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Jordan's FM tells BBC Netanyahu 'determined to continue more killing, more destruction' in Gaza ■ Brazil's president compares Israel's actions in Gaza to Holocaust; Netanyahu summons Brazilian ambassador for reprimand ■ Palestinian PM says PA ready to engage with Hamas as factions set to meet in Moscow next week ■ Palestinian Health Ministry says two Palestinians killed by IDF fire in West Bank

Netanyahu says Rafah operation will only happen once civilians evacuated from combat zones ■ Thousands of people attend anti-gov't protests across country, demanding elections ■ Netanyahu will try formulate a 'day after' proposal this week, says Israel's national security adviser

Sources within Gantz's National Unity Party believe that the PM is aiming to boot his more moderate war cabinet partners in order to play up hard-line opposition to hostage deals to his right-wing base. One official says Netanyahu 'wants everyone to talk about politics so no one will talk about the hostages'

Thousands protest against Netanyahu government, calling for release of Israeli hostages ■ Kiryat Shmona hit by barrage of 25 rockets from Lebanon ■ Israeli army, Shin Bet kill Hamas commander who took part in Oct. 7 massacre, held Israeli hostage ■ Israeli defense chief to Hezbollah: 'Our planes over Beirut already have their targets' ■ Israeli strikes in Lebanon kill 10, local sources say ■ U.S., Arab countries expected to present timeline to Palestinian State, reports say ■ IDF arrests 22 terror suspects in West Bank in 24 hours ■ WHO warns Israeli assault on Rafah would be an 'unfathomable catastrophe'

After a day of talks, mediators suggested that the parties continue the discussions with lower-level delegations, but Netanyahu rejected the proposal citing Hamas' refusal to bend its demands. Hostages' families intend to camp outside the IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv in protest

The U.S. president said the Israeli premier was 'giving him hell' and is an obstacle to a cease-fire, according to an NBC report, a week after he reportedly called Netanyahu 'a bad f*cking guy' amid his frustration with Netanyahu's handling Israel's war in Gaza

Netanyahu has directed the Israeli army to draft plans to evacuate the nearly 1 million Palestinian civilians who currently seek shelter in Rafah ahead of a military incursion. The two leaders also discussed ongoing efforts to reach a hostage deal with Hamas

Egypt threatens Israel, Hamas as IDF Rafah ground incursion looms ■ Netanyahu: 'No alternative in the foreseeable future' for Israel's security control over Gaza Strip ■ Biden, Netanyahu to speak amid U.S. warnings over Israeli military conduct in Gaza ■ Germany: Israeli Rafah offensive would be 'humanitarian catastrophe'

'The day after is the day after Hamas,' Netanyahu said in a press conference, insisting that 'total victory' was his only acceptable outcome. A 72-year-old freed hostage called on the prime minister: 'If you continue with your route to 'dismantle Hamas,' there won't be any hostages left to save'

Hamas is again demanding an end to the war as a condition for any agreement and Netanyahu is objecting partly for political reasons. Even an interim deal seems a long way off ■ Amid reports that the number of hostages who died in captivity is higher than Israel has admitted, it seems the government is losing interest in the war

Gallant to Blinken: Hamas response formulated to ensure Israel's rejection, their position will prolong the war ■ UN chief 'alarmed' of IDF's expected advance to Rafah, Blinken warns Netanyahu and Gallant on the matter ■ Hamas seeks prisoner, hostage exchange and withdrawal of Israeli forces in 135-day cease-fire proposal

Netanyahu tells Likud lawmakers 'we must not end the war until we kill Hamas' leadership' at party meeting ■ U.S. State Dept says $10 billion in proposed Gaza aid not allowed to fund UNRWA ■ U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Saudi Arabian crown prince in Riyadh in first stop on fifth visit to region since Oct. 7 ■ Russia summons Israeli ambassador for 'unacceptable statements' criticizing Russia's stance towards Hamas

The White House has begun to introduce its 'Biden Doctrine' for the Middle East, though Israel's position is still made fragile by Netanyahu. All the while, the U.S. is taking care to avoid a full military confrontation with Iran

Any response the Israeli prime minister gives on any issue will get him a passing grade from one side but a big fat F from the other ■ If he passes the Ben-Gvir test, he'll fail the Gantz-Eisenkot test ■ What does Netanyahu think the Gotliv affair proved? ■ The PM also prepares his next scapegoats

In addition, state prosecution decided to close the cases against the news agencies in which Netanyahu allegedly to have attempted to skew news coverage in exchange for government concessions

  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected two key demands Hamas has made during indirect cease-fire talks, saying Israel will not withdraw from the Gaza Strip or release thousands of jailed terrorists. During an event Tuesday in the West Bank, Netanyahu again vowed that the war would not end without Israel's "absolute victory" over Hamas. […]

People from all over the country are fighting Hamas, and getting killed by Hamas, because Netanyahu sent them there. Some of those people are indeed journalists who ask difficult questions about bloated budgets and sharing the burden of the draft

Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid said his party will provide the Netanyahu government with a 'safety net' in order to secure a deal to free the hostages, but party sources say the details of the offer are still unclear

Speaking with neoconservative author Douglas Murray, Netanyahu doubled down on Israel's need for 'total victory' over Hamas in Gaza, saying 'if barbarism wins here, Europe will be next. America will be next'

Instead of bolstering the status of Israel among the international community, as he promised in his first book, "A Place Among the Nations," Netanyahu has brought it to the status of a criminal and murderous state