Blinken Says ‘Decisive Moment’ for Gaza Ceasefire Talks
By Humeyra Pamuk
TEL AVIV, Aug 19 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday called the latest diplomatic push by Washington to achieve a ceasefire deal in Gaza "probably the best, maybe the last...
Islamic Republic-Backed Hamas Says New Gaza Proposal Too Close to Israel’s Demands
By Nidal al-Mughrabi
CAIRO, Aug 18 (Reuters) - The Palestinian group Hamas said on Sunday that a new proposal meant to bridge the gaps between Israel and the Islamist armed group over a Gaza ceasefire were too...
Israel Kills Two Hamas Militants in West Bank Air Strike
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Israel said it killed two senior Hamas militants in an airstrike on their car in Jenin in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, claiming they were involved in the...
Blinken to Push for Gaza Ceasefire; Israel Launches Fresh Strikes
By Nidal al-Mughrabi
CAIRO, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Israeli strikes killed 19 people in Gaza on Sunday, including six children, Palestinian health authorities said, ahead of a visit to the region by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to...
Hezbollah Footage Shows Apparent Underground Rocket Launch Sites
BEIRUT, Aug 16 (Reuters) - The powerful Iranian-backed Lebanese armed group Hezbollah published footage on Friday that appeared to show its fighters driving trucks with rocket launchers through a maze of tunnels to an apparent underground...
Gaza Ceasefire Talks Paused With Resumption Planned Next Week
By Andrew Mills and Nidal al-Mughrabi
DOHA/CAIRO, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Gaza ceasefire talks in Doha paused on Friday with negotiators to meet again next week seeking an agreement to end fighting between Israel and Hamas and free remaining...
Israeli Strike in South Lebanon Kills 10 Including 2 Children, State News Agency Says
BEIRUT, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Around 10 people were killed, including two children, and five were wounded by an Israeli airstrike on a residential building in the city of Nabatieh in south Lebanon, state news agency...
US Imposes Sanctions Targeting Houthi, Hezbollah Trade
WASHINGTON, Aug 15 (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday issued more sanctions targeting Houthi and Hezbollah trade networks, the U.S. Treasury Department said, as Washington increases pressure on Tehran and the Iranian-backed groups.
The U.S. Treasury...
Trump Says He Told Netanyahu to End Gaza War but Criticizes Ceasefire Call
By Kanishka Singh and Nathan Layne
WASHINGTON/ BEDMINSTER, New Jersey, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their last meeting in July to...
British and French Foreign Ministers to Visit Middle East to Urge De-escalation
LONDON, Aug 15 (Reuters) - British and French foreign ministers will travel to Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories to call for an urgent ceasefire in Gaza and a de-escalation in any wider conflict in the...
