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Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said on Sunday he had growing confidence that a hostage deal between Israel and Hamas would be reached, adding challenges that remained were «very minor». «The challenges facing the agreement are just practical and logistical,» Sheikh Mohammed said at a joint press conference with European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell in Doha. The Washington Post, citing people familiar with the deal, reported that Israel, the United States and Hamas militants had reached a tentative agreement to free dozens of women and children held hostage in Gaza in exchange for a five-day pause in fighting. However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. officials said no deal had been reached yet. Reuters said on Nov.

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Israel and Hamas that would potentially free dozens of women and children held hostage in Gaza in exchange for a five-day pause in fighting. “We have not reached a deal yet, but we continue to work hard to get to a deal," the White House National Security Council spokesperson said.

The Washington Post on Saturday, US President Joe Biden dismissed increasing ceasefire calls for Gaza, asserting that it won't bring about peace. He wrote, "As long as Hamas clings to its ideology of destruction, a cease-fire is not peace.

Hamas in the besieged Gaza Strip, in the wake of the October 7 terror attacks, Congress MP Rajmohan Unnithan came up with a shocker on Saturday, saying that Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu «should be shot and killed without a trial». Speaking at a rally to demonstrate solidarity with Palestine in Kasargod, Kerala, amid the ongoing conflict in West Asia, the Congress leader openly advocated the "Nuremberg model" (invoking the trial of Nazis in Nuremberg for the holocaust) against the Israeli PM. «You can ask what should be done to those who break all agreements under the Geneva Convention. After the Second World War, there was something called the Nuremberg trials for bringing those (Nazis) guilty of war crimes to justice.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel's attempts to minimise civilian casualties were “not successful", and he further accused Hamas of preventing civilians from moving to safer locations. As reported by Reuters, during an interview with US television's CBS News on Thursday, Netanyahu faced inquiries regarding the possibility that the actions of Israel, which have led to the deaths of thousands of Palestinians, might sow seeds of animosity in a new generation. “Any civilian death is a tragedy.

Also Read | Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates: Internet, phone networks collapse in Gaza; Blinken asks for 'urgent' action “I am mildly hopeful," President Biden said. In response to a question, he said he was not considering any US military involvement in rescuing the captives.

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Mark Ruffalo, who is popularly known for his characters as Bruce Banner and the Hulk, has slammed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for declaring Palestinians are «collateral damage» during the Israel-Palestine war. It's been over a month that Israel and Palestine have been in a state of war.

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, the show delved into the Hamas-Israel conflict, a topic briefly touched upon in previous weeks. John Oliver immediately tackled this sensitive subject in the main segment of the episode. Following TMZ, Justin Bieber, and various morning shows expressing their perspectives on the war, the program argued that the matter goes beyond simply choosing a side and adhering to it.

Benjamin Netanyahu told US media Sunday a deal could be afoot to free hostages being held in the Gaza Strip, but declined to provide details for fear of scuttling the potential plan. «We heard that there was an impending deal of this kind or of that kind and then we learned that it was all hokum. But the minute we started the ground operation, that began to change,» Netanyahu told NBC show «Meet the Press.» Asked whether there is a potential deal to free more of the hostages being held by Hamas militants, Netanyahu replied: «There could be.» But the leader stopped short of providing specifics about any plan that might be coming together to free some or all of the 239 hostages that Israel says are being held captive. «I think the less I say about it, the more I'll increase the chances that it materializes,» he said. A source close to Hamas said this week that negotiations have occurred over a possible three-day ceasefire in exchange for the release of a dozen hostages, including six Americans, held by the Islamists, but Netanyahu has flatly rejected calls for a ceasefire in Gaza without the release of the hostages. In a series of appearances on US Sunday talk shows, the prime minister sought to make clear Israel was doing everything it can, «around the clock,» in order to rescue those held captive. «This is one of our two war goals,» he said: «One is to destroy Hamas, and the second is to bring back our hostages.» Asked on CNN whether he agrees with the US position that an extended pause in Gaza fighting is needed in order to get the hostages released safely, Netanyahu said: «We don't disagree with that.

