GAZA -- Hamas has agreed to a proposal presented by U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff for a ceasefire in Gaza that will halt hostilities in the Strip, a Hamas official said on Monday.
The source, who requested anonymity, said the U.S. proposal includes a temporary ceasefire for 60 days, during which a series of humanitarian and political steps will be implemented, paving the way for discussions on the possibility of reaching a permanent truce between the two sides. (Gaza-Hamas-Israel)
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TEHRAN -- An interim nuclear agreement between Iran and the United States is not on Iran's agenda, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said here Monday.
"A temporary agreement has never been on our agenda and (the issue) has not been raised in the (indirect) talks," Baghaei told a weekly press conference. (Iran-U.S.-Nuclear Talks)
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RIYADH -- Saudi Arabia and Kuwait on Monday jointly announced a new oil discovery in the partitioned zone between the two countries, according to a statement by the Kingdom's Energy Ministry.
The discovery, made by Wafra Joint Operations in the North Wafra Wara-Burgan field, is located about five km north of the main Wafra field. Crude oil flowed from the Wara reservoir in the Wara-Burgan-1 well at a rate exceeding 500 barrels per day, with an API gravity of 26 to 27 degrees, indicating a medium-grade crude. (Saudi Arabia-Kuwait-Oil Discovery)
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GAZA -- At least 33 Palestinians, including 18 children and six women, were killed and dozens of others injured in an Israeli airstrike early Monday morning targeting the Fahmi Al-Jarjawi school sheltering displaced families, according to Gaza's Civil Defense.
Mahmoud Basal, a civil defense spokesperