Israeli fire kills two in Gaza, ceasefire in jeopardy as Israel imposes blockade, Hamas demands permanent withdrawal.

Hamas and Israel are currently fighting over whether the ceasefire’s first phase should be extended or moved to the second phase.

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.

Fears grow for another all-out war in Gaza as ceasefire talks hit stalemate and both sides brace for a new explosion of violence in the Middle East. Horrific stabbing in Haifa

Negotiations on the second phase of the truce were meant to start a month ago.

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