Israel Defence Forces (IDF) on Sunday alleged that the troops had recovered a copy of 'Mein Kampf,' the autobiography of Adolf Hitler, from a Hamas terrorist base in Gaza. The Arabic translation of the autobiography of the dictator was discovered in a child's bedroom, which was being used as a Hamas terrorist base. Slamming Hamas, the IDF further said the terror group «embraces the ideology of Hitler», the one responsible for the «annihilation» of the Jewish people. «Never again is NOW. IDF forces discovered a copy of Hitler's infamous book „Mein Kampf“--translated into Arabic--in a child's bedroom used as a Hamas terrorist base in Gaza.

Gaza City overnight and into Sunday as ground forces battled Hamas militants near the territory's largest hospital, where health officials say thousands of medics, patients and displaced people are trapped with no electricity and dwindling supplies. In a televised address on Saturday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected growing international calls for a cease-fire unless it includes the release of all the nearly 240 hostages captured by Hamas in the Oct. 7 rampage that triggered the war, saying Israel was bringing its «full force» to the battle. Israel has vowed to end Hamas' 16-year rule in Gaza and crush its military capabilities, while blaming the militants for the war's heavy toll on the 2.3 million Palestinians trapped in the besieged territory. Israel has come under mounting international pressure, even from its closest ally, the United States, as the war enters a sixth week.

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Hamas's devastating attacks on October 7, Israel's intelligence ministry produced a chilling document. It advocated that Israel remove all of Gaza's Palestinian population and forcibly resettle them in the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula. In November, a poster advertising a far-right rally in Tel Aviv juxtaposed an image of two cherubic Jewish-Israeli children on a beach (presumably in a vision of a future Gaza) with the ominous policy prescriptions of “occupy, expel, settle”. Most worryingly, a cabinet minister suggested that Israel could use nuclear weapons against the Gaza Strip.

Gaza as the death toll rose and fighting intensified between Israeli forces and Hamas militants near and around hospitals. Global calls for Israeli restraint increased as the number of Palestinians killed rose above 11,000 in a five-week-old Israeli bombardment launched against Hamas in retaliation for its deadly Oct. 7 rampage in southern Israel. In his strongest comments to date on the plight of civilians caught in the Gaza cross-fire, U.S.

Joe Biden has said that there is «no possibility» of a ceasefire in Gaza. Biden said that the US government will not stop until it gets the hostages out. Speaking to reporters about the chances of a Gaza ceasefire, Biden said, «None, No possibility.» Asked about an update on getting hostages out, he said, «We're still optimistic.» In his message to the families of the hostages in Gaza, Biden said, «We're not going to stop until we get them out.» Speaking to reporters before Air Force One departure at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, Biden said that the retaliatory strikes in the Middle East are working «in the sense that we're hitting the targets strategically.» Biden said he had asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a more than three-day pause. Asked whether he had asked Netanyahu to pause for three days to get the hostages out for that length of time, Biden said, " Yes.

Gaza Strip, according to a report published by The Guardian, citing sources familiar with the negotiations. This came in exchange for releasing some hostages held early in the war. However, other sources indicated that the negotiations started prior to the Israeli ground invasion which resumed after October 27 and Netanyahu took a tough line on proposals involving a ceasefire in return for hostages.

Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday, stressing Israel does not plan to reoccupy the Palestinian territory. «I think the Israeli army is performing exceptionally well,» he told Fox News, adding: «We don't seek to govern Gaza.

Read all the latest updates on the Israel-Hamas war hereThe Israel-Hamas war will push millions of Palestinians into poverty, a UN report on the conflict's possible long-term impacts warned.The gross domestic product shrank 4% in the West Bank and Gaza in the war’s first month, sending over 400,000 people into poverty.If the war continues for a second month, the UN projects that the Palestinian gross domestic product, which was $20.4 billion before the war, will drop by 8.4%. That’s a loss of $1.7 billion.