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Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Thursday his country is ready to welcome UN forces into the UN established buffer zone with Israel.

Germany's Lufthansa Group is set to resume flights to and from Tel Aviv in Israel from Feb. 1 and Wizz Air restarted its London to Tel Aviv route on Thursday, the companies said following a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.

Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares Bueno’s recent statements during his visit to Lebanon have drawn criticism for displaying what some perceive as a biased stance against Israel. 

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) renewed its call for the Houthis to immediately halt all attacks on merchant and commercial vessels and to facilitate the immediate release of the Galaxy Leader cargo ship and its crew.

French President Emmanuel Macron has responded to the recently signed fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, which is set to take effect on Sunday. 

Israeli authorities accused Hamas on Thursday of causing a "last-minute crisis" by reneging on certain terms of the ceasefire and hostage release agreement announced the previous day by Qatari, Egyptian, and American mediators.

U.S. President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump both claimed credit on Wednesday for a Gaza ceasefire-for-hostages deal that was months in the making but was helped across the line by a Trump envoy.

Cyprus on Thursday hailed a U.S. memorandum allowing military sales, including arms, to the island as a milestone affirming recognition of the island as a pillar of stability in the east Mediterranean region which has been fraught with conflict.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has welcomed the recently signed ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, marking the end of more than a year of intensive conflict and humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.

Negotiators reached a deal on Wednesday for a ceasefire in the Gaza war between Israel and Hamas. Here are the main elements of the ceasefire deal, according to the official briefed on the agreement.

A long-sought Gaza ceasefire-for-hostages deal emerged at the end of an intense 96 hours of negotiations in Doha brokered by U.S., Egyptian and Qatari diplomats who persuaded Israel and Hamas finally to conclude the agreement.

Turkey is ready to provide support to the new Syrian administration for the management of Islamic State camps in the country, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Wednesday.