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  Netanyahu says deal with Gaza still not complete, will issue formal statement only after...

  World | January 16, 2025 9:39 IST

  Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has said that the agreement with Hamas over a ceasefire in Gaza is still not complete and final details are still being worked out. This comes after US announced a groundbreaking deal between the conflicting parties in Gaza.

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  Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal likely to take effect from January 19: Qatar's Foreign Affairs Ministry

  World | January 16, 2025 8:39 IST

  The Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement has said that the ceasefire deal reached between Israel and Hamas will be taking effect from January 19. The Israeli PM has thanked President-elect Donald Trump 'assistance in advancing the release of the hostages'.

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  Israel-Hamas ceasefire: Trump claims credit as 'moving force', Biden lauds his 'diplomacy'

  World | January 16, 2025 6:57 IST

  After Israel and Hamas reached the ceasefire deal on Wednesday, both President-elect Donald Trump and outgoing President Joe Biden claimed credits for the breakthrough. While Trump asserted that he was the driving force behind the deal, Biden lauded his diplomacy for the ceasefire.

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  Israel-Hamas reach consensus on 6-week ceasefire in Gaza with release of hostages, mediators say

  World | January 15, 2025 23:48 IST

  The announcement offered the first sign of hope in months that Israel and Hamas may be winding down the most deadly and destructive war they’ve ever fought, a conflict that has destabilised the broader Middle East and sparked worldwide protests.

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  Is the Israel-Lebanon War over? Here's what top insiders reveal

  World | November 27, 2024 12:19 IST

  According to the agreement, Israel will gradually withdraw its forces over 60 days as Lebanon's army takes control of territory near its border with Israel to ensure that Hezbollah does not rebuild its infrastructure there.

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  Has Israel struck ceasefire deal with Hezbollah? Netanyahu's spokesperson breaks silence

  World | November 25, 2024 19:09 IST

  Michael Herzog, the Israeli ambassador to the United States, told Israel's GLZ radio an agreement was close and "it could happen within days ... We just need to close the last corners".

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  'India is in regular touch with both Israel and Iran...': Jaishankar affirms support for ceasefire

  World | November 25, 2024 18:26 IST

  Expressing concerns about the escalating conflict in West Asia, Jaishankar stated that India has been maintaining regular high-level communication with both Israel and Iran to promote restraint and foster dialogue.

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  'No ceasefire, will fight until victory': Israel rejects US-backed Lebanon truce proposal

  World | September 26, 2024 16:56 IST

  Netanyahu, who is travelling to the United States for the UN General Assembly, has not yet responded to the cease-fire proposal. But his foreign minister, Israel Katz, said Israel would continue fighting “with full force until victory.”

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  Biden says killing of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh 'not helpful' for ceasefire in Gaza

  World | August 02, 2024 13:57 IST

  The assassination of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh has triggered calls for retaliation from Iran and Hamas, who have blamed Israel for the attack. The brazen attack on Haniyeh in Tehran dealt a severe blow to Hamas and halted any immediate chances of a ceasefire in Gaza.

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  Hamas accepts US proposal to begin talks on releasing Israeli hostages as war continues

  World | July 06, 2024 13:52 IST

  The development came as Israeli negotiators are set to resume peace talks in Qatar next week on a ceasefire and hostage exchange deal. More than 38,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in retaliation for the Hamas-led October 7 attack that killed 1,200.

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  Putin vows to order ceasefire if Ukraine withdraws from occupied regions, renounces NATO plans

  World | June 14, 2024 17:14 IST

  Putin said Russia would be ready for such talks "tomorrow" if Ukrainian troops withdraw from the Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Donetsk and Luhansk regions occupied by Russia. He also demanded that Ukraine gave up its plans to join the US-led NATO alliance.

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  'Israel must be stopped': South Africa urges UN World Court to order ceasefire in Gaza

  World | May 17, 2024 11:09 IST

  The case by South Africa comes amid international alarm over Israel's military operation in the southern city of Rafah, where over a million Palestinians have taken refuge. Earlier this year, the ICJ ordered Israel to ensure its troops commit no genocidal acts against Palestinians in Gaza.

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  Hamas says it accepts Gaza ceasefire proposal hours after Israel orders Rafah evacuation

  World | May 06, 2024 23:18 IST

  Israel’s closest allies, including the United States, have repeatedly said that Israel shouldn’t attack Rafah. The looming operation has raised global alarm over the fate of around 1.4 million Palestinians sheltering there.

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  Blinken meets Saudi Arabian counterpart with high hopes of convincing Arab states on post-Gaza war

  World | April 29, 2024 14:08 IST

  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday begins his seventh diplomatic mission to the Middle East since the Israel-Hamas war began more than six months ago. He landed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Monday and was greeted by officials.

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  'What he's doing is a mistake. I don't agree with his approach': Biden as Netanyahu rages war

  World | April 10, 2024 14:56 IST

  Biden described Netanyahu’s approach to the war in Gaza as "a mistake" in one of his sharpest critiques of how the Israeli government is prosecuting the conflict against Hamas.

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  All is not well between Netanyahu, Biden? Israel cancels White House visit after UN ceasefire vote

  World | March 26, 2024 10:46 IST

  Netanyahu abruptly scrapped a visit to Washington this week by a senior delegation to discuss Israel’s threatened offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah after the US abstained in a Security Council vote that demanded an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

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  Israel-Hamas war: US finalises draft UN resolution on 'immediate and sustained' ceasefire in Gaza

  World | March 15, 2024 12:20 IST

  The US' resolution "unequivocally supports international diplomatic efforts to establish an immediate and sustained ceasefire as part of a hostage release deal. The US has previously voted three resolutions at the UN draft resolutions, two of which have called for an immediate ceasefire.

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  Russia, Ukraine respond to Pope's 'Kyiv should have courage of white flag of negotiations remarks'

  World | March 11, 2024 13:07 IST

  Pope Francis has said that Ukraine should have what he called the courage of the "white flag" and negotiate an end to the war with Russia that followed Moscow's full-scale invasion two years ago and that has killed tens of thousands.

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  'Israel thwarting efforts to conclude ceasefire': Hamas as it leaves Cairo without any breakthrough

  World | March 07, 2024 21:35 IST

  After four days of talks mediated by Qatar and Egypt to secure a 40-day ceasefire ahead of the Muslim fasting month there is still no sign of progress on key sticking points, with both sides blaming the other.

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  US revises language in UN draft resolution, calls for 'immediate ceasefire' of six weeks in Gaza

  World | March 06, 2024 7:59 IST

  The initial draft of the US resolution supported a "temporary ceasefire" in the nearly five-month-long Israel-Hamas war. US Vice President Kamala Harris bluntly called out Israel for not doing enough to ease the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and demanded Hamas to agree to a six-week ceasefire.