The US secretary of state Antony Blinken said the ball was in Hamas’s court but “it’s very close, and we are very hopeful that we get it over the finish line finally after all this time”.

And the ball is in Hamas’ court. “We are very hopeful that we get it over the finish line, finally after all this time,” he said, adding that the proposal was built off a framework Biden put ...

A senior Hamas official tells Arab World Press that “the ball is in Israel’s court” on the hostage talks, after Hamas presented the criteria for the Palestinian prisoners it wants to see ...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that it was up to Hamas to seal a Gaza ceasefire, saying a final proposal was on the table at talks in Qatar. "The ball is now in Hamas's court.

Israel is ready for a hostage deal, an Israeli official told CNN on Tuesday, adding that the ball was now in Hamas's court. “We think that we’ve made all the compromises that are needed to ...

Hamas has accepted a draft agreement for a Gaza ceasefire and the release of dozens of hostages. Newsweek's live blog is ...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday that it was up to Hamas to seal a Gaza ceasefire, saying a final proposal was on the table at talks in Qatar. "The ball is now in Hamas's court. If ...

And this decision right now is with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as Hamas has thrown the ball into the Israeli court. And it’s up to Israel whether to take this to the second stage ...

Reports in Israel have indicated that Jerusalem has found the deal broadly acceptable, and on Tuesday US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the “ball is now in Hamas’s court.” ...