An informed source and Israeli media reports said that Israel will participate in negotiations taking place over the weekend in Paris in the presence of the United States, Qatar and Egypt regarding a possible agreement for a truce in Gaza and the release of detainees, according to Reuters.
The last ceasefire talks failed two weeks ago when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a proposal from the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) for a 4-and-a-half-month truce that would end with an Israeli withdrawal. Netanyahu described the proposal as a pure 'illusion.'
Ismail Haniyeh, head of Hamas's political bureau, visited Egypt this week, in what was seen as the strongest indication in weeks that negotiations are still ongoing.
Israeli TV Channel 12 said on Thursday that the war cabinet agreed to send negotiators led by Mossad chief David Barnea to Paris to hold talks on a possible agreement to release more than 100 detainees in Gaza.
The source said Thursday that CIA Director William Burns, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani, and Egyptian Intelligence Chief Abbas Kamel will also participate in the Paris meetings.
Earlier, Israeli Minister Yoav Gallant said in a statement, 'We will expand the authority granted to our negotiators regarding the hostages, as we prepare to continue intensive ground operations.'
Diplomatic efforts appear to become more urgent as Ramadan approaches.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken told reporters in Brazil, “We are intensely focused on trying to reach an agreement that leads to the release of the remaining hostages and leads to an extended humanitarian ceasefire.”
John Kirby, White House spokesman for national security, said in a press conference that US Middle East envoy Brett McGurk held “constructive” meetings in Egypt and Israel, including with Netanyahu on Thursday.
Sami Abu Zuhri, head of Hamas's political department abroad, told Reuters that Israel is responsible for the lack of progress and is now retreating from the conditions it had already accepted at the beginning of February in a ceasefire offer drafted by the United States and Egyptian and Qatari mediators in Paris.
He added, 'The occupation is not concerned with the success of any agreement, and it has backed away from the framework paper drawn up by the mediators and in which he participated... Netanyahu is not concerned with the prisoners' issue, and all that matters to him is continuing to implement the death sentence in Gaza.'
There was no immediate response from Israeli officials. Netanyahu says that if Hamas shows flexibility, progress will be possible.
Shortly after midnight on Friday, Hamas said that Haniyeh concluded his multi-day visit to Cairo, where he met Kamel.
The movement said in a statement that its delegation discussed in Egypt 'the situation in the Gaza Strip, stopping the brutal aggression against our people, the return of the displaced to their places of residence, relief and shelter, especially in the northern Gaza Strip, and ways to achieve this.'
She added, 'The prisoner exchange file was discussed, as well as what the occupation is planning in Al-Aqsa in light of the occupation government's decision to prevent our people in the West Bank and the occupied interior from praying in the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque during the holy month of Ramadan.'
The Israeli occupation army has launched a continuous aggression against the Gaza Strip since October 7, which led to the death of nearly 30,000 people in Gaza, according to the health authorities in the Strip, with fears that there are thousands more under the rubble of destroyed buildings, and their bodies have not yet been recovered.
Hamas says it will not release the rest of the detainees unless Israel agrees to stop the aggression and withdraw from the Gaza Strip, while Israel says it will not withdraw until Hamas is eliminated.
Children suffer from “psychological injuries.”
The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip said that the Israeli occupation army raided the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis shortly after it withdrew from it. Khan Yunis is the main battlefield in the Strip since Israel launched an attack on the city last month.
The World Health Organization said earlier that it wanted to evacuate nearly 140 patients stranded there, and Palestinian officials said that the bodies of patients who died had begun to decompose amid power outages and continued aggression.
In Rafah, where more than half of the Strip's population of 2.3 million people are located, mourners wept in front of at least seven bodies placed on the ground outside a morgue.
Health authorities in Gaza said that at least 120 people were confirmed dead and 130 others were injured in the Israeli aggression during the past 24 hours, but most of the martyrs are still under the rubble.
An Israeli strike leveled Al-Farouq Mosque in the center of Rafah, turning it into rubble and rubble, and the facades of nearby buildings were shattered.
“Children who survive this war will not only carry visible wounds from traumatic injuries, but they will also carry invisible wounds,” MSF Director General Christopher Lockyer told the Security Council in New York.
He added, 'They are subjected to repeated displacement and constant fear, and they see their family members literally being dismembered before their eyes.'
He continued, 'These psychological injuries prompted children as young as five years old to tell us that they would rather die.'
The Israeli occupation army threatens to launch a comprehensive attack on Rafah, the last city on the southern end of the Gaza Strip, despite international appeals, including from its main ally Washington, to withdraw this step.
Residents who fled to Rafah from other areas say that there is no other shelter to go to. Already meager aid flows have almost dried up.
