37.5% of respondents also want a multinational armed force to occupy southern Lebanon once the war is complete.

Facing a potential aid cutoff to northern Gaza, Hamas proposes a ceasefire to counter Israel’s tightening military strategy.

The ceasefire is conditional on Israel stopping its operations in Lebanon; Qassem said, 'If the enemy continues its war, the battlefield will decide [between us].'

Israel cannot accept a deal which preserves the rule of Hamas, which has vowed to commit more massacres against Israelis.

US Official: 'If you continue to negotiate for months and months and try to get a perfect deal ... you risk having no hostages left to save.'

As a result of the constant barrage of Hezbollah rockets, 60,000 residents of the north of Israel have been evacuated.

Netanyahu said his 'steadfast position against the attempt to halt the Israel Defense Forces’ action in Rafah is what has led Hamas to enter negotiations.'

The official noted that most of the live hostages are in Hamas hands, although some are being held by other terror groups.

Sinwar's private messages reveal a ruthless strategy where civilian deaths in Gaza are seen as advantageous to Hamas' goals.

The terror group objects to an additional condition of the outline, which would see Israeli soldiers remain in the Strip while captives are freed.

'There are a lot of details to be worked out' including 'the release of the hostages and the destruction of Hamas as a genocidal terrorist organization.'

Netanyahu: 'The notion that Israel will agree to a permanent ceasefire before these conditions are fulfilled is a non-starter.'

The IDF began operating in “a targeted manner” against Hamas sites in the eastern part of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday night.

Another official told Ynet that 'this is an exercise by Hamas meant to present Israel as the refuser.'

During hostage talks in Cairo, Hamas reiterated its demand that no captives would be released without Israel committing to a permanent ceasefire.

The proposal currently being discussed with Hamas reportedly includes significant compromises by Israel and, for the first time, Jerusalem is considering ending the war in the Gaza Strip.

This is the first time Israel has signaled it may agree to a permanent ceasefire as part of a hostage release deal.

The senior administration official placed the failure to achieve a deal squarely on Hamas’s leader inside Gaza—Yahya Sinwar.

The deal also includes handing Judea and Samaria over to the PA, which Israel is staunchly opposed to.

US President Joe Biden last week called for an 'immediate ceasefire' and threatened to pull back support for Israel.

"So I what I’m calling for is for the Israelis to just call for a ceasefire, allow for the next six, eight weeks total access to all food and medicine going into the country,” Biden said.

'We have seen them reject a number of proposals before, that we have thought would deliver incredible benefits to the Palestinian people that they claim to represent.

Israel had agreed to a 6-week ceasefire and the release of 700-800 Palestinian terrorists in exchange for 40 female, elderly, ill, or wounded hostages.

Israel may agree to a permanent ceasefire as long as Hamas leaders are exiled permanently from Gaza and that the region remains demilitarized.

The first stage would see Israeli forces withdraw from Gaza’s two main roads, allowing displaced Gazans to return north and aid to flow freely.

Hamas demands the release of 350 Palestinian prisoners in return for 35 Israeli women, elderly men and ill hostages in the first phase of the deal.

Israel agreed to the current 6-week ceasefire and hostage release deal, but Hamas refused anything short of a permanent cessation in the IDF's military operations.

Hamas will play "the chicken game," refusing to withdraw from their unacceptable demands.

The current form of the Paris hostage release deal and temporary ceasefire could have been implemented by now if Hamas had agreed to the terms.

A short, temporary ceasefire might be achievable, so long as it requires Hamas to release all remaining Israeli hostages.

Washington previously vetoed a Russian amendment to a resolution that would have demanded a ceasefire.

The deal will see a prisoner release, troop withdrawal from populated areas, and hostages returning to Israel.

Hamas is demanding the end of Israel's offensive and withdrawal from Gaza before releasing any hostages.

'Hamas is demanding, in exchange for the release of our hostages, the end of the war, the withdrawal of our forces from Gaza, the release of the murders and rapists of the Nukhba and leaving Hamas in place.'

The United Nations General Assembly, with a majority vote of 153 in favor, 10 against, and 23 abstentions, demands a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza.

The Israel-Hamas ceasefire broke down, with rockets hitting southern Israel, prompting IDF retaliation.

Hamas freed six more Israelis from captivity in the Gaza Strip shortly before midnight on Thursday, bringing the total number of hostages released on the seventh day of the ceasefire to eight.

Talks on a broader deal that would include freeing all of the hostages are reportedly taking place in Qatar.

"Last I heard was my young son saying- 'Don't take me. I'm too young'."

"IDF and ISA forces are currently accompanying 11 released hostages inside Israeli territory," the Israeli military announced.