Qatar will host mediated talks between Hamas and Israel aiming thttps://youtu.be/RE0gxnrrx_so finalize an agreement on a truce this week, Egyptian security sources said. Representatives from both parties will travel to Cairo for further talks aimed at reaching an agreement on the timing and mechanism for executing any deal, including hostage releases, the sources said. Israel’s …
Israel’s war cabinet is expected to convene Saturday night for a briefing on efforts advancing in Paris toward a deal to pause the fighting in Gaza and return hostages held there. Israeli media, citing people familiar with the situation, reported that talks on Friday involving the Israeli delegation and representatives from the US, Egypt and …
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Haaretz quotes informed sources saying that the progress at the Paris summit will enable the sides to present to Hamas an updated framework for a deal. “Continuing progress is now up to Hamas,” it quoted an unnamed foreign diplomat saying. The Israeli source says that the outline will first be presented to the war cabinet …
Oil prices have remained rangebound in recent weeks, with macro concerns driving the direction of both Brent and WTI. Oil trading in the past weeks has seen remarkably little volatility, with Brent futures moving within a narrow bandwidth between $81 and $84 per barrel lately. Macro factors seem to be dominating the minor day-on-day moves …
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https://youtu.be/FlIRGh9QqX4 RAFAH, Gaza Strip/CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli bombing on Thursday flattened a mosque and destroyed homes in Rafah in a fierce surge of violence in the city, while the Hamas chief was in Cairo for talks Gazans hope could bring a truce and head off a full-blown assault on the city. In Khan Younis, the territory’s …
The Israeli war cabinet has unanimously voted to send a delegation to Paris to engage in high-level discussions aimed at securing a hostage deal and a truce in the ongoing conflict with Hamas in Gaza, the Times of Israel reported on Thursday. This move follows reports that Hamas has shown flexibility regarding the terms of …
The Israeli war cabinet has unanimously voted to send a delegation to Paris to engage in high-level discussions aimed at securing a hostage deal and a truce in the ongoing conflict with Hamas in Gaza, the Times of Israel reported on Thursday. This move follows reports that Hamas has shown flexibility regarding the terms of …
Crude oil prices moved slightly higher today, after the Energy Information Administration reported an inventory increase of 3.5 million barrels for the week to February 16. This followed a sizeable build of 12 million barrels for a week that also saw gasoline and middle distillate fuel inventories decline. For the week to February 16, the …
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Senior Hamas official Mousa Abu Marzouk says that there may be breakthroughs in hostage negotiations in the near future. In an interview with the Egyptian Al-Ghad channel, Abu Marzouk says that from the terror group’s standpoint, the main obstacle to a hostage deal is Israel’s refusal to withdraw its ground forces from the Gaza Strip, …
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated his call for the IDF to draw up a plan for evacuating Palestinian civilians from the southermost city in the Strip. Israeli officials have privately admitted that the IDF has no “precise” strategy for the invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Bloomberg reported that “officials …
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