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Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the foreign ministry headquarters in Egypt's New Administrative Capital, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
AP Exclusive: Egypt’s chief diplomat urges Israel and Hamas to enact ceasefire ‘without any delay’
Egypt’s chief diplomat is calling on Israel and Hamas to implement a Gaza ceasefire plan “without any delay.” The message by Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty on Thursday raises pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accept the deal.
 
An Israeli soldier sits on a tank at the border with Gaza in southern Israel on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Netanyahu says deal to release hostages held in Gaza has been reached after last minute snags
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says a deal to return hostages held in the Gaza Strip has been reached.
 
Relatives and friends of people killed and abducted by Hamas and taken into Gaza, react to the ceasefire announcement as they take part in a demonstration in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Mediators herald Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal. Israel says final details are in flux
Mediators say Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire deal to pause the devastating 15-month war in the Gaza Strip, raising the possibility of winding down the deadliest and most destructive fighting between the bitter enemies.
 
Rockets fired from Gaza and intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system over Israeli skies are seen from Gaza City, on May 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)
A look at the terms — and tensions — in the Israel-Hamas draft ceasefire deal
If the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal goes according to the current draft, then fighting will stop in Gaza for 42 days, and dozens of Israeli hostages and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners will be freed.
 
A Palestinian man carries a wounded girl, following an Israeli bombardment on the Gaza Strip, as they arrive at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir al-Balah, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Hamas OKs draft agreement of a Gaza ceasefire and the release of some hostages, officials say
Officials say Hamas has accepted a draft agreement for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of dozens of hostages.
 
Destroyed buildings are seen inside the Gaza Strip from southern Israel, Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Significant progress made in talks over Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage release, officials say
Officials say U.S. and Arab mediators made significant progress overnight toward brokering a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war and the release of scores of hostages held in the Gaza Strip, but a deal has not been reached yet.
 
This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo)
15 killed in an explosion and fire at a gas station in central Yemen
Health officials in central Yemen say at least 15 have been killed in an explosion and fire at a gas station. At least 67 others were injured on Saturday including 40 in critical condition.
 
People celebrate following the reports that, Sudan's army had entered the central city of Wad Madani and pushed out its paramilitary rivals the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), in Merowe, Sudan, Saturday, Jan.11, 2025. (AP Photo/Marwan Ali)
Sudan’s military retakes a strategic city from RSF rebels, dealing them a major blow
Sudanese officials says the military and its allies had taken back the strategic city of Wad Medani more than a year after the Rapid Support Forces seized it.
 
Israeli demonstrators outside the prime minister's office in Jerusalem hold photos of Liri Albag and other hostages during a protest calling for their release from being held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Hurdles remain as Israel and Hamas once again inch toward a ceasefire deal
Israel and Hamas are once again struggling to reach a ceasefire that could wind down the 15-month war in Gaza and bring home dozens of Israelis held hostage. The enemies are under pressure from outgoing U.S.
 
A man reacts in grief as the body of 8-year-old Adam Farajallah is brought to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital following an airstrike on a house in the Bureij refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip town of Deir al-Balah Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Israeli strikes kill 12 in Gaza, including children, as war grinds into the new year
Palestinian medics say Israeli strikes have killed at least 12 people in Gaza, mostly women and children. The nearly 15-month war is grinding on into the new year. One man carrying the body of a child shouted: “Are you celebrating? Enjoy as we die.
 
A doctor treats a Sudanese child suffering from malnutrition are treated at an MSF clinic in Metche Camp, Chad, near the Sudanese border, on April 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Patricia Simon, File)
Sudan’s war is ‘deepening and widening’ a famine crisis, hunger monitoring report says
Famine is reported to be spreading in Sudan amid relentless war between the military and a notorious paramilitary group that devastated the country and created the world’s largest displacement crisis.
 
Palestinians carry U.N.-donated flour in Khan Younis, central Gaza Strip, on Saturday Dec. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, File)
Israel and Hamas appear close to a ceasefire deal. These are the sticking points
Israeli and Hamas appear close to reaching a ceasefire deal to wind down the war in Gaza. But disagreements remain over several issues.
 
Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike in the central Gaza Strip, July 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, File)
Negotiators say Israel and Hamas are inching toward a ceasefire deal. This is what it may look like
After months of deadlock, Israel and Hamas appear to be moving closer toward a ceasefire to end their 14-month war.
 
A Palestinian, wounded in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, arrives at the Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Death toll in Gaza from the Israel-Hamas war tops 45,000 Palestinians, health officials say
Health officials in the Gaza Strip say more than 45,000 Palestinians have now been killed in the war between Israel and Hamas militants.
 
This is a locator map for Libya with its capital, Tripoli. (AP Photo)
Gunmen clash in a Libyan city and fires erupt at a nearby oil refinery
Libyan officials say clashes have broken out between armed groups in a western city, trapping residents in their homes and causing fires in the country’s second largest oil refinery.
 
An Israeli soldier fixes a tank next to the security fence near the so-called Alpha Line that separates the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights from Syria, in the town of Majdal Shams, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least 33 including children, Palestinian medics say
Palestinian medical officials say Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip have killed at least 33 people. One of the strikes hit a home where displaced people were sheltering in the isolated north, killing 19.
 
