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Israel fumes as Biden signals a harder line against a Rafah ground assault

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Amanda Smith

Israel reacted with a mix of concern and fury Thursday to President Joe Biden‘s warning that he would cut off weapons to ...

US, Israel to hold virtual meeting Thursday on Rafah

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Amanda Smith

By Steve Holland and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senior U.S. and Israeli officials will hold a virtual meeting on Thursday about ...

US and Israeli officials are to hold virtual talks on their dispute over a Rafah military operation

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (AP) — American and Israeli officials are holding virtual talks Monday to discuss the potential expansion of Israel’s war against Hamas ...

White House unaware of timeline for Israel’s shift to less-intense Gaza operations

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Amanda Smith

The White House doesn’t know when Israel plans to shift to a less-intense phase of its retaliation against Hamas, a senior administration ...

U.S. urges Israel to move to a new phase of its war against Hamas

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Amanda Smith

The Biden administration has told the Israeli government that it wants the country to end its large-scale ground campaign in Gaza and ...

The five ‘extremely excruciating’ weeks of talks that led to the Hamas hostage deal

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Amanda Smith

It took weeks of secret negotiations involving U.S., Israeli, Qatari and Egyptian officials, the heads of the CIA and the Mossad, and ...

Biden says he believes hostage release will happen

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday he is engaged in daily discussions to secure a release of hostages ...