Putin warns Europe: Russia seeks peace but is fully prepared if forced, amid U.S.-led Ukraine peace talks and rising European security concerns.

The most promising effort to end the Gaza war was bolstered after Hamas handed over lists of hostages and Palestinian prisoners to be freed.

Dozens were killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza, local health officials said, despite a demand from Donald Trump for Israel to stop bombing.

An Israeli airstrike killed at least six Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, officials said, a day after Jared Kushner ended his trip.

ROMAN BIRKE says Europe faces a growing obligation to stop what could be the biggest setback for international law since the Cold War...

The American side presented points of a plan to end the war—their vision. I outlined our key principles. We agreed that our teams will work on the points to ensure it’s all genuine. We're geared up for clear and honest work—Ukraine, the U.S., our European and global partners. https://t.co/DscaCBg4vW

ADAM FARQUHAR, unpacks the series of agreements that have been made over Gaza since early last year - and looks at what has gone wrong...

Donald Trump's envoys met with Egyptian, Qatari and Turkish mediators in Cairo on Sunday, a diplomatic source said.

Benjamin Netanyahu restated his rejection of Trump's latest Gaza plan in televised remarks to his right-wing government.

Palestinians in Gaza said US President Donald Trump's touting of a deal aimed at disarming Hamas and ending the war was out of touch.

Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza for a second straight day, killing at least 18 Palestinians, medics said, despite Donald Trump's announcement.

Hamas leaders are making rare progress in Cairo talks with Egyptian, Qatari, and Turkish mediators to implement a U.S.-brokered peace plan for the Gaza Strip. The plan aims to decommission all heavy and light weapons, transfer authority to a civilian Palestinian administration, and establish an international security force. However, Israeli officials reject the proposal, demanding complete Hamas disarmament and demilitarization of Gaza as preconditions. A Russian diplomat noted the U.S.-led road map failed to gain support from Israel and Hamas, with demilitarization remaining a key obstacle. While Hamas agrees to weapon handover under Palestinian oversight, it refuses full disarmament, citing Israeli attacks on Gaza. The plan also includes dismantling tunnels and arms facilities, but ground realities remain far from the proposed roadmap as Israel expands its military occupation. Uncertainties persist over international force deployment and Israeli troop withdrawal.

After the talks in Geneva the 28-point peace plan (28PPP) has been cut to 19 points. But the EU has come up with its own 24-point plan that contains several points that guarantee the Kremlin will reject it.

Israeli airstrikes killed at least four Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Monday, health officials said, as mediators met leaders from Hamas.

A US proposal for ending nearly four weeks of fighting is "one-sided and unfair", a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Thursday.

Israel has killed nearly a dozen Gaza police officers this week as it steps up attacks on a Hamas-run force, Gaza authorities say.

Talks to advance Donald Trump's plan to end the Gaza war have been on hold since last week when the US and Israel jointly attacked Iran.

The Board of Peace will hold its first leaders meeting on 19th February, a US Government official confirmed.

TIMOTHY J DIXON, in an article first published on The Conversation UK, looks at the plethora of reconstruction plans to rebuild Gaza...

Dozens of Palestinians were expected to leave or return to Gaza on Monday after Israel reopened the sole pedestrian crossing to Egypt.

Israel pounded Gaza with some of its most intense airstrikes since the ceasefire, killing more than 30, Palestinian health officials said.

Israel released 15 bodies of Palestinians killed during its war in Gaza, three days after recovering the remains of the last hostage.

Gaza's demilitarisation will include decommissioning weapons through a process supported by a buyback program, said the US.

Israeli fire killed three Palestinians, while an Israeli drone wounded four others in Gaza City, the territory's health ministry said.