Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pointed fingers at Hamas for toughening their negotiation stance amid efforts to establish a truce in the ongoing conflict with the Palestinian Islamist movement in Gaza
: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Reuters/Ronen Zvulun
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pointed fingers at Hamas for toughening their negotiation stance amid efforts to establish a truce in the ongoing conflict with the Palestinian Islamist movement in Gaza
During a press conference, Netanyahu highlighted Israel's flexibility in the negotiation process, contrasting it with Hamas's increasingly rigid position. This development marks a significant hurdle in the path to peace between Israel and Hamas, complicating efforts to bring an end to the hostilities that have engulfed the region.
A Lebanese official denied on Thursday a Reuters report that Beirut had agreed with Israel to a shortlist of countries that could send troops to Lebanon to verify the disarmament of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, and said it was following up on the issue with Washington.
Israel won't withdraw from southern Lebanon until Hezbollah is disarmed, the defence minister said on Thursday, qualifying remarks he made a day earlier that had suggested Israeli forces would occupy the territory indefinitely and drew U.S. criticism.
Israeli troops clashed with Jewish settlers on Wednesday while trying to disperse them from a West Bank outpost they set up directly in front of Palestinian homes, and later withdrew from the area after failing to clear the settlers, witnesses said.
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