Israel has agreed to a proposal by US President Donald Trump's envoy, Steve Witkoff, for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza during the Ramzan and passover periods, the Prime Minister's Office announced.
If accepted by Turkey, the declaration could bring about the end of a decades-long conflict estimated to have killed at least 40,000 people and rippled across the borders of multiple neighbouring countries, per CNN.
In an interview with ANI, the Ukrainian MP stressed that Kyiv can't risk signing anything which doesn't provide it with "sufficient guarantees" for the future. He also lamented the Budapest Memorandum signed in 1994, under which Kyiv had to give up its nuclear arsenal, and termed it a "worth
Following the public spat with US President Donald Trump regarding the ceasefire in the ongoing war with Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy emphasised that his country wants peace but stressed that a "just and lasting peace" is not possible without Kyiv being provided with se
US President Donald Trump has stated that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is not willing to pursue an immediate ceasefire in the ongoing conflict with Russia
Israel authorities released 643 imprisoned Palestinian terrorists as part of the ceasefire agreement, the Israeli Prison Service confirmed on Thursday.
Hamas has announced that it has reached an agreement to resolve Israel's delay in releasing 620 Palestinian prisoners, who were initially scheduled to be freed last week, according to a report by Aljazeera. This follows Hamas honouring its part of the ceasefire agreement by releasing six Is
Israel and Hamas reached an agreement for the release of four Israeli hostages' bodies and 602 Palestinian security prisoners, the Hamas and an Israeli official said late Tuesday, as reported by the Times of Israel.
"It will not happen without the release of hostages," Sa'ar said in his meetings with the Hungarian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Finnish, and Slovakian foreign ministers. "We are committed to the release of our hostages and to the war's objectives that we set," as per Times of Israel.
"This peace must not mean a surrender of Ukraine. It must not mean a ceasefire without guarantees. This peace must allow for Ukrainian sovereignty and allow Ukraine to negotiate with other stakeholders," Macron said at a joint news conference with Trump at the White House, as per CNN.
The Bank of Israel reported that the Composite State of the Economy Index increased by 0.6 per cent in January 2024. The Bank explained that this reflected a strengthening of economic activity following the ceasefire in the north of the country that began in October 2024.
Speaking to cadets graduating from the IDF Ground Forces combat officers course, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warns that Israel is "ready to return at any moment to intensive combat. The operational plans are ready," The Times of Israel reported.