The latest complication in the ongoing ceasefire talks in Egypt are intra-Palestinian disagreements. The Associated Press reports: One of the Egyptian security officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media, said the Palestinian delegation’s stance had hardened after the arrival in...

Secretary of State John Kerry told BBC on Tuesday that any moves to “open crossings and get food in and reconstruct and have greater freedom” in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip must be coupled “with a greater responsibility towards Israel, which means giving up rockets.” Jerusalem and the Palestinian terror group...

Reuters reported today that Israel has accepted an extension of the current 72-hour ceasefire, now in middle of its third day, but Hamas has refused any extension, threatening to renew hostilities as soon as the ceasefire expires. According to Reuters: An Israeli official said late on Wednesday that Israel “has expressed...

Senior Iranian officials including a top aide to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday boasted that Tehran had supplied Hamas with military aid to use against Israel. The comments, conveyed by the officials on Arabic-language television, are the latest in a series of provocative comments from Iranian officials, who...

Two mainstream foreign news networks uploaded videos yesterday showing that Hamas fired rockets into Israel near reporters from civilian areas. In one case the launch site is within eyesight of a United Nations facility. France 24 correspondent Gallagher Fenwick was startled last week by a rocket launched only meters away from...

Israeli media is reporting the arrest of Hussam Kawasme, the leader of a Hamas cell in the West Bank responsible for the kidnapping and murder last month of teenagers Eyal Yifrah, Naftali Fraenkel, and Gil-Ad Shaer. According to The Jerusalem Post: Hussam confessed not only that he gave the orders, but also that he collected weapons...