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     Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved his country's war cabinet, which helped set Israel's war policy against Hamas. The move comes after one of Netanyahu's main rivals, former General Benny Gantz, resigned over the lack of a plan for Gaza after the war. Jon Alterman, director of the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, joins to discuss.

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     Analyzing Netanyahu's decision to disband war cabinet

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     Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved his country's war cabinet, which helped set Israel's war policy against Hamas. The move comes after one of Netanyahu's main rivals, former General Benny Gantz, resigned over the lack of a plan for Gaza after the war. Jon Alterman, director of the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, joins to discuss.

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     Netanyahu disbands Israel war cabinet after Gantz quits

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     Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu disbanded his war cabinet Monday after Benny Gantz, Netanyahu's leading moderate opponent, resigned from his post. This comes as Netanyahu faces political pressure from moderates and the far-right as the Israel-Hamas war continues. Jon Donnison with BBC News, a CBS News partner, has more.

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     Netanyahu dissolved his war cabinet. How will that impact cease-fire efforts?

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     Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu disbanded his war cabinet, consolidating his influence over the Israel-Hamas war and likely diminishing the odds of a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip anytime soon. Major wartime policies will now be solely decided by Netanyahu's security cabinet — a larger body that is dominated by hard-liners who oppose the U.S.-backed cease-fire proposal and want to press ahead with the war.

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     Netanyahu disbands war cabinet, Israeli official says

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     STORY: An Israeli official said on Monday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dissolved his six-member war cabinet. The widely expected move comes after centrist former general Benny Gantz left the emergency government. Netanyahu is now expected to hold consultations about the Gaza war with a small group of ministers, including Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer who had been in the war cabinet. The forum was formed after Gantz joined Netanyahu in a national unity government at the start of the war in October. Gantz and another member of the war cabinet Gadi Eisenkot both left the government last week, over what they said was Netanyahu's failure to form a strategy for the Gaza war. The announcement comes as U.S. special envoy Amos Hochstein visited Jerusalem, seeking to calm the situation on the disputed northern border with Lebanon. Israel said tensions with the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia could lead to a larger conflict. Here’s Israeli army spokesperson Read Admiral Daniel Hagari: "Hezbollah's increasing aggression is bringing us to the brink of what could be a wider escalation, one that could have devastating consequences for Lebanon and the entire region. Hezbollah is jeopardizing the future of Lebanon so that it can be a shield for Hamas.” Hochstein's visit follows weeks of increasing exchanges of fire across the line between Israel and Lebanon, where Israeli forces have for months been engaged in a simmering conflict with Hezbollah that has continued alongside the war in Gaza.

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     Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu disbands war cabinet

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     Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu disbanded his war cabinet, strengthening his influence over the Israel-Hamas conflict and reducing the likelihood of a Gaza cease-fire soon.

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     Israel-Hamas war roils congressional race outside New York City, testing Democrats in pivotal clash

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     The Israel-Hamas war is roiling a primary election between two Democrats in New York, testing the party’s position on the conflict and the larger split between its progressive and centrist wings.

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     Israel announces 'tactical pauses' in Gaza fighting

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     STORY: :: Beit Jann, Israel Mourners on Sunday buried Israeli military officer Wassem Mahmoud, the commander who was killed in the Gaza Strip along with seven of his soldiers on Saturday. At the funeral, an officer said Mahmoud led his soldiers "with bravery, determination and professionalism." Mahmoud was a member of Israel's Druze minority, a sect whose faith draws its roots from Islam. The Israeli military said Mahmoud and his squad were traveling inside an armored personnel carrier in a convoy of vehicles in the southern city of Rafah on Saturday. Here's army spokesperson Daniel Hagari: :: June 15, 2024 "According to the information we have, at this point a strong explosion occurred in one of the engineering vehicles in the convoy, apparently caused by an explosive device planted in the area or as a result of an anti-tank missile being fired. Inside the armored carrier were the eight fighters who were killed." The armed wing of the Hamas militant group said the vehicle had been trapped in a prepared minefield. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday called the casualties "another heartbreaking price in our just war for the defense of our homeland." And he pledged again to stick with his military objectives: the destruction of the Hamas militant group and the return of all Israeli hostages held in Gaza. :: Israel Police via X On Saturday, the Israeli police released this footage purporting to show parts of an operation last weekend that rescued 26-year-old Noa Argamani and three others who were taken captive on October 7. Reuters was not able to independently verify the date or the location the video was filmed. :: Jabalia Refugee Camp, Gaza :: October 14, 2023 Despite growing international pressure for a ceasefire, an agreement to halt the fighting still appears distant, more than eight months since the start of the war in the Palestinian enclave. :: Rafah, Gaza :: June 13, 2024 But Israel's military on Sunday said it would hold daily tactical pauses in combat operations along a main road in southern Gaza to allow more aid to flow into the area. :: October 7, 2023 The war erupted when Hamas fighters rampaged through southern Israel on October 7, killing 1,200 and taking more than 250 captives, according to Israeli tallies. :: Source: Israeli military Israel's retaliatory airstrikes and ground invasion have killed more than 37,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza health ministry. :: Jabalia, Gaza Israeli forces have been closing in on Rafah, where it claims brigades of Hamas fighters remain entrenched.

