Israel-Qatar meet, raising prospects of Gaza hostage talks
Sunday, 17 December 2023 Israel's intelligence chief, David Barnea, met with Qatar's prime minister, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, confirming that new negotiations are underway to recover hostages held by Hamas. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that the war in Gaza is existential and must be fought until victory, with Gaza being demilitarized and under Israeli security control. Netanyahu vowed to maintain intense military pressure on Hamas and destroy the militant group. The accidental killing of three hostages by Israeli forces has increased pressure on Netanyahu to secure their release.
The leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, made a rare visit to Egypt for diplomatic talks aimed at securing a new ceasefire in the conflict with Israel. Haniyeh, who usually resides in Qatar, is intervening personally amid what sources describe as intensive negotiations to allow aid into Gaza and secure...
"They bombed the infrastructure at the entrances.. there are now two craters in the southern entrance," says a resident of Al-Maghazi refugee camp in Gaza's Deir el-Balah. Fighting between Israel and..
Palestinian rescuers mourn one of their fellow first responders killed in a strike near the Al-Aqsa Hospital in the central Gazan city of Deir al-Balah. Fighting between Israel and Hamas is raging in..
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls South Africa's accusation of "genocide" in the Gaza Strip "false", after Pretoria launched a case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against..
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to confirm on Saturday that new Qatar-mediated negotiations were underway to recover hostages held by Hamas in... IndiaTimes
Sunday, 17 December 2023
![Damage in Gaza's Al-Maghazi refugee camp after Israeli strikes [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20231231/1362972521-Damage-in-Gaza-Al-Maghazi-refugee-camp.jpg)
![Palestinian rescuers mourn colleague killed in strike on central Gaza [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20231231/1362970735-Palestinian-rescuers-mourn-colleague-killed-in-strike-on.jpg)
![Netanyahu says South Africa wrong to accuse Israel of 'genocide' in Gaza [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20231231/1362967225-Netanyahu-says-South-Africa-wrong-to-accuse-Israel.jpg)
