Netanyahu Drops Judea and Samaria Annexation from Agenda Due to Pressure from UAE
With a major Israeli offensive on Gaza City looming, and hundreds of thousands of protesters in the streets of Tel Aviv demonstrating for a deal, the Trump administration has decided to give it one more try.
Trump Proposes Last-Minute Hostage Deal
President Donald Trump’s administration has proposed a last-minute hostage deal that would see all of the remaining Israeli hostages released in exchange for ending the war in Gaza. Hamas has yet to accept it.
Israel has said that merely releasing some hostages is not enough: all of the hostages must be released at once, and Hamas must agree to disarm. Hamas has refused the latter, hoping to rearm and return to power.
There are about 48 hostages still in Gaza, of whom at most 20 are presumed to be alive.