Friday, February 14, 2025

PMO Declines To Say Whether Upcoming Release Of 3 Hostages Means Ceasefire Will Continue


PMO declines to say whether upcoming release of 3 hostages means ceasefire will continue
Times of Israel is liveblogging Friday


Netanyahu’s office clarifies that it ‘received’ list of hostages and that it didn’t mean to say list is ‘acceptable’ * Hamas says Israel to release 369 prisoners tomorrow, 36 serving life sentences





Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office issues a statement attributed to an Israeli official saying that Jerusalem is “working in full coordination with the United States to secure the release of as many living hostages alive as possible — as quickly as possible.”

“We intend to take full advantage of this opportunity,” the statement continues.

“After that, all options are on the table,” the statement adds


Zelensky says ready to ‘sit with Putin’ after Kyiv’s allies agree plan

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is ready to meet Vladimir Putin face-to-face once Kyiv and its allies have agreed to a plan for how they want to end the war.

“I will meet with Russians — with only one Russian guy, with Putin — only after we will have a common plan with Trump, Europe,” Zelensky says in English at the Munich Security Conference. “And we will sit with Putin and stop the war. Only in this case I’m ready to meet.”

Senior UAE official calls for Hamas to step down, as Arab pressure against terror group intensifies

The diplomatic adviser to UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed calls on Hamas to step down from power in Gaza, as the Arab push against the terror group begins to intensify.

Earlier this week, Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit said Hamas “should relinquish power if serving Palestinian interests demands it.”

But senior UAE official Anwar Gargash appears to go further in his statement posted on X.

He says Aboul Gheit’s “rational call” is “appropriate, as the interests of the Palestinian people must come before the interests of the [Hamas] movement.

“Especially in light of the calls to displace the Palestinians from Gaza, and the war that resulted from its decisions that destroyed the Gaza Strip and tore its human and social fabric,” Gargash adds.


Gazans return to ruined homes and severe water shortage

WATCH: FM Sa’ar addresses Munich Security Conference on ‘prospects of Mideast peace’

Vance urges European officials to stem illegal migration, says voters don’t want ‘floodgates’ open

Saudi Arabia welcomes idea of US and Russian presidents meeting in kingdom


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