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The latest round of talks on the second phase of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has made no progress so far, and it was unclear whether the talks would resume on Saturday, a senior Hamas official said. CBC | World News
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Israel sends negotiators to Cairo to extend 1st phase of Gaza ceasefire
Israel announced on Thursday it was sending negotiators to Cairo for talks, seeking to extend a first phase of a ceasefire due to expire in two days, in the apparent aim of securing the release of more hostages while delaying any final deal on Gaza’s future. CBC | World News
Read More »Israelis gather for Bibas family funeral procession as ceasefire dispute is resolved
Hamas agreed to release the last hostage bodies included in Phase 1 of the Gaza ceasefire deal, in a breakthrough announced as Israelis mourned a family seen as a symbol of the trauma suffered by Israel in the attack on Oct. 7, 2023. CBC | World News
Read More »Marco Rubio says Hamas ‘must be eradicated,’ casting further doubt on Gaza’s shaky ceasefire
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday fully endorsed Israel’s war aims in the Gaza Strip, saying Hamas “must be eradicated” and throwing the future of the shaky ceasefire into further doubt. CBC | World News
Read More »3 Israeli hostages released in Gaza as ceasefire holds
Israeli hostages Iair Horn, Sagui Dekel-Chen and Sasha Troufanov arrived at a release site in Gaza on Saturday after Egyptian and Qatari mediators helped avert a standoff that threatened to sink a fragile ceasefire. CBC | World News
Read More »Europe’s leaders warn against ‘appeasement’ with Russia, ceasefire talks without Ukraine
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday Ukraine would not accept any bilateral agreements on its fate reached by Moscow and Washington in its absence, and called for Europe to have a seat at the negotiating table at the end of the war. CBC | World News
Read More »Israel will call off Gaza ceasefire if Hamas doesn’t release hostages Saturday: Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared on Tuesday the ceasefire in Gaza would end and the military would resume fighting Hamas until it was defeated if the Palestinian militant group did not release hostages by midday Saturday. CBC | World News
Read More »Hamas accuses Israel of violating ceasefire, says it will stop releasing hostages
Palestinian militant group Hamas announced on Monday it would stop releasing Israeli hostages until further notice over what it said were Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement. CBC | World News
Read More »African leaders unite in call for ceasefire in eastern Congo
Leaders from eastern and southern Africa called for an immediate ceasefire in eastern Congo, where rebels are threatening to overthrow the Congolese government. Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have taken over towns near Congo’s capital, putting the country’s president at odds with Rwandan officials and other leaders. CBC | World News
Read More »5th hostage-prisoner swap carried out as Gaza ceasefire holds
Palestinian militant group Hamas handed over three Israeli hostages on Saturday in exchange for Palestinian detainees and prisoners in the latest stage of a ceasefire deal aimed at ending the 15-month war in Gaza. CBC | World News
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