Terror group submits softened response after being told to come back with more reasonable reply; Witkoff slated to meet Dermer, Qatari PM in Italy on Thursday to advance talks The post Hamas says it submitted reply to Gaza truce proposal amid mediators’ fury at group appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Hamas has yet to deliver an official response to the Israeli proposal that was submitted a week ago and is now raising new demands on issues that had already been resolved, an Israeli official told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday.

Hamas’s conduct within Gaza is also largely shielded from international scrutiny. Credible reports document executions of suspected collaborators and the seizure and black-market resale of humanitarian aid.

MADURO’S PRICE FOR PRISONERS: Chevron will be allowed to resume drilling operations in Venezuela, The Wall Street Journal’s Alex Leary, Vera Bergengreun and Keyal Vyas report, days after Caracas released 10 Americans and a spate of political prisoners as part of a multicountry prisoner swap with the United States.

US envoy Witkoff says terror group 'doesn't appear to be coordinated or acting in good faith,' though senior Israeli official denies crisis in talks; hostage families demand update

BY LEKAN OLAYIWOLA As France joins a chorus of European states weighing recognition of Palestinian statehood, a

WATCH: “Israel Undiplomatic” with Mark Regev and Ruthie Blum, Ep. 63The post The Gaza aid hoax: How Hamas controls the narrative and the food appeared first on JNS.org.

In a rare diplomatic development, the United States has initiated official contact with Hamas, its first in decades, during ongoing ceasefire negotiations c