The United Nations General Assembly will vote on Thursday on a draft resolution that demands an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in the war in Gaza after the United States vetoed a similar effort in the Security Council last week.

Hamas has pushed for a permanent truce while Israel has held out for a temporary one. That wide gap has stymied efforts to end the war.

A representative of a left-wing faction fighting alongside the Islamist Hamas movement in Gaza has told Newsweek his group is open to a temporary ceasefire in their war with Israel and called for greater efforts to establish a unity government among different Palestinian parties.

In the war in Gaza, Israel and Hamas are getting closer to a ceasefire deal and President Trump says Iran is now a part of the negotiations.

The latest flurry of activity between Israel and Hamas over a possible ceasefire is still far from a done deal. Meanwhile, not enough aid is getting in to Gaza as a murky plan by U.S. contractors continues its chaotic rollout.

They spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive talks ... fears that a lasting ceasefire and withdrawal now would leave Hamas with significant influence in Gaza, even if it ...

The latest friction in negotiations comes as the fighting nears 20 months of war and as desperation grows among hungry Palestinians and relatives of hostages in Gaza

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas said Friday it was still reviewing a U.S. proposal for a temporary ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, where 27 people were killed in new Israeli airstrikes, according to hospital officials.

The U.S. government is awaiting a response from Hamas to a U.S. ceasefire proposal in Israel, which the Israeli government has already accepted.

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