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The first round of indirect ceasefire talks between Hamas and Israel in Qatar ended without a deal, according to two informed Palestinian sources who spoke to Reuters early on Monday.

The sources stated that the Israeli delegation did not have sufficient authorisation to reach an agreement with Hamas.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is currently on his way to Washington to meet US President Donald Trump, said late on Saturday that “Hamas’s…

A shocking revelation emerged on Sunday as members of the Israeli Knesset’s Science and Technology Committee visited the Weizmann Institute of Science, which sustained unprecedented damage during a recent Iranian missile strike.

The tour was led by the Institute’s administration, headed by its president, Professor Alon Chen, who presented committee members with details of the destruction caused by the attack.

According to data shared with the visiting Knesset…

ANKARA — At least 12 Turkish soldiers died from methane gas poisoning in northern Iraq, the Turkish Defense Ministry said Monday.

What happened: The soldiers were exposed to the toxic gas while searching a cave. Nineteen were taken to a hospital for treatment on Sunday. Five died the same day, while seven others succumbed on Monday, according to separate statements from the ministry.

The ministry identified the cave’s location as in an area where Turkey has been conducting cross-border…

US envoy Thomas Barrack said Monday he was satisfied by the Lebanese authorities’ response to Washington’s request to disarm Hezbollah, which was heavily weakened in a recent war with Israel.

Lebanese leaders who took office in the aftermath of the conflict have vowed a state monopoly on bearing arms, while demanding Israel comply with a November ceasefire that sought to end more than a year of hostilities with the Iran-backed group.

“I’m unbelievably satisfied with the response,” Barrack,…