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UN Chief Calls For 'Just Peace' In Ukraine At Putin-hosted Summit

United Nations leader Antonio Guterres pleaded on Thursday for a "just peace" in Ukraine, calling in a speech in front of Russian President Vladimir Putin for an end to more than two years of fighting.

International Business Times

Spanish PM, Palestinian Leader Urge Mideast De-escalation

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Thursday called for a de-escalation of the conflict in the Middle East, as Lebanon said 37 people had now been killed by booby-trapped hand-held devices.

International Business Times

Turkey seeks to reassert regional influence following Abbas visit

In a bid to break out of increasing international isolation, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan this week hosted Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in Ankara – positioning Turkey as a key player in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.

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Abbas Tells Turkish Parliament He Will Go To Gaza

Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas told a special session of the Turkish parliament on Thursday that he would travel to Gaza.

International Business Times

Beijing Deal For Post-war Gaza Leaves Analysts Sceptical

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah movement has agreed with Hamas to form a "national unity government" in post-war Gaza, but analysts are sceptical about the significance of the Beijing-brokered deal.

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Israel Slams Beijing Deal To Include Hamas In Post-war Gaza Government

Israel swiftly condemned an agreement brokered by China Tuesday which Beijing said would bring Hamas into a "national reconciliation government" for post-war Gaza.

International Business Times

Rafah Battles Intensify As Israel Takes Over Gaza-Egypt Border Strip

The Israeli military launched its incursion into Rafah in early May despite international objections over the fate of Palestinian civilians sheltering there.

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Hopes for Gaza truce after Hamas says it will respond to Israel proposal

A senior Hamas official told French media on Sunday that the group would deliver its response to Israel's latest counterproposal for a Gaza ceasefire on Monday in Egypt. International mediators have stepped up efforts to reach a deal ahead of an Israeli assault on the southern city of Rafah.

Radio France Internationale

Push For Truce Ramps Up As Israel Pummels Gaza

Diplomatic efforts increased on Sunday to reach a long sought-after truce and hostage-release deal in Gaza, as Israel carried out further air strikes and shelling on the war-battered territory.

International Business Times

Hamas Chief Haniyeh To Visit Turkey This Weekend: Erdogan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday he would host a leader of Palestinian militant group Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, in Turkey this weekend.

International Business Times

Palestinian Leader Names Adviser Mohammed Mustafa As PM

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas has appointed Mohammed Mustafa, a long-trusted adviser on economic affairs, as prime minister, the official Wafa news agency said on Thursday.

International Business Times

Palestinian PM Resigns Citing 'New Reality' Of Gaza War

Palestinian prime minister Mohammad Shtayyeh announced Monday the resignation of his government, which rules parts of the Israeli occupied West Bank, citing the need for change after the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza ends.

International Business Times

Israel Bombs Gaza As Disagreements With US Simmer

Israel bombarded southern Gaza on Friday after it publicly sparred with its main ally the United States over the possibility of a Palestinian state, the creation of which Washington sees as the only pathway to a lasting peace.

International Business Times

Israel Strikes Southern Gaza As Blinken Heads To Egypt For Talks

Israel bombarded the southern Gaza Strip overnight, as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken prepared to travel to Egypt on Thursday for more talks aimed at containing Israel's war against Hamas.

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Blinken Meets Palestinian Leader After Urging Israel To Spare Gaza Civilians

Israel kept bombing Gaza on Wednesday as US top diplomat Antony Blinken met the head of the Palestinian Authority, which Washington hopes could govern the coastal territory after the war ends.

International Business Times

Blinken To Meet Palestinian President After Warning Israel Civilian Toll 'Too High'

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was due to hold talks Wednesday with the head of the Palestinian Authority, which Washington hopes could govern Gaza after Israel's war with Hamas ends.

International Business Times

Israel Says It Mistakenly Killed Three Gaza Hostages

Israel said its troops had killed three Gaza hostages after mistaking them for a threat, with the armed forces expressing "deep remorse" over a "tragic incident" that sparked protests in Tel Aviv.

International Business Times

Fatah In Freefall As Hamas And Israel Wage War

Fatah, the largest Palestinian party, has seen its popularity plunge during the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, from where the Islamists violently ousted rivals Fatah in 2007.

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Blinken Urges Israel To Create Safe Zones In Gaza When Fighting Resumes

As part of the pause in fighting, Hamas had freed scores of hostages taken during its bloody attack on Israel on Oct. 7 in exchange for the release of more than 200 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli jails.

International Business Times

Blinken Says Gaza Truce 'Producing Results', Should Continue

Visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Israeli leaders on Thursday that a temporary truce in their war with Hamas was "producing results" and should continue.

International Business Times

Prisoner Releases Send Hamas Support Rocketing In West Bank

In Palestinian cities in the occupied West Bank, long the turf of president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah party, the green flag of Islamist rival Hamas is flying ever higher thanks to prisoner-hostage exchanges.

France 24

Can Marwan Barghouti, the ‘Palestinian Mandela’, bring peace to Gaza?

Hamas has said that the group would only release all 240 Israeli hostages held in Gaza if Israel agrees to free all Palestinian prisoners. Among those locked up is Marwan Barghouti, sentenced to life imprisonment in 2004 for deadly attacks against Israelis. For many Palestinians, their “Nelson Mandela” is a…

France 24

Biden says Hamas attacks on Israel were ‘sheer evil’

US President Joe Biden, speaking from the White House on Tuesday, said that Saturday’s attack on Israel was “sheer evil”, and reiterated US support for Israel. Also on Tuesday, Hamas attacked a southern Israeli city after warning residents to evacuate, as Israeli warplanes hammered the Gaza Strip. Read our live…

Zenger

Israel’s Historic Surprise Attacks: From Yom Kippur To Hamas

Debating the reasons behind two strategic surprises, 50 years apart, as Israel faces a new threat from Hamas.

Zenger

As PA Forces Enter Jenin, Israel Watches Cautiously

Palestinian Authority security forces have entered Jenin in recent days, after the IDF's intensive security operation recently

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