Samer Al-Atrush

The US and Saudi Arabia are putting the final touches on a landmark deal that sources say will be presented to Binyamin Netanyahu within weeks. They will give the Israeli prime minister a choice: his

Egyptian state media reports ‘noticeable progress’ in negotiations

Middle East Ceasefire talks between Hamas and Israel to end the conflict in Gaza have made progress as negotiators gather in Cairo but details are yet to be worked out, according to people familiar with the talks.

The Israeli prime minister rejected international pressure to halt the war in a fiery speech

Israel and Hamas are under huge pressure to agree a deal, but peace talks in Cairo are said to have ground to a standstill once again

Proposal included a month-long truce with the release of 33 Israeli hostages, followed by another stage in which ending the war would be discussed

Binyamin Netanyahu hails the ‘pinpoint operation’ and insists that only further pressure could release hostages held by Hamas

US fears humanitarian catastrophe in Gazan city where a million Palestinians are sheltering as Netanyahu presses on with offensive

The businessman’s killing was claimed by a previously unknown militant group calling itself the Vanguards of Liberation

Oliver Dowden said concluding an agreement with the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council was a priority for the government