Bharat Express

Hamas

The Saudi foreign ministry urged the international community to intervene immediately to halt the massacres carried out by the Israeli forces

A spokesman for Hamas armed wing declined to specify the number of soldiers kidnapped and provided no evidence to support the assertion.

Iran, which financially and militarily backs Hamas, has hailed the militant group's October 7 attack on Israel as a success but denied any involvement

The Nova festival casualties accounted for about one-third of the approximately 1,170 people killed in the October 7 attack

Fierce fights and heavy Israeli bombing have been reported in north Gaza's Jabalia refugee camp and the central Nuseirat camp since the army launched a targeted assault

India also reaffirmed its support for the Palestinian bid for full membership at the United Nations, hoping that the forum will reconsider Palestine's candidature

Aid agencies claimed that the situation has worsened this week after Israeli forces closed the Rafah border crossing with Egypt

Blinken informed Shoukry that the United States does not support a major military operation in Rafah and opposed any forced displacement of Palestinians from Gaza

Israel has long been opposed to the idea of a permanent ceasefire, claiming that it must finish the job of eliminating Hamas

The United States, along with Egypt and Cairo, has been deeply involved in talks underway in Cairo to negotiate a ceasefire in the seven-month war