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     Palestinians in Khan Younis hold Eid al-Adha prayers

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     STORY: :: Palestinians in Khan Younis hold Eid al-Adha prayers among ruins :: as the city lacks signs of celebration amid Israel’s war with Hamas :: June 16, 2024 :: Nour al-Beheiry “This Eid we are in pain because of losing our beloved and a lot of martyrs. The occupation has destroyed our houses, there’s no celebration, the joy is incomplete, we lost our beloved and a lot of people have been killed. I hope God will compensate us and wish for a blessed Eid al-Adha.” People sat on prayer mats that they placed among the rubble of surrounding destroyed buildings, while few children wore the traditional jalabiya on their way to prayers. The war in Gaza erupted when Hamas militants stormed southern Israel on Oct. 7, killing around 1,200 people and seizing more than 250 hostages, according to Israeli tallies. Israel has responded with a military assault on the Gaza Strip that has killed more than 37,296 Palestinians, according to the Gaza health ministry and destroyed most of the enclave.

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     Israel's Netanyahu pledges to stick to war goals

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     STORY: :: June 15, 2024 :: Tel Aviv, Israel :: Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister "Israeli citizens, today we paid another heartbreaking price in our just war for the defense of the homeland. In deep sorrow, in heavy mourning, I bow my head together with all the citizens of Israel and mourn the fall of our heroic warriors." "Despite the heavy and staggering cost, we must stick to the goals of the war: the destruction of Hamas' military and governmental capabilities, the return of all our hostages, ensuring that Gaza no longer poses a threat to Israel and the safe return of our residents to their homes - both in the north and in the south." The eight soldiers were killed in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said in a televised news conference, as forces continued to push in and around the southern city of Rafah and strikes hit several areas of Gaza, killing at least 19 Palestinians. The deaths of the soldiers may complicate the political situation facing Netanyahu, a week after centrist former general Benny Gantz quit the government, accusing the PM of having no proper strategy for Gaza. The soldiers, all members of a combat engineering unit, were in an armored carrier that was hit by an explosion that detonated engineering materials being carried on the vehicle, apparently in contravention of standard practice, Hagari said. The armed wing of the Palestinian militant group Hamas said the vehicle had been trapped in a prepared minefield that set off the explosion.

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     Putin 'made mistake' not attending peace summit -Netherlands PM

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     STORY: :: Dutch prime minister says Russian President Putin "made a mistake" not attending the Ukraine peace summit :: June 15, 2024 :: Mark Rutte, Prime Minister, Netherlands "First, he (Putin) should accept the invitation. I think he made a mistake not being here. This whole process started a year ago with 14-15 national security advisers and here we are today with half of the U.N. and to leaders level in many cases from many countries." :: Buergenstock, Switzerland :: Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister, Denmark "Well, you can only find a peaceful solution if you have two partners who seek the peace and who want the peace and, unfortunately, Russia and Putin, does not want the peace. Ukraine wants peace. And now we are almost 100 countries supporting a peaceful solution to this conflict. I think it's an important event. It's important for Ukraine. It's important for the entire world, because we need peace in Ukraine and at the same time we need Russia to respect, to accept democracy and Russia is not stronger than the European democracies." World leaders gathered at a Swiss mountain resort to try to build support for Ukraine's peace proposals at the conference skipped by U.S. President Joe Biden, shunned by China and dismissed as a waste of time by Moscow. More than 90 countries are taking part, but China's absence in particular has dimmed hopes the summit would show Russia as globally isolated, while recent military reverses have put Kyiv on the back foot. The war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas has also diverted the world's attention from Ukraine. The talks focus on broader concerns triggered by the war, such as food and nuclear security.

