Basem Naim, a leader in Hamas’ politburo, met with NPR in Qatar for an interview about the war with Israel, prospects for a cease-fire and how the Palestinian group now views its Oct. 7 attack.
The new round of talks to end the Gaza war will be based on the three-phase proposal President Biden laid out in May. Egypt, Qatar and the U.S. are serving as mediators between Israel and Hamas.
In a joint statement released Monday, the British, French and German leaders endorsed the latest push by the U.S., Qatar and Egypt to broker an agreement to end the 10-month-old Israel-Hamas war.
A prior investigation rejected claims that civilians were killed and wounded in the raid targeting ISIS founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The Pentagon says it's reinvestigating after an NPR report.
Hamas says it has chosen its local leader in Gaza to take over as the Palestinian militant group's new top political leader worldwide, following last week's assassination of the previous leader in Iran.
The U.S. and other governments issued Lebanon travel advisories and some airlines stopped flying there, in anticipation of an escalation of fighting after assassinations in Iran and Beirut.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered fighter jets as well as Navy destroyers and cruisers deployed to "bolster force protection for U.S. troops in the region and to defend Israel," the Pentagon said.
Israel's military says the commander of Hamas is dead. The announcement comes following a series of assassinations of top Hamas and Hezbollah leaders in the region.
The Israeli military says it targeted a Hezbollah official in a suburb of Lebanon's capital in retaliation for a deadly rocket attack in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights.
A rocket has hit a sports complex filled with children playing soccer in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights region Saturday afternoon, on the same day that an Israeli strike in Gaza devastated a school building and killed dozens.
