AUGUST 2, 2024:
UNDATED (AP)- United States President Joe Biden says he’s “very concerned” that the violence in the Middle East could escalate, adding that the killing of a top Hamas leader in Iran has not helped efforts to negotiate a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his country was determined to win nothing less than “total victory” against Hamas. He also said that Israel hoped for a cease-fire soon and was working for one. International calls for a cease-fire have grown this week, after the assassinations of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and senior Hezbollah commander Fouad Shukur in Beirut.
JULY 25, 2024:
UNDATED (AP)- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Congress in Washington as he sought to bolster U.S. support for his country’s war in Gaza. He has signaled that a cease-fire deal could be taking shape after nine months of war. Cease-fire talks had been expected to resume Thursday (July 25, 2024) in Doha. But an Israeli official says Israel’s negotiating team has been delayed and would likely be dispatched next week. Palestinians displaced by the Israeli military’s latest order to leave parts of the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis say they are sleeping in the streets. The Health Ministry in Gaza says over 39,100 Palestinians have been killed in the war.
