Bharat Express

Ceasefire

Earlier on Monday, Qatari Prime Minister announced that negotiations in Paris with CIA chief Bill Burns and top Israeli and Egyptian security officials yielded a framework for a phased truce

South Africa claims that Israel violates the United Nations Genocide Convention, which was enacted in 1948 as a response to the Holocaust

The October 7 attacks killed around 1,140 people in Israel

On December 1, Israel and Hamas resumed fighting after a one-week truce that Israel claims Hamas violated

Israel has threatened to eliminate Hamas

"This would only plant the seeds for the next war", says Deputy US Ambassador

The cease-fire was arranged to allow Egypt an extended (period of time) to deliver humanitarian aid and let Hamas release the 12 captives

At least 7,028 individuals have been killed in Gaza

US officials are closely watching to see if China will extend its diplomatic support for Russia during the war to military aid