Following on from Dr Ronit Lentin, it’s appalling and tragic whenever children are killed. (Letters, 24 Oct 24).

Two Israeli citizens are being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, a situation that could lead to demands for a prisoner exchange between Israel and the Islamist militant group.

ISRAEL and the Palestinians are set to announce a formal cease-fire to halt four years of bloodshed when their leaders meet for a summit in Egypt today.

A HAMAS leader has said the militant group could accept creation of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza and a long-term truce with Israel, signalling a possible new overture to end hostilities.

AN Israeli missile strike killed a senior Hamas militant, his wife and three-year-old daughter in the Gaza Strip yesterday amid a surge of bloodletting that has plunged US-led peace efforts into turmoil.