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Israel and the U.S. Pull Back From Cease-Fire Talks With Hamas

President Trump’s special envoy said that “we will now consider alternative options to bring the hostages home,” though it was not clear that negotiations had halted.

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The aftermath of an Israeli military operation in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on Wednesday. Israel’s military campaign has continued and expanded even as negotiations were underway in recent weeks.
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As Starvation Rises, Israeli Minister Says Israel Is ‘Driving Out’ Gazans

Amichay Eliyahu’s comments came amid growing hunger in the territory, where Israel controls the delivery of food.

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Amichay Eliyahu, Israel’s heritage minister, in Jerusalem in 2023. Opposition politicians quickly condemned his latest comments.
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