official and Netanyahu's top adviser Ron Dermer to address remaining ...

Iran’s missile attack against the Al Udeid U.S. Air Force base in Qatar reveals an inconvenient fact: The U.S. base there is ...

According to the report, the parties managed to bridge serious differences on other issues, including humanitarian aid deliveries and US guarantees ...

US envoy Steve Witkoff says negotiations between Israel and Hamas have narrowed significantly, raising hopes for a ceasefire ...

By Alejandra Jaramillo, Veronica Stracqualursi, Alison Main and Dana Karni, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s foreign ...

The weakening of Iran’s proxies in the Middle East has raised doubts about the need for continued deployment of multiple valuable US Navy assets in the region.

As Europe and the rest of the world looked away, the costs of failing to secure a durable peace in which both Israelis and ...