An informed source and Israeli media reports said that Israel will participate in negotiations taking place over the weekend in Paris in the presence of the United States, Qatar and Egypt regarding a possible agreement for a truce in Gaza and the release of detainees, according to Reuters.
The last ceasefire talks failed two weeks ago when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a proposal from the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) for a 4-and-a-half-month truce that would end with an Israeli withdrawal. Netanyahu described the proposal as a pure 'illusion.'
Ismail Haniyeh, head of Hamas's political bureau, visited Egypt this week, in what was seen as the strongest indication in weeks that negotiations are still ongoing.
Israeli TV Channel 12 said on Thursday that the war cabinet agreed to send negotiators led by Mossad chief David Barnea to Paris to hold talks on a possible agreement to release more than 100 detainees in Gaza.
The source said Thursday that CIA Director William Burns, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani, and Egyptian Intelligence Chief Abbas Kamel will also participate in the Paris meetings.
Earlier, Israeli Minister Yoav Gallant said in a statement, 'We will expand the authority granted to our negotiators regarding the hostages, as we prepare to continue intensive ground operations.'
Diplomatic efforts appear to become more urgent as Ramadan approaches.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken told reporters in Brazil, “We are intensely focused on trying to reach an agreement that leads to the release of the remaining hostages and leads to an extended humanitarian ceasefire.”
John Kirby, White House spokesman for national security, said in a press conference that US Middle East envoy Brett McGurk held “constructive” meetings in Egypt and Israel, including with Netanyahu on Thursday.
Sami Abu Zuhri, head of Hamas's political department abroad, told Reuters that Israel is responsible for the lack of progress and is now retreating from the conditions it had already accepted at the beginning of February in a ceasefire offer drafted by the United States and Egyptian and Qatari mediators in Paris.
He added, 'The occupation is not concerned with the success of any agreement, and it has backed away from the framework paper drawn up by the mediators and in which he participated... Netanyahu is not concerned with the prisoners' issue, and all that matters to him is continuing to implement the death sentence in Gaza.'
There was no immediate response from Israeli officials. Netanyahu says that if Hamas shows flexibility, progress will be possible.
Shortly after midnight on Friday, Hamas said that Haniyeh concluded his multi-day visit to Cairo, where he met Kamel.
The movement said in a statement that its delegation discussed in Egypt 'the situation in the Gaza Strip, stopping the brutal aggression against our people, the return of the displaced to their places of residence, relief and shelter, especially in the northern Gaza Strip, and ways to achieve this.'
She added, 'The prisoner exchange file was discussed, as well as what the occupation is planning in Al-Aqsa in light of the occupation government's decision to prevent our people in the West Bank and the occupied interior from praying in the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque during the holy month of Ramadan.'
The Israeli occupation army has launched a continuous aggression against the Gaza Strip since October 7, which led to the death of nearly 30,000 people in Gaza, according to the health authorities in the Strip, with fears that there are thousands more under the rubble of destroyed buildings, and their bodies have not yet been recovered.
Hamas says it will not release the rest of the detainees unless Israel agrees to stop the aggression and withdraw from the Gaza Strip, while Israel says it will not withdraw until Hamas is eliminated.
Children suffer from “psychological injuries.”
The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip said that the Israeli occupation army raided the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis shortly after it withdrew from it. Khan Yunis is the main battlefield in the Strip since Israel launched an attack on the city last month.
The World Health Organization said earlier that it wanted to evacuate nearly 140 patients stranded there, and Palestinian officials said that the bodies of patients who died had begun to decompose amid power outages and continued aggression.
In Rafah, where more than half of the Strip's population of 2.3 million people are located, mourners wept in front of at least seven bodies placed on the ground outside a morgue.
Health authorities in Gaza said that at least 120 people were confirmed dead and 130 others were injured in the Israeli aggression during the past 24 hours, but most of the martyrs are still under the rubble.
An Israeli strike leveled Al-Farouq Mosque in the center of Rafah, turning it into rubble and rubble, and the facades of nearby buildings were shattered.
“Children who survive this war will not only carry visible wounds from traumatic injuries, but they will also carry invisible wounds,” MSF Director General Christopher Lockyer told the Security Council in New York.
He added, 'They are subjected to repeated displacement and constant fear, and they see their family members literally being dismembered before their eyes.'
He continued, 'These psychological injuries prompted children as young as five years old to tell us that they would rather die.'
The Israeli occupation army threatens to launch a comprehensive attack on Rafah, the last city on the southern end of the Gaza Strip, despite international appeals, including from its main ally Washington, to withdraw this step.
Residents who fled to Rafah from other areas say that there is no other shelter to go to. Already meager aid flows have almost dried up.