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     No festive feelings in Gaza ahead of Eid-al-Adha

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     STORY: :: Those in Gaza’s devastated Nuseirat camp struggle to feel festive for Eid-al-Adha :: which marks the climax of the annual Haj pilgrimage :: Ismail Allian, Nuseirat resident "Today, more than five million Muslims. They are standing on Arafat, they are praying and worshiping God to forgive them. And we as Palestinians, we are victimized. We are exposed to genocide. What kind of Eid tomorrow will be al-Adha Eid? What kind of Eid we will face? This is a miserable Eid, we have been killed. Thousands of people have been killed here. Who will handle it? Who will help them? Who will compensate them?" Eid al-Adha marks the climax of the annual Haj pilgrimage, when Muslims slaughter animals to commemorate the willingness of Ibrahim, or Abraham, to sacrifice his son on God’s command, often distributing meat to the poor. The last Israeli strikes on the camp were carried out during the hostage rescue raid a week ago. 274 Palestinians were killed and 698 were injured, according to the Palestinian health ministry. Gazans do not feel the festive celebrations of Eid this year in the devastated strip, and according to the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), many people in Gaza were facing "catastrophic hunger and famine-like conditions". The war began when Hamas militants attacked Israel on Oct. 7, killing 1,200 people and abducting some 250 others, according to Israeli tallies. Israel's response has left more than 37,000 Palestinians dead, according to Gaza health officials, and reduced much of the Hamas-ruled territory to ruins.

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     Palestinian swimmer hopes to lift Gazans' spirits at Olympics

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     STORY: Palestinian swimmer Yazan Al Bawwab has one goal: he wants to make a splash at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. "We, as Palestinian athletes, are here to raise the flag and show people that we are here, and even if we face difficulties, we will be here and represent the Palestinian people." The 2.3 million Palestinians living in Gaza have been enduring extremely dire conditions, since the war between Israel and Hamas broke out on October 7. Israel says Hamas killed some 1,200 people and took 250 hostages. Israel responded with air and artillery strikes that have killed more than 37,000 people and reduced much of the Gaza Strip to rubble. 24-year-old Bawwab was born in Saudi Arabia to Palestinian refugees. He is chasing a dream that is not his alone. "My father’s dream was to learn how to swim and become a swimmer, but he couldn't do that, he never got the chance. He was a refugee, he didn't even have food. Thank God his dream came true through his son. He is proud that I was able to reach the stage that he never could." His father, Rashad Al Bawwab, says the upcoming games in Paris are an opportunity to represent the Palestinian cause. "This is a huge opportunity for Yazan, for him at a personal level to be at the Olympics, because it's not easy for a person to reach this level. But what's more important is that he represents oppressed people, whose rights are repressed. So for him to be at the swimming pool, perhaps people will understand that Yazan represents these people, and that these people exists in Palestine."

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     US navy faces its most intense combat since World War II against Yemen's Houthi rebels

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     The U.S.-led campaign against Iran-backed Houthi rebels has turned into the most intense running sea battle the Navy has faced since World War II. That's what its leaders and experts tell The Associated Press, whose journalists visited U.S. ships off Yemen in recent days. The fight against the near-daily attacks by the Houthis has been overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas war raging in Gaza. (AP video shot by Bernat Armangue and Jon Gambrell)

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     Palestinians in Gaza Strip unable to travel to Saudi Arabia for Hajj pilgrimage due to war

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     Muslim pilgrims have been streaming into Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca ahead of the start of the Hajj, but Palestinians from the Gaza Strip have been unable to travel for the pilgrimage due to the Israel-Hamas war. (AP Video shot by Abd Al Kareem Hana, Production by Wafaa Shurafa)

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     Palestinians flee again as Israeli tanks advance in Rafah

