Adm. Brad Cooper, the top U.S. military commander in the Middle East, has visited the USS Lincoln in the Arabian Sea.

Hamas officials were present at some of the meetings that mediators held with Trump's envoy and son-in-law Jared Kushner, the diplomat said.

In a joint statement, the countries accused Israel of undermining efforts to fully end the war with Hamas in Gaza and derailing Trump’s push to cement conditions necessary for long-lasting peace.

Four major Arab nations and three other Muslim-majority powers are joining with President Trump to push for a US-backed Gaza peace deal — even as Israel rejected the plan and carried on with airstrikes in the Palestinian enclave.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's extremist national security minister made the comments while speaking with a former Israeli hostage.

The Foreign Ministers of Qatar and seven Arab and Islamic countries condemned Israel's declared rejection of the roadmap aimed at completing the implemen...

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