U.S. Officials Try to Advance Israel’s Cease Fire Talks With Hezbollah and Hamas

U.S. Officials Try to Advance Israel’s Cease-Fire Talks With Hezbollah and Hamas

William Burns, the C.I.A. director, made a last-ditch attempt to move Gaza talks along before U.S. elections next week.

Top stories - The New York Times - 27 minutes ago

Top U.S. Officials Head to Middle East to Try to Jumpstart Cease-Fire Talks

William Burns, the C.I.A. director, is making a last-ditch attempt to move Gaza talks along before U.S. elections next week.

World - The New York Times - 10 hours ago

Gaza Cease-Fire Talks to Resume, but No Sign Yet That Hamas Will Take Part

Israel and the United States plan to send envoys next week to negotiations in Qatar, as the related wars in Gaza and Lebanon rage on.

World - The New York Times - 5 days ago

Israel Offered Hamas Safe Passage Out of Gaza for Hostages' Freedom

The militant group rejected the offer. Truce talks continue this weekend.

World - The Wall Street Journal - 6 days ago

Hopes not high for cease-fire talks with Blinken again in Israel to try to revive negotiations

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in the midst of yet another trip to Israel to try to jumpstart talks for a hostage release and cease-fire deal in Gaza, but optimism is low for any ...

Qatar, Hamas engage for cease-fire talks, Israel's Mossad chief headed to Doha

Israel has announced the head of the Mossad, David Barnea, will head to Doha as news emerges of Qatar reengaging Hamas leadership for potential Gaza cease-fire negotiation talks. This comes as ...

Oil prices end lower on progress toward Israel-Hamas cease-fire talks

Oil futures finished lower on Thursday, after comments from U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken suggesting progress toward Israel-Hamas cease-fire negotiations eased the risk of disruptions to ...

Business - MarketWatch - October 24

U.S. tries to secure cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas as violence surges in Middle East

The U.S. is once again trying to secure a cease-fire deal in the Middle East between Israel and Hamas. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Tel Aviv, also pushing for a deal between Israel and ...

Hamas says hostages won't be released without Israel cease-fire deal

Deputy Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya has confirmed Yahya Sinwar's death and said the remaining Oct. 7, 2023, hostages will not be released until a cease-fire deal is reached and Israeli troops ...

Blinken meets with Netanyahu, seeks to revive Israel, Hamas cease-fire negotiations

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Israel where he met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Blinken is in the Middle East hoping to revive Israel and Hamas cease-fire negotiations. CBS ...

Gaza Cease-Fire Talks Resume, Overshadowed by U.S. Election

Envoys from Israel, Egypt, the United States and Qatar took part in the negotiations, but no agreements are expected until American voters choose their next president.

World - The New York Times - 2 days ago

Blinken arrives in Israel as U.S. looks to revive Mideast cease-fire efforts

World - ABC News - October 22

Israel continues Lebanon offensive, Hezbollah fires more projectiles as cease-fire hopes dwindle

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the killing of Hamas commander Yahya Sinwar provides a real opportunity to bring home the Israelis still held in Gaza, but CBS News foreign correspondent ...

Israeli offensives continue in Lebanon and Gaza, Blinken still trying to jumpstart cease-fire talks

Lebanon's health ministry says Israeli forces carried out nearly 20 attacks on Beirut's southern suburbs Wednesday night. Those strikes came as the IDF appeared to tighten its siege of northern ...

Earlier Drone Attack From Lebanon Hit Israeli Leader's Home

The disclosure comes as Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Israel in a fresh push for a cease-fire.

World - The Wall Street Journal - October 22

Hezbollah chief says group will hold out in its war with Israel for 'suitable' cease-fire terms

Hezbollah’s newly named leader Naim Kassem has said in his first public comments that the militant group will keep fighting in its ongoing war with Israel until it is offered cease-fire terms it ...

World - ABC News - Yesterday

Israel says it killed a Hezbollah official expected to become the group's next leader

The Israeli military says one of its airstrikes in early October killed a top Hezbollah official who had been widely expected to become the group’s next leader

World - ABC News - October 23

Israel considering Egyptian plan for 2-week cease-fire with Hamas, source says

Israeli officials are weighing an Egyptian proposal for a cease-fire deal with Hamas aimed at trying to build momentum for a larger agreement, an Israeli official told NBC News as Secretary of ...