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     STORY: :: Palestinians are fleeing again as Israeli tanks advance in Rafah :: Al-Mawasi, Gaza :: June 13, 2024 :: Sami, Displaced Palestinian "We have been displaced for nine months. We were in the city of Rafah for eight months, a month and a half later we've been displaced - we can't anymore. May God protect the people of the north too, it's the same story - people's situation is terrible. Every day they tell you 'tomorrow there are negotiations, tomorrow there are negotiations' - solve this for us. I eat sand every day, I am sleeping on sand. People are not eating, there is nothing to encourage you to live. It's sinful. The world outside needs to see our situation and the situation of the Muslims - every day negotiations, everyday negotiations, who are you lying to? Solve this for us. We are emotionally tired. They tell you to leave this place and go to the city of Khan Younis, from the city of Khan Younis to Rafah - we feel like we are like toys." Israeli tanks advanced deeper into the western area of Rafah, amid one of the worst nights of bombardment from air, ground, and sea, forcing many families to flee their homes and tents under darkness, residents said on Thursday. The Israeli military denied in a statement it had launched any strikes inside the Al-Mawasi humanitarian zone. Israel said its assault aimed to wipe out Hamas' last intact combat units in Rafah, a city which had sheltered more than a million people before the latest advance began. Most of those people have now moved north towards Khan Younis and Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza Strip.

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     Palestinians in Gaza desperate for truce agreement between Israel and Hamas

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     Weary after nine months of war, frustrated Palestinians displaced from their homes said they pray for a cease-fire. (AP video shot by Abd Al Kareem Hana/Production by Wafaa Shurafa)

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     Relatives of hostages, supporters demand Israel govt accepts deal to free hostages held in Gaza

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     Relatives of hostages and other demonstrators gathered in Tel Aviv on Wednesday to demand the Israeli government accept a deal to release those taken by Hamas on October 7. The protest comes as US Secretary of Sate Antony Blinken said that mediators would keep trying to close an elusive cease-fire deal which has global support but has not been fully embraced by Israel or Hamas.

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     UCLA names new chancellor as campus reels from Israel-Hamas war protests

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     About 200 people rallied as Dr. Julio Frenk became the next chancellor of the University of California, Los Angeles. The change comes during continued protests on campus over the Israel-Hamas war. (AP video: Jaimie Ding/produced by Javier Arciga)

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     Blinken says work continues on Gaza ceasefire deal after Hamas response

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     Speaking at a press conference in Qatar on Wednesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that Hamas proposed “numerous changes” to a ceasefire proposal for Gaza. Blinken said negotiators will still work to “close this deal” for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and the return of hostages.

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     Gaza killings amount to crime against humanity: UN probe

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     STORY: :: Gaza City, Gaza Both Israel and Hamas had committed war crimes in the early stages of the war in Gaza, a U.N. inquiry found on Wednesday (June 12). It also says Israel's actions constituted crimes against humanity because of the immense civilian losses. ::Beeri, Israel The findings were from two parallel reports published by the U.N. Commission of Inquiry. One focusing on the October 7 Hamas attacks, ::Gaza City, Gaza and another on Israel's military response in Gaza. Israel did not cooperate with the commission, which it says has an anti-Israeli bias. Israel's diplomatic mission to the U.N. in Geneva rejected the findings. Hamas did not immediately respond to a request for comment. ::Beeri, Israel According to Israeli tallies, 1,200 people were killed and about 250 were taken hostage in the October 7 attack. ::Rafah, Gaza The Palestinian health ministry says the military retaliation in Gaza has since killed over 37,000 people. The reports, which cover the conflict through to the end of December, found that both sides committed war crimes... ....including torture; murder or wilful killing; outrages upon personal dignity; and inhuman or cruel treatment. The report added Israel also committed additional war crimes including starvation as a method of warfare. ::Khan Younis, Gaza The COI statement said some of the war crimes such as murder also constituted crime against humanity by Israel. Using a term reserved for the most serious international crimes knowingly committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack against civilians. ::Re'im, Israel On the report on the October 7 attack, the commission verified four incidents of mass killings in public shelters. It said that suggests militants had "standing operational instructions." It also identified "a pattern of sexual violence" by Palestinian armed groups but could not independently verify reports of rape. The evidence gathered by such U.N.-mandated bodies has sometimes formed the basis for war crimes prosecutions and could be drawn on by the International Criminal Court. ::Israel Defense Ministry In May, the ICC prosecutor's office has requested arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his defense chief Yoav Gallant. The COI findings will be discussed by the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva next week.

