Middle East crisis live: Hamas response to ceasefire plan ‘negative’ but discussions continue
A senior Hamas official told AFP the group was looking to end the war but had reservations about the ceasefire planIsraeli opposition leader Yair Lapid has posted a picture of his meeting with the UAE’s foreign minister, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Lapid said he told him that the most urgent thing was to secure the release of the hostages in Gaza, and that Lapid hoped for help from all the nations in the region.He added: “Israel has an interest in creating, together with the United Arab Emirates and moderate Arab countries, political and economic cooperation that can offer solutions to global problems and deal with regional threats of all kinds.”There’s been a tragedy in the state of Israel that can’t be ignored. No one came to help after seven months, no one came to rescue. It’s time to being them home, we will do everything and keep disrupting day-to-day life until they return home. Continue reading...

A senior Hamas official told AFP the group was looking to end the war but had reservations about the ceasefire plan
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid has posted a picture of his meeting with the UAE’s foreign minister, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Lapid said he told him that the most urgent thing was to secure the release of the hostages in Gaza, and that Lapid hoped for help from all the nations in the region.
He added: “Israel has an interest in creating, together with the United Arab Emirates and moderate Arab countries, political and economic cooperation that can offer solutions to global problems and deal with regional threats of all kinds.”
There’s been a tragedy in the state of Israel that can’t be ignored. No one came to help after seven months, no one came to rescue. It’s time to being them home, we will do everything and keep disrupting day-to-day life until they return home. Continue reading...