"The indicators are positive regarding the start of negotiations for the second phase," he added, without providing further details.

But the subtext of the president’s rhetoric is even more damning. It is an admission that Israel has failed to achieve its own declared war objectives of deposing Hamas and freeing the hostages. And the fact that the U.S. has been secretly speaking to Hamas directly makes Israel look like an obstacle.

The weapons and the rocket launchers in the military sites posed an immediate threat, the IDF said, and "constituted a blatant violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon"

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With the first phase of the truce set to expire Saturday, Hamas on Wednesday turned over the bodies of four hostages and Israel released hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.

The Islamist knife attack in Villach, in which a 14-year-old boy was murdered, is still shaking the country - and now there is renewed excitement in

(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) KHIAM, Lebanon (AP) — Residents of southern Lebanon have ... rockets and drones at Israel in solidarity with the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip. A ceasefire in November allowed Lebanese residents to begin ...

Hamas says they've reached an agreement with Israel following concerns over a delay in the ceasefire deal. This comes as Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon and Syria kill at least four people following calls for Israeli troops to withdraw from both Syria and Lebanon.

A Trump administration move to suspend funding to the World Health Organization has frozen $46 million for its operations in Gaza, a top WHO official said Tuesday. Dr. Rik Peeperkorn, the WHO representative for Occupied Palestinian Territories,

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