Breaking: Cairo urged Israelis and Palestinians to resume Gaza talks

Israeli air strike on Gaza City kills wife, infant daughter of elusive Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif

An Israeli air strike on Gaza City kills the wife and infant daughter of elusive Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif as Truce talks between Israelis and Palestinians collapse, Israel's Haaretz says.

"The wife of the great leader was martyred with his daughter," in a strike on Tuesday night, Hamas' exiled deputy leader Moussa Abu Marzouk wrote on Facebook on Wednesday.

He said nothing about the fate of Mr Deif himself. He said Israel had been looking for "an excuse to target a big Hamas leader".

Egyptian attempts to broker an end to a month-long war between Israel and Hamas militants collapsed in heavy fighting Tuesday, with Palestinian militants firing dozens of rockets and Israel responding with airstrikes across the Gaza Strip.

Breaking News. Israelis, Palestinians resume talks on Gaza deal as Egypt extends Gaza truce for 24 hours

Talks ongoing after 24-hour extension amid reports of ease on Gaza blockade

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A delegation of Israeli and Palestinian negotiators in Egypt have agreed to extend a five-day ceasefire in Gaza by 24 hours to give them more time to thrash out a long-term truce.

The announcement came moments before the current truce expired at 10pm (UK time).

Palestinian and Israeli negotiators in Cairo are trying to hammer out a roadmap for the Gaza Strip after Egypt announced a 24-hour extension of the cease-fire to allow more time for the talks.

How Israel Destroys Homes Of Palestinians Suspected Of Kidnapping, Killing 3 Teens In West Bank

(Reuters) - Israeli troops on Monday demolished the homes of two Palestinians it suspects of the abduction and killing of three teenagers in the occupied West Bank in June, the army said.

Troops set charges to destroy the homes of Hussam Kawasme and Amar Abu Aysha in the southern West Bank before dawn and sealed off the home of a third suspect, Marwan Kawasme, the army said.

Israel accuses Hamas Islamist militants of the abduction and killing of Jewish seminary students Gil-Ad Shaer, Naftali Fraenkel and Eyal Yifrah, who went missing on June 12 and were discovered dead a couple of weeks later in the West Bank.

Hamas has neither confirmed nor denied the accusations.

BREAKING: At least 11 killed in strike on UN school in Gaza, Palestinian medics say

Israeli air strikes kill 11 Palestinians in Gaza say medics.  A missile launched by an aircraft struck the entrance to the school in the town of Rafah south of Gaza, the sources told Reuters news agency.

Hundreds of Palestinians in the area, where the Israeli military said it has been battling Hamas fighters, had been sheltering in the school.

BREAKING: Israeli military says rocket fired from Gaza at Israel as 5-hour humanitarian cease-fire ends

Israeli military says rocket fired from Gaza at Israel as 5-hour humanitarian cease-fire ends. A Hamas official has also dismissed those reports of a ceasefire agreement. "The news about a ceasefire is incorrect. There are continuing efforts but no agreement until now," Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri told AFP on Thursday.

Israel's hardline foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, who voted against a ceasefire earlier this week, has dismissed reports of a new truce.

Israeli, Hamas Conflicts: Scepticism about reports of ceasefire agreement

Today's humanitarian truce, which was largely observed despite the exchange of mortar fire, is not expected to last.

Israel's prime minister has signalled that Israel will resume bombardment of Gaza when the five-hour truce expires in the next few minutes. PM Netanyahu has rejected request of extending current ceasefire, and said Israeli air force to react as soon temporarily ceasefire ends.

Tony Blair wants Cairo to mediate Israeli-Hamas' Gaza violence

Cairo (AFP) - Egyptian government, under new President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, has adopted a hands-off approach towards the conflict in Gaza amid deteriorating ties with Hamas. Mideast Quartet envoy Tony Blair arrived in Cairo Saturday for talks on ending the violence in Gaza, where Israeli air raids have killed more than 155 Palestinians this week, officials said.

Blair, who represents the European Union, Russia, United Nations and United States, will hold talks with Egyptian officials to press for an end to the c

Despite international concern, truce efforts have been unsuccessful, according to Egypt, which had been key in mediating previous ceasefires between Hamas and Israel.

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Gaza toll hits 165 as Israel campaign enters 6th day

Israeli troops briefly raid Gaza as offensive rages

Ignoring international appeals for a cease-fire, Israel widened its range of Gaza bombing targets to civilian institutions with suspected Hamas ties and deployed ground troops inside Gaza for the first time early Sunday to raid a rocket launching site in the Palestinian territory. More than 156 Palestinians have been killed.

Four Israeli soldiers were hurt in clashes during the brief incursion to destroy a rocket launching site in northern Gaza, the military said. It said the troops later returned to Israeli territory.
Israeli strikes on Gaza killed a teenage boy and a woman on Sunday, medics said, raising the overall death toll to 165 as the punishing air campaign entered its sixth day.

According to emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra, one strike on the northern town of Jabaliya struck a house, killing a 14-year-old boy.

BREAKING: Israel Radio announces Gaza invasion to begin in "coming hours

Israel Radio announces Gaza invasion to begin in "coming hours

Israel Army Says It Opened Fire Into Lebanon In Response To Rocket Attacks, Orders Residents Of Northern Gaza To Evacuate

#GazaUnderAttack The number of Palestinians who were murdered by an Israeli airstrike that bombed their house has risen to 18