Hamas commander Rafa Salama and around a 100 Palestinian civilians were killed by an MK-84 bomb in Rafah's Al-Mawasi on July 13, 2024

United States President Joe Biden has spoken to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the ongoing talks for a ceasefire in Gaza and stressed the “immediate need” for a truce, as well as the return of Israeli captives held in the Palestinian enclave.

The US president says negotiations to release Israeli hostages held by Hamas and end the war in Gaza are almost complete.

President Biden also highlighted the changed regional circumstances following the ceasefire in Lebanon, the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, and the shift in Iran's influence in the region and emphasised the urgency of securing a ceasefire in Gaza, the return of hostages, and the increase of humanitarian aid through a halt in the fighting.

The Israel Defense Forces continues its intense airstrike and ground campaigns in Gaza with ceasefire talks resuming in Qatar.

Mediators have given Israel and Hamas a final draft of a deal to end the war in Gaza, according to an officia, after a "breakthrough" in talks.

The Biden administration sees a possible Gaza truce as soon as this week, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told Bloomberg News on

US PRESIDENT Joe Biden says Israel is “on the brink” of securing a successful ceasefire deal with terror group Hamas. Officials believes they are the closest they have ever been to

Donald Trump inherits a Middle East that looks dramatically different from the one his administration left in 2021.

Ethiopian Jews pictured on board the Bat Galim ship on their journey to Israel in 1984. Photograph courtesy of Raffi Berg.

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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Joe Biden ... s call between Biden and Netanyahu came as the head of Israel’s Mossad foreign ...