Terror group submits softened response after being told to come back with more reasonable reply; Witkoff slated to meet Dermer, Qatari PM in Italy on Thursday to advance talks The post Hamas says it submitted reply to Gaza truce proposal amid mediators’ fury at group appeared first on The Times of Israel.

During the tense meeting, the mediators made it clear to Hamas leaders that “if you don’t return with a serious response, your problem will be with us - the mediators.”

Hamas’s conduct within Gaza is also largely shielded from international scrutiny. Credible reports document executions of suspected collaborators and the seizure and black-market resale of humanitarian aid.

BY LEKAN OLAYIWOLA As France joins a chorus of European states weighing recognition of Palestinian statehood, a

MADURO’S PRICE FOR PRISONERS: Chevron will be allowed to resume drilling operations in Venezuela, The Wall Street Journal’s Alex Leary, Vera Bergengreun and Keyal Vyas report, days after Caracas released 10 Americans and a spate of political prisoners as part of a multicountry prisoner swap with the United States.

US envoy Witkoff says terror group 'doesn't appear to be coordinated or acting in good faith,' though senior Israeli official denies crisis in talks; hostage families demand update

For more than 650 days of war in Gaza, one swathe of territory remained mostly untouched by Israeli ground manoeuvres: the dense, urban core of the central camps – Nuseirat, Deir al-Balah,

Israel's Gaza demand just derailed peace talks completely and the shocking proposal that Hamas rejected will surprise everyone.