Hamas' announcement comes as the Israeli military issued an evacuation order to 100,000 Palestinians in the southern city of Rafah.
Palestinians could be seen celebrating on the streets of Rafah following the news of Hamas agreeing to a ceasefire proposal.
Demonstrators at the proposed site included Hongkongers who fear it could be used to illegally detain dissenters
CAIRO (Reuters) -Saudi Arabia affirmed its categorical rejection of remarks by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about displacing Palestinians from their land, the foreign ministry said in a statement on Sunday. Israeli officials have suggested the establishment of a Palestinian state on Saudi territory. Netanyahu appeared to be joking on Thursday when he responded to an interviewer on pro-Netanyahu Channel 14 who mistakenly said "Saudi state" instead of "Palestinian state", before correcting himself.
CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -An Israel delegation arrived in Qatar on Sunday for more Gazatruce talks, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's spokesperson said, as its military withdrew from an important crossing point in the enclave, as agreed under the truce with Hamas. Indirect negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas on the next stage of the ceasefire are set to start this week following Netanyahu's visit to the United States last week. However, a source in Netanyahu's office said the Israeli delegation at this point will only discuss technical issues, rather than the bigger matters which are supposed to be hammered out, including the administration of post-war Gaza.
A released Israeli hostage told a Hamas crowd he hoped to see his wife and daughters after his release - suggesting he did not know they had been killed on 7 October.
Nearly 15 years after Ridley Scott’s war classic, Netflix speaks to those who experienced both sides of the historic conflict
New details and growing shock over emaciated hostages renewed pressure Sunday on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to extend a fragile Gaza ceasefire beyond the first phase, even as U.S. President Donald Trump repeated his pledge that the U.S. would take control of the Palestinian enclave. Talks on the second phase, meant to see more hostages released and a complete Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, were due to start Feb. 3.
Kurds in Syria were marginalized during five decades of Assad family rule, with many denied citizenship and wrongly described as Arabs. The Kurdish language is taught in schools. The Kurds, one of the world’s largest populations without a state of their own, have been feeling some control over their lives and want to make that permanent with a new government in power.
Three male Israeli hostages and 183 Palestinian prisoners were freed in the fifth round of exchanges between Israel and Hamas Saturday, but the gaunt, frail appearance of the released captives was condemned as “shocking” by Israel.
A total of 73 hostages, taken captive after the 7 October attacks, still remain unaccounted for.
Robert Jenrick, the shadow justice secretary, was among thousands of people who demonstrated against the plans on Saturday.
Ukraine's claim came just days after South Korea's intelligence service stated that North Korean troops had been pulled back from the front lines.View on euronews
An uneasy calm held Sunday on the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern front after regional powers dreading a wider war urged Congolese and pro-Rwandan forces to agree to a ceasefire.After intense fighting on Saturday 60 kilometres (35 miles) from Bukavu, the front line was calmed Sunday, local and security sources said.
None of Zawadi Sifa's seven children have known life without fear and the constant threat of violence. “Each time I give birth ... we are fleeing,” Sifa said as she rocked a baby, her youngest, in her arms. Several weeks ago, the M23 rebels — the most prominent among more than a 100 armed groups vying for dominance in the region — began their advance toward Goma, North Kivu’s provincial capital, in a major escalation of the yearslong fighting with government forces.
Israel's "lack of commitment" is putting the Gaza ceasefire in danger of collapse, a senior Hamas official told AFP on Saturday with talks yet to start on its second phase.Basem Naim: What we see from delay and lack of commitment in implementing the first phase and the attempt to create a political, international, diplomatic, and media environment to pressure the Palestinian negotiators upon entering the second phase, certainly exposes this agreement to danger and thus it might stop and collapse
Egypt has said it is "irresponsible" for Israeli officials to suggest establishing a Palestinian state in Saudi Arabia. The remarks appeared to be a response to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggesting Palestinians should establish a state in Saudi Arabia. It comes after Donald Trump said Palestinians should be resettled so the US can take over Gaza.
Weakened state of three freed Israelis shocks country, while several released Palestinians also need hospitalisation
The three hostages are now back in Israel, whilst dozens of Palestinians who had been held in Israeli prisons have now returned to the West Bank.View on euronews
The clashes took place in Chhattisgarh state, which has seen a long-running insurgency by Maoists.
More than 1,000 people gathered outside the historic former site of the Royal Mint on Tower Hill.
The frail condition of the latest three Israeli hostages released by Palestinian militant group Hamas on Saturday as part of the fragile three-weeks-old ceasefire agreement has raised concerns. Hamas handed over Eli Sharabi, Ohad Ben Ami and Or Levy to the Red Cross before they were transferred to the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). In exchange,…
