Israel has rejected Egypt's plan for a Gaza truce and the release of up to six hostages, sources familiar with the matter told The National on Monday. Egyptian and Qatari mediators were told by Israeli negotiators that they instead remained committed to proposals by President Donald Trump's envoy that make no mention of a permanent ceasefire or an

CAIRO — The Hamas militant group said Saturday it has accepted a new Gaza ceasefire proposal from mediators Egypt and Qatar, but Israel said it has made a counter-proposal in “full coordination” with the third mediator, the United States.

The Israeli military is set to expand its ground operations to occupy 25% of Gaza in the coming weeks to apply “maximum pressure” on Hamas to release the remaining hostages, officials