World awaits potential Israel, Hamas cease-fire news as leaders head to Qatar

Leaders from the U.S., Israel, Egypt and other nations are hoping to rekindle Israel, Hamas cease-fire talks as Qatar indicates it has engaged Hamas leadership again for a possible deal. CBS News' ...

Top Hamas official says it will not return hostages in Gaza until there is a cease-fire and a "withdrawal from Gaza"

World - ABC News - October 18

U.S. and Qatar Say Gaza Cease-Fire Talks Will Resume, but Offer Few Details

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said U.S. and Qatari negotiators would soon restart long-stalled negotiations, but that it remained unclear if Hamas was willing to engage.

World - The New York Times - 6 days ago

Updates: Israel’s Parliament Passes Bill That Threatens Work of U.N. Agency for Palestinians

The Knesset opened its winter session and approved legislation that banned the agency known as UNRWA from operating in Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his spy chief was back home ...

World - The New York Times - 2 days ago

As Gaza Cease-Fire Talks Resume, Little Progress Is Expected Before the U.S. Election

Analysts said Israel was expected to wait until the outcome of the election before deciding on its stance on a cease-fire in Gaza. Hamas officials seem reluctant to compromise.

World - The New York Times - 3 days ago

Truck Hits Crowd at Israel Bus Stop as Gaza Cease-Fire Talks Restart

Police are treating the incident, which took place in a Tel Aviv suburb where the Mossad intelligence agency is based, as a terrorist attack.

World - The Wall Street Journal - 3 days ago

Rocket barrage kills 7 in Israel as U.S. pushes for cease-fires in Lebanon and Gaza

Israel’s rescue service said projectiles fired from Lebanon on Thursday killed two more people in northern Israel, raising death toll there to seven in what’s been the deadliest rocket barrage ...

Blinken urges Israel to seek enduring deal, as officials say a limited cease-fire has been discussed

Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Israel needs to pursue an “enduring strategic success” in Gaza after its tactical victories against Hamas

World - ABC News - October 23

Senior Biden officials head to Israel as optimism grows over Lebanon cease-fire

TEL AVIV — Senior White House officials will travel to Israel on Thursday, a U.S. official and a source briefed on the matter told NBC News, as the Biden administration intensifies efforts to end ...

Israel and Hamas signal they are no closer to ending Gaza war after Sinwar's death

Hamas has confirmed that its leader, Yahya Sinwar, was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza and reiterated its stance that hostages the militant group took from Israel a year ago will not be released ...

World - ABC News - October 18

Hamas Says Its Demands Are Unchanged as Biden Pushes for Gaza Cease-Fire

A top deputy to the killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar vowed that his “banner will not fall” and that the group would hold to its cease-fire conditions.

World - The New York Times - October 19

What Yahya Sinwar’s Death Could Mean for the Gaza Cease-Fire Talks

The killing of Hamas’s leader may allow Israel to claim victory and agree to a cease-fire, and new Hamas leadership could be more open to compromise. But neither side is likely to immediately ...

World - The New York Times - October 18

Biden Talks to Netanyahu About Sinwar’s Death and Getting to a Cease-Fire

After arriving in Berlin for previously scheduled meetings, the president said he was sending the secretary of state to Israel in the coming days.

World - The New York Times - October 18

Blinken in London pushing to revive Middle East cease-fire talks

The casualty count in both Gaza and Lebanon continues to rise as Israel moves forward with its military operations. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is once again pushing for an end to the ...

Blinken Meets With Netanyahu in the Latest U.S. Push for a Cease-fire in Gaza

The secretary of state urged the prime minister to “capitalize” on Yahya Sinwar’s death “by securing the release of all hostages,” a spokesman said.

World - The New York Times - October 22

Blinken to Visit Israel in Latest Push for Gaza Cease-Fire

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken is expected to depart on Monday in a renewed effort to bring calm to the region. The State Department did not say which other countries he might stop in.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 21

U.S. supports Israel's 'limited' campaign in Lebanon in hopes of a weakened Hezbollah

President Joe Biden’s administration is signaling that it supports Israel’s operations against Iran-backed Hezbollah and Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon.

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