An informed source and Israeli media reports said that Israel will participate in negotiations taking place over the weekend in Paris in the presence of the United States, Qatar and Egypt regarding a possible agreement for a truce in Gaza and the release of detainees, according to Reuters.
The last ceasefire talks failed two weeks ago when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a proposal from the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) for a 4-and-a-half-month truce that would end with an Israeli withdrawal. Netanyahu described the proposal as a pure 'illusion.'
Ismail Haniyeh, head of Hamas's political bureau, visited Egypt this week, in what was seen as the strongest indication in weeks that negotiations are still ongoing.
Israeli TV Channel 12 said on Thursday that the war cabinet agreed to send negotiators led by Mossad chief David Barnea to Paris to hold talks on a possible agreement to release more than 100 detainees in Gaza.
The source said Thursday that CIA Director William Burns, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani, and Egyptian Intelligence Chief Abbas Kamel will also participate in the Paris meetings.
Earlier, Israeli Minister Yoav Gallant said in a statement, 'We will expand the authority granted to our negotiators regarding the hostages, as we prepare to continue intensive ground operations.'
Diplomatic efforts appear to become more urgent as Ramadan approaches.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken told reporters in Brazil, “We are intensely focused on trying to reach an agreement that leads to the release of the remaining hostages and leads to an extended humanitarian ceasefire.”
John Kirby, White House spokesman for national security, said in a press conference that US Middle East envoy Brett McGurk held “constructive” meetings in Egypt and Israel, including with Netanyahu on Thursday.
Sami Abu Zuhri, head of Hamas's political department abroad, told Reuters that Israel is responsible for the lack of progress and is now retreating from the conditions it had already accepted at the beginning of February in a ceasefire offer drafted by the United States and Egyptian and Qatari mediators in Paris.
He added, 'The occupation is not concerned with the success of any agreement, and it has backed away from the framework paper drawn up by the mediators and in which he participated... Netanyahu is not concerned with the prisoners' issue, and all that matters to him is continuing to implement the death sentence in Gaza.'
There was no immediate response from Israeli officials. Netanyahu says that if Hamas shows flexibility, progress will be possible.
Shortly after midnight on Friday, Hamas said that Haniyeh concluded his multi-day visit to Cairo, where he met Kamel.
The movement said in a statement that its delegation discussed in Egypt 'the situation in the Gaza Strip, stopping the brutal aggression against our people, the return of the displaced to their places of residence, relief and shelter, especially in the northern Gaza Strip, and ways to achieve this.'
She added, 'The prisoner exchange file was discussed, as well as what the occupation is planning in Al-Aqsa in light of the occupation government's decision to prevent our people in the West Bank and the occupied interior from praying in the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque during the holy month of Ramadan.'
The Israeli occupation army has launched a continuous aggression against the Gaza Strip since October 7, which led to the death of nearly 30,000 people in Gaza, according to the health authorities in the Strip, with fears that there are thousands more under the rubble of destroyed buildings, and their bodies have not yet been recovered.
Hamas says it will not release the rest of the detainees unless Israel agrees to stop the aggression and withdraw from the Gaza Strip, while Israel says it will not withdraw until Hamas is eliminated.
Children suffer from “psychological injuries.”
The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip said that the Israeli occupation army raided the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis shortly after it withdrew from it. Khan Yunis is the main battlefield in the Strip since Israel launched an attack on the city last month.
The World Health Organization said earlier that it wanted to evacuate nearly 140 patients stranded there, and Palestinian officials said that the bodies of patients who died had begun to decompose amid power outages and continued aggression.
In Rafah, where more than half of the Strip's population of 2.3 million people are located, mourners wept in front of at least seven bodies placed on the ground outside a morgue.
Health authorities in Gaza said that at least 120 people were confirmed dead and 130 others were injured in the Israeli aggression during the past 24 hours, but most of the martyrs are still under the rubble.
An Israeli strike leveled Al-Farouq Mosque in the center of Rafah, turning it into rubble and rubble, and the facades of nearby buildings were shattered.
“Children who survive this war will not only carry visible wounds from traumatic injuries, but they will also carry invisible wounds,” MSF Director General Christopher Lockyer told the Security Council in New York.
He added, 'They are subjected to repeated displacement and constant fear, and they see their family members literally being dismembered before their eyes.'
He continued, 'These psychological injuries prompted children as young as five years old to tell us that they would rather die.'
The Israeli occupation army threatens to launch a comprehensive attack on Rafah, the last city on the southern end of the Gaza Strip, despite international appeals, including from its main ally Washington, to withdraw this step.
Residents who fled to Rafah from other areas say that there is no other shelter to go to. Already meager aid flows have almost dried up.
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