The negotiations focused on freeing Edan Alexander, the only American Israeli hostage still believed to be alive, and the bodies of four other U.S.-Israeli dual citizens who were kidnapped and taken to Gaza in the October 2023 attack, officials told The New York Times.

A senior Yemeni official dismissed the United States' recent designation of the Ansarullah movement, saying the resistance group's priority remains aiding the besieged Gaza Strip.

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz threatened to restart the war on Gaza with “unseen intensity” if efforts to release Israeli captives fail.

The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) said on Wednesday that it has only enough food supplies in Gaza to sustain public kitchens and bakeries for less than two weeks after Israel halted the entry of aid,

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi headed to Saudi Arabia on Thursday afternoon to participate in the emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation on Gaza.

Hamas calls for international pressure on Israel for entering into the second phase of the ceasefire agreement which would be the real end of the war.

A delicate truce between Israel and Hamas hangs by a thread after Israel blocked humanitarian aid into Gaza, in response to Hamas rejecting a new Israeli proposal to extend the ceasefire without any commitment to end the war or fully withdraw troops.

Tehran, IRNA – The United States has expressed support for Israel’s move to halt humanitarian aid to Gaza, after the first phase of the ceasefire agreement with Palestinian resistance movement Hamas came to an end and the Tel Aviv regime refused to engage in talks on the second phase.