Israel blocked the entry of aid trucks into Gaza on Sunday as a standoff over the truce that has halted fighting for the past six weeks escalated, with Hamas calling on Egyptian and Qatari mediators to intervene. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said earlier that it had adopted a…

Israel this week introduced what it said was a new U.S. ceasefire plan — different from the one it agreed to in January — and is trying to force Hamas to accept it by imposing a siege on the Gaza Strip. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu referred to it as the “Witkoff proposal,” saying it came […]

Israel has halted all food, fuel, and medicine to Gaza and vowed "additional consequences" if Hamas did not embrace the new proposal.

Israel faced sharp criticism as it stopped the entry of all food and other supplies into Gaza on Sunday and warned of “additional consequences” for Hamas if a fragile ceasefire isn̵...

Israel stopped the entry of all goods and supplies into the Gaza Strip on Sunday and warned of “additional consequences” if Hamas doesn’t accept a new proposal to extend a fragile ceasefire.

As the first phase of the truce in Gaza ends, the two sides are continuing negotiations but also preparing for a possible return to war.

March 2 (UPI) -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel would not allow any further humanitarian aid into Gaza, a move the United States says it supports. Meanwhile, Palestinian officials said Israeli fighters had killed some 116 people since the tenuous first phase of a cease-fire took effect in January.