During the past month, Israeli combat engineers have destroyed approximately 50 Hamas tunnel routes in the area of the Egypt-Gaza border, the Israel Defense Forces said on Thursday. The announcement came as Israeli and Arab leaders were due to resume ceasefire negotiations in Qatar.
Egypt, Qatar, and the United States announced Friday in a joint statement that senior officials from the three countries will meet again in Cairo before the end of next week in a new round of talks, hoping to reach a ceasefire agreement in Gaza.
The United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken is set to embark on visit to Israel on Saturday, August 17, to push for efforts to conclude the agreement for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, as well as the release of hostages from Gaza.
Abbas' visit to Russia is taking place against the backdrop of Egypt, Qatar and the United States calling on Israel and the Hamas movement to resume discussions on a ceasefire in Gaza.
CNN quoted Jordan's foreign minister, Ayman Safadi as saying, "The first step toward stopping the escalation is ending its root cause, which is the continued Israeli aggression on Gaza."
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office responding to the "the offer of the United States and the mediators," said that Israel will dispatch a delegation to attend negotiations on a ceasefire-for-hostages deal on August 15
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, during a phone conversation with Antony Blinken, Secretary of State of the United States of America, discussed serious developments in the Middle East region. They discussed efforts to end escalation
Pune President of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Deepak Mankar has issued a stern warning to Shiv Sena (UTB) MP Sanjay Raut to cease making derogatory comments against Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and NCP State Chief Sunil Tatkare.
Australia, Canada and New Zealand, in a joint statement on Friday, stressed the need for an urgent ceasefire in Gaza, calling the situation over here "catastrophic".
"There are two main targets of this operation...The first one is to make sure that Hamas does not control Gaza anymore, it does not have the ability to build its force in Gaza in order to attack Israel. The second is to bring back the hostages," Gilon said in the exclusive interview with
US Vice President and Democratic party nominee for Presidential elections, Kamala Harris held discussions with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and told him that it is time to get a ceasefire "deal done," adding that she "will not be silent" about the suffering in Gaza, reported CNN.