The talks on a new ceasefire for Gaza have stuttered in Doha – while in Gaza itself dozens of people are being killed every day as the Israeli military consolidates its control over large parts of the territory.

Meanwhile, Israel and Hamas appeared no closer to a breakthrough in talks meant to pause the 21-month war and free some Israeli hostages.

The New York Times on Sunday dismissed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s denial of a July 11 investigation that concluded he has prolonged the war against Hamas in order to stay in power, declaring that the response “does not refute the facts.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump focused on freeing hostages held in Gaza, as Israel continued to pound the Palestinian territory amid efforts to reach a ceasefire.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office re-releases a statement denying a July 11 New York Times report that claimed he prolonged the war against Hamas in order to stay in power, arguing that it “defames Israel,

There was a moment — brief, hushed, and deliberately unrecorded — in April 2024 when Benjamin Netanyahu almost stopped the war in Gaza.Hostage negotiations had progressed. An Israeli envoy had been dispatched to Cairo.