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Hamas divided over latest US ceasefire proposals

The terror group’s leadership in Gaza is said to be at odds with its political wing in Qatar

By Jacob Jaffa

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Hamas is reportedly reckoning with an internal split over new proposals for a Gaza ceasefire (Image: Getty)

The Nova music festival memorial site (Photo: Getty Images)

Nova massacre

Police decline Nova survivors’ party permit, citing Egyptian military buildup in Sinai

By Akiva van Koningsveld

2 min read

Gaza

Arab leaders agree Egypt’s plan for Hamas-free Gaza

By Ellie Grant

2 min read

A rocky shoreline near tents for displaced Palestinians in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, December 2024 (Photo: Getty Images)

Egypt

Arab leaders set to meet in Cairo over alternative to Trump’s Gaza plan

By Ellie Grant

3 min read

Jimmy Carter

Former US president Jimmy Carter, peace broker and Israel critic, dies at 100

By Andrew Bernard

6 min read

Students sit in class at a school in el-Arish city in Egypt. Egyptian textbooks for younger grades have been revised to exclude antisemitic depictions of Jews. (Photo by KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Schools

Egypt revises textbooks to remove antisemitic and anti-Israel content

By Eliana Jordan

3 min read

Hostage release talks have been revitalised with Israel saying the prospect of a deal is 'more optimistic than before' (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

Hostages

Israel ‘optimistic’ about prospect of hostage deal

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

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Israeli negotiation team expresses ‘cautious optimism’ amid ongoing hostage talks

The US mediated talks are expected to end next week

By JC Reporter

1 min read

August 18, 2024 08:53

A protest calling for the release of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip outside the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv on Aug. 13, 2024. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.

Starmer reiterates appeal for ceasefire and release of hostages in call with Egypt’s president

Foreign Secretary condemns Israeli Minister’s Gaza aid comments

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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August 9, 2024 10:28

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer waits to greet the Sultan of Oman at Number 10 Downing Street in London on August 6, 2024. Nearly a week of street riots across England have thrown up the first major crisis for Prime Minister Keir Starmer as he marks one month since his landslide election win. Starmer enjoyed a smooth start after sweeping into Downing Street on July 5, taking to the world stage for several summits. But the tumult of the past week has punctured hopes of a prolonged honeymoon for the 61-year-old leader. (Photo by BENJAMIN CREMEL / AFP) (Photo by BENJAMIN CREMEL/AFP via Getty Images)

By Josh Kaplan

Bassem Youssef is not a satirist, he’s a dangerous conspiracy theorist

The Egyptian comedian has slipped down the rabbit hole of ancient tropes about Jews

3 min read

August 5, 2024 12:57

Bassem Youssef on the Theo Von Youtube show

Hamas says it accepts ceasefire deal with Israel

According to a statement issued by Hamas, Haniyeh conveyed his acceptance to Qatar’s prime minister and Egypt’s intelligence chief

By JC Reporter

1 min read

May 6, 2024 18:27

Israel has announced plans to evacuate Gaza's southern city of Rafah where some 1.4 million internally displaced Palestinians are sheltering as the IDF prepares for a ground invasion. (Photo by Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images)

Hamas rejects ceasefire offer in Cairo

‘We have seen them reject a number of proposals before that we have thought would deliver incredible benefits to the Palestinian people ’ a U.S. State Department spokesman said

By Andrew Bernard

1 min read

April 9, 2024 10:41

People inspect damage and remove items from their homes following Israeli airstrikes on April 07, 2024 in Khan Yunis, Gaza. (Photo by Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images)

Egypt hosts secret talks on who will run Gaza after war

The plan is to install independent, non-political administrators to oversee rebuilding of shattered strip after Hamas is defeated

By Paul Cainer

4 min read

March 14, 2024 17:09

Street scene in Rafah, on the border between Gaza and Egypt (Photo by Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel to let more aid into Gaza in exchange for hostages’ medicines

Two Qatari military planes left Doha on Wednesday for Egypt's El Arish airport near the Rafah border crossing with Gaza

By JC Reporter

1 min read

January 17, 2024 09:52

Photographs of civilians held hostage by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, posted in Tel Aviv. Dec. 21, 2023. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Israeli delegation in Cairo for hostage release talks

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh warned that “enemy prisoners will not be released except under the resistance’s conditions.”

By JC Reporter

1 min read

January 9, 2024 11:39

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - DECEMBER 30: Israelis perform during a rally calling for the remaining hostages to be released outside The Museum of Modern Art known as the 'The Hostages and Missing Square' on December 30, 2023 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Israel's PM Netanyahu announced an intensification of the fighting in Gaza whilst facing internal pressure to save hostages. Israel indicated 129 people remain unaccounted for after they were taken as hostages to Gaza during the October 7 attacks by Hamas. (Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images)

Hamas and Islamic Jihad officials attend Egypt talks aimed at ending war in Gaza

Both groups have been holding separate talks with Egyptian mediators in Cairo

By JC Reporter

1 min read

December 29, 2023 13:20

Egypt's president Abdul Fatah El-Sisi (Photo: Getty)

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Egypt

Hamas divided over latest US ceasefire proposals

Police decline Nova survivors’ party permit, citing Egyptian military buildup in Sinai

Arab leaders agree Egypt’s plan for Hamas-free Gaza

Arab leaders set to meet in Cairo over alternative to Trump’s Gaza plan

Former US president Jimmy Carter, peace broker and Israel critic, dies at 100

Egypt revises textbooks to remove antisemitic and anti-Israel content

Israel ‘optimistic’ about prospect of hostage deal

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