The President of Egypt, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, announced a proposal on Sunday that detailed a two-day ceasefire plan involving Israel and Hamas, which includes a hostage exchange.
During a Friday address to the United Nations General Assembly, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu linked the council to a “swamp of antisemitic bile” for the international criticism of Israel’s war in Gaza.
An Israeli hostage being held captive by Hamas was rescued by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) from a tunnel beneath southern Gaza on Tuesday, according to the IDF.
Intelligence officials in Washington, D.C., believe that a retaliatory Iranian attack on Israel is “imminent,” prompting President Biden and his national security team to discuss their next steps in the situation room on Monday.
The United States Defense Department has deployed twelve warships to the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea as Middle Eastern tensions escalate.
It has now been revealed that Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed by a remotely detonated bomb, rather than an Israeli airstrike as previously reported by many news outlets.