During the tense meeting, the mediators made it clear to Hamas leaders that “if you don’t return with a serious response, your problem will be with us - the mediators.”

Hamas's more positive answer followed a tense Tuesday meeting, where mediators told Hamas that they must return with a serious response; otherwise, their "problem will be with us - the mediators. ” Hamas has responded to the Israeli ceasefire proposal with an answer that is "better than the last,

Hamas expresses "surprise" after US envoy Steve Witkoff also accuses the group of showing "a lack of desire to reach a ceasefire".

PARIS -Arab countries will for the first time condemn Hamas and call for its disarmament early next week at a United Nations ministerial event in New York, a move meant to lure more European countries to recognize Palestinian statehood,

It marks the latest setback in efforts to secure a deal that would bring a ceasefire to Gaza and secure the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his government is considering “alternative options” to ceasefire talks with Hamas

BY LEKAN OLAYIWOLA As France joins a chorus of European states weighing recognition of Palestinian statehood, a