Benjamin Netanyahu

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is scheduled to arrive in Türkiye on Aug. 14 for a two-day visit aimed at addressing escalating tensions in the region.

Hamas on Sunday urged Gaza mediators to implement a truce plan presented by U.S. President Joe Biden instead of holding more talks, as Palestinians fled a new Israeli military operation.

Mediators from Egypt and Qatar have informed Israeli officials that Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas, is seeking a ceasefire agreement to end the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip, according to an Israeli source familiar with the matter who spoke to CNN.

An Israeli airstrike on a school in Gaza City, which the Israeli military claimed was a “command center” for Hamas “terrorists,” resulted in nearly one hundred deaths and sparked intense reactions worldwide.

Last night, the Israeli military asserted that the strike eliminated “at least 19 Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists,” releasing a list of names.

The Israeli government yesterday agreed to resume talks next Thursday, August 15, aimed at declaring a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and releasing hostages remaining in the hands of Hamas, following intervention by the mediating countries, the US, Egypt and Qatar, which warned the belligerents that “there is no time to waste nor excuse” for further delays.

Israel has agreed to resume Gaza ceasefire talks on Aug. 15 at the demand of U.S., Qatari, and Egyptian mediators, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Thursday as its forces bombed 2 schools in Gaza City.

Yesterday, Israel warned that it would eliminate the new leader of Hamas, Yahya Sinwar, as the war in the Gaza Strip with the Palestinian Islamist movement, now in its eleventh month, threatens to spread across the Middle East.

Israel has vowed to eliminate new Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, the alleged mastermind of the Oct. 7 attack, with regional hostilities threatening to boil over as the Gaza war enters its 11th month.

Both Iran and Israel should avoid escalating conflict, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday, in his most direct wording toward U.S. ally Israel on the Middle East's spiraling tensions.

Hezbollah launched new attacks against Israel on Tuesday afternoon, firing more than 30 rockets towards the northern regions of the country, according to the IDF.

The initial “storm” of approximately 20 rockets targeted the northern Golan Heights, with the Israeli army noting that “all rockets fell in open areas.”