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     Blinken: Some of Hamas' proposed ceasefire deal changes are unworkable

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     STORY: :: Blinken says Hamas' response to a ceasefire deal includes some unworkable changes :: Antony Blinken, U.S. Secretary of State "We were waiting on one response, and that was the response from Hamas. And as the Prime Minister said, last night we received a response. Hamas has proposed numerous changes to the proposal that was on the table. We discussed those changes last night with Egyptian colleagues and today with the Prime Minister. Some of the changes are workable, some are not." :: June 12, 2024 :: Doha, Qatar "But in the days ahead, we are going to continue to push, on an urgent basis, with our partners, with Qatar, with Egypt, to try to close this deal. Because we know it's in the interest of Israelis, Palestinians, the region, indeed the entire world. And, we all agree, that the deal has to be grounded in the principles of the ceasefire proposal that the entire international community supports." "I can't speak for Hamas or answer for Hamas, and ultimately, it may not be the path that Hamas wants to pursue. But Hamas cannot and will not be allowed to decide the future for this region and its people." Hamas formally responded on Tuesday to a U.S. ceasefire proposal outlined by U.S. President Joe Biden on May 31 that envisages a ceasefire and phased release of Israeli hostages in Gaza in exchange for Palestinians jailed in Israel, ultimately leading to a permanent end to the war. A Hamas official told Reuters the response reaffirmed its stance that a ceasefire must lead to a permanent end to hostilities in Gaza, withdrawal of Israeli forces, reconstruction of the Palestinian enclave and release of Palestinian prisoners in Israel. Negotiators from the U.S., Egypt and Qatar have been trying for months to mediate a ceasefire and free the hostages, more than 100 of whom are believed to remain captive in Gaza.

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     Hamas responds to cease-fire proposal

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     Hamas has issued its response to the current Gaza cease-fire proposal, seeking changes. As CBS News' Chris Livesay reports, efforts to get Hamas to accept the U.S.-backed deal come after a dramatic Israeli hostage rescue that Hamas claims left close to 300 people dead, which Israel disputes.

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     Analyst: UN Security Council Gaza cease-fire vote "important but symbolic"

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     An analyst for the International Crisis Group said Tuesday the U.N. Security Council's vote approving a resolution on a Gaza cease-fire was "an important vote, but it is a symbolic one" aimed at ending the eight-month war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. (AP video: Joseph B. Frederick)

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     Hamas signals 'readiness' to negotiate Gaza truce

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     STORY: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS SCRIPT UPDATES AN EARLIER STORY WITH HAMAS'S STATEMENT ON NEGOTIATIONS. A senior Hamas official said on Tuesday the Palestinian militant group had accepted a United Nations-backed ceasefire resolution and is ready to negotiate details, a move the U.S. called a 'hopeful sign.' Qatari and Egyptian mediators said they had received a formal reply from Hamas to the truce proposal. And Hamas and its ally Palestinian Islamic Jihad issued a joint statement on Tuesday expressing "readiness to positively" reach a deal to end the war in Gaza. :: June 10, 2024 The U.N. Security Council approved U.S. President Joe Biden's proposal for a truce on Monday. Biden's proposal would pause fighting in the Gaza Strip and facilitate the return of Israelis held hostage by Hamas... ultimately leading to an end to the war. “We have the prospect of an immediate ceasefire, building toward an enduring one and tremendous relief for people in Gaza..." In a visit to Tel Aviv on Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken responded to Hamas's statement with measured optimism. “Well, I say it is a hopeful sign just as the statement they issued after the President made his proposal 10 days ago, was hopeful. but it’s not dis-positive." Both Israel and Hamas suggested on Tuesday the plan fit their clashing goals, raising doubt whether any genuine headway towards a deal had been made. :: Released October 7, 2023 The war began when Hamas-led Palestinian militants stormed into southern Israel from Gaza on Oct. 7, killing more than 1,200 people and seizing more than 250 as hostages, according to Israeli tallies. Israel's retaliatory air and ground onslaught in Gaza has killed more than 37,000 Palestinians, the Gaza health ministry said on Tuesday. Israeli strikes have reduced most of the densely-populated coastal enclave to wasteland. Blinken traveled from Israel to neighboring Jordan for a summit on the humanitarian response for Gaza's 2.3 million residents, most of whom are now homeless. The American diplomat announced more than $400 million in assistance for Palestinians.

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     Palestinians in Gaza react after UN Security Council approves resolution endorsing cease-fire plan

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     Palestinians in Gaza reacted to news on Tuesday that the U.N. Security Council approved its first resolution endorsing a cease-fire plan aimed at ending the eight-month Israel-Hamas war. (AP Video shot by Abd Al Kareem Hana; Production by Wafaa Shurafa)

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