Gaza deal in limbo: Hamas insists permanent ceasefire needed for hostage deal

Gaza deal in limbo: Hamas insists permanent ceasefire needed for hostage deal Hamas officials spoke as ceasefire talks mediated by both Egypt and Qatar continued in Cairo with no sign of a breakthrough. By TOVAH LAZAROFF, REUTERS MARCH 5, 2024 19:24 Updated: MARCH 5, 2024 22:32  Hamas publicly insisted Tuesday that a permanent ceasefire must […]

Gantz to US officials: Ending war without Rafah operation unacceptable to Israel

‘Ending the war without clearing out Rafah is like sending a firefighter to extinguish 80% of the fire,’ Minister Benny Gantz tells National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan. Israel National News   Mar 5, 2024, 8:40 AM (GMT+2)   Minister Benny Gantz (National Unity) on Monday night told Biden administration officials that despite the difficulties and […]

Gantz to US officials: Ending war without Rafah operation unacceptable to Israel

‘Ending the war without clearing out Rafah is like sending a firefighter to extinguish 80% of the fire,’ Minister Benny Gantz tells National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan. Israel National News   Mar 5, 2024, 8:40 AM (GMT+2)   Benny GantzChaim Goldberg/Flash90 Minister Benny Gantz (National Unity) on Monday night told Biden administration officials that despite the […]

UN sexual violence envoy: Israelis were raped, sexually tortured on October 7

UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict finds damning evidence of rape, sexual violence, necrophilia during visit to Israel TAMAR URIEL-BEERI MARCH 4, 2024 21:00 Updated: MARCH 4, 2024 22:13 Demonstrators gather during a protest the crimes and sexual violence against women in October 7 massacre, outside of United Nations headquarters […]

As Israel seeks list of living hostages, Hamas official claims ceasefire needed first

Another senior Hamas figure asserts ‘ball is in Israel’s court’ to reach agreement, but US says opposite is the case: ‘There is a deal on the table… Hamas just needs to take it’ By LAZAR BERMAN  and TOI STAFFToday, 4:41 amUpdated at 4:54 am   Israeli and Hamas officials accused each other on Monday of stalling ongoing […]

US urges Hamas to accept hostage deal and six-week pause to Gaza war

“Israel has put a forward-leaning deal on the table,” US National Security Communication Advisor John Kirby. “They have made an offer here. And the onus is on Hamas to accept it.” REUTERS TOVAH LAZAROFF MARCH 4, 2024 21:20 Updated: MARCH 4, 2024 22:53 The White House called on Hamas to accept a hostage deal that […]

Hamas official: ‘We don’t know which of the hostages are dead or alive’

Hamas official Basem Naim told the BBC that information on the hostages was “valuable” and couldn’t be given for “free.” JERUSALEM POST STAFF DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD MARCH 4, 2024 20:25 Updated: MARCH 5, 2024 01:11 Basem Naim speaking during the webinar, February 27 2024.(photo credit: screenshot) Hamas official Basem Naim said on Monday to the Anglo-France-Presse […]

Russia to cut oil output by 471,000 bpd in second quarter

March 3, 2024 5:36 pm Russia will cut oil production by almost half a million barrels per day in the second quarter of 2024, the government said Sunday, as part of a move to boost prices. The plan, agreed with Russia’s energy allies in the OPEC+ group, comes on top of previous cuts to both […]

Rare coin from the Bar Kochba Revolt discovered in Judean Desert

Rare coin from the Bar Kochba Revolt discovered in Judean Desert Since 2017, a team of archaeologists from the IAA’s Prevention of Archaeological Theft unit has been systematically surveying the Judean Desert to reach valuable finds before the antiquity looters. By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH MARCH 4, 2024 10:17   The rare coin. A date palm is […]

Biden, Harris, Gantz Arm Wrestle Netanyahu to Save Hamas

David Israel24 Adar I 5784 – March 4, 2024 Photo Credit: Marc Israel Sellem/POOL President Joe Biden and Minister Benny Gantz, July 13, 2022.     Israel announced Sunday night that is not sending a delegation to Cairo to resume the hostage negotiations because Hamas is refusing to hand over the list of living hostages […]

No more ‘business as usual’ with Qatar mediation- opinion

Israel must be prepared to “lose” Qatar as a central player in negotiating a hostage deal while seeking alternatives. By NOA LAZIMI MARCH 4, 2024 06:42 Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian meets with Palestinian group Hamas’ top leader, Ismail Haniyeh in Doha, Qatar December 20, 2023.(photo credit: IRAN’S FOREIGN MINISTRY/WANA (WEST ASIA NEWS AGENCY)/HANDOUT […]

Report: Hamas believes 1st Ramadan weekend is more attainable target for deal; Sinwar out of contact for a week

Today, 8:52 am   Yahya Sinwar (C), Hamas’s Gaza Strip chief, waves to supporters in Gaza City, on April 14, 2023. (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP) An unnamed Hamas official tells the Wall Street Journal that while there is slow progress on an agreement for a temporary ceasefire and hostage deal, it seems unlikely that it will be […]