Palestinian women mourn over victims following an Israeli bombardment, at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Gaza health officials say latest Israeli airstrikes kill at least 14 including children
Palestinian health officials say Israeli airstrikes in central Gaza have killed at least 14 people including children, while the bombing of a hospital in northern Gaza has wounded a half-dozen patients.
 
Mohammad Shouman carries the body of his daughter, Masa, who was killed in an Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, during her funeral in Rafah, southern Gaza, Jan. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)
Amnesty International says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Israel rejects the allegations
Amnesty International accuses Israel of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip during its war with Hamas, saying it has sought to deliberately destroy Palestinians by mounting deadly attacks, demolishing vital infrastructure and preventing the delivery of humanitarian aid.
 
Israeli troops enter the complex of the Turkish hospital, where they searched for the bodies of those killed in an airstrike, in the West Bank city of Tubas, Tuesday Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Majdi Muhammad)
Hamas and Fatah are near an agreement on who will oversee postwar Gaza
Palestinian officials say Fatah and Hamas are closing in on an agreement to appoint a committee of politically independent technocrats to administer the Gaza Strip after the war.
 
Asma Al-Kharobi, 16, feeds her 10-month-old baby sister bread mixed with water at a camp for displaced Palestinians in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
UN halts aid shipments through Gaza’s main crossing after looting. It blames the crisis on Israel
The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees says it is halting aid deliveries through the main cargo crossing into Gaza because of the threat of armed gangs who have looted recent convoys.
 
FILE - Sudanese refugees displaced by the conflict in Sudan gather to receive food staples from aid agencies at the Metche Camp in eastern Chad Tuesday, March 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Jsarh Ngarndey Ulrish, File)
Sudan keeps key aid crossing from Chad open for hard-hit Darfur region as famine grows
Sudan’s military-controlled government says a key border crossing with Chad will stay open to keep much-needed humanitarian aid flowing into the western Darfur region which has been a center of fighting in the country’s ongoing war.
 
FILE - Trucks carrying humanitarian aid cross into the Gaza Strip from Erez crossing in southern Israel, on Oct. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov, File)
Why is only limited aid getting to Palestinians inside Gaza?
A month has passed since U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin delivered an ultimatum to Israeli officials. It called on them to ramp up aid to Gaza within 30 days or risk them reconsidering arms shipments.
 
FILE - Palestinians line up for food distribution in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, on Oct. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, File)
US says it will not limit Israel arms transfers after some improvements in flow of aid to Gaza
The Biden administration says Israel has made some good but limited progress in increasing the flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza, and therefore it will not limit arms transfers to Israel as it had threatened to a month ago if the situation had not improved.
 
Members of ZAKA rescue services clean the blood stains at the site where a rocket fired from Lebanon hit a storage facility in the northern Israeli town of Nahariya, killing two people on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Israeli strikes kill 46 people in the Gaza Strip and 33 in Lebanon, medics say
Palestinian medical officials say Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 46 people in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours, including 11 at a makeshift cafeteria in an Israeli-declared humanitarian zone.
 
This is a locator map for Sudan with its capital, Khartoum. (AP Photo)
Rights group calls for international force to protect Sudanese amid a rampage by paramilitaries
Human Rights Watch said the U.N. is failing to protect civilians in Sudan’s war and called for the urgent deployment of a protection force.
 
Rescue workers and people search for victims under the rubble of a destroyed house hit in an Israeli airstrike, in Aalmat village, northern Lebanon, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Israeli strikes kill dozens in Lebanon and isolated northern Gaza while Netanyahu and Trump speak
New Israeli strikes have killed dozens of people including children in Lebanon and northern Gaza. The strikes happened on Sunday.
 
FILE - Palestinian men collect food aid ahead of the upcoming Eid al-Adha holiday in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, on June 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi, File)
Hungry Palestinians in north Gaza search for food, sealed off from aid for a month by Israeli siege
Palestinians in northern Gaza are rationing out their last supplies of food to survive, with no aid entering the area for the past month under an Israeli siege. Some have staggered out of the area, hungry and thin, into Gaza City.
 
Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike in the courtyard of the Al-Aqsa Hospital where displaced people live in tents, in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Qatar suspends its mediation efforts on Gaza and the Hamas office there may have to leave
It wasn’t immediately clear whether the remaining Hamas leadership hosted by Qatar must leave, or where it would go. Hamas has good relations with Iran and Turkey, and some of its leaders are now in Lebanon.
 
This is a locator map of Israel and the Palestinian Territories. (AP Photo)
An Israeli strike kills 20 in north Gaza, where Palestinians say they’ve had little food for weeks
Palestinian officials say an Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza has killed at least 20 people, mostly women and children.
 
This is a locator map for Syria with its capital, Damascus. (AP Photo)
Israel says it carried out ground raid into Syria, seizing a Syrian citizen connected to Iran
The Israeli military says it has carried out a ground raid into Syria, seizing a Syrian citizen involved in Iranian networks. It was the first time in the current war that Israel has announced its troops operated in Syrian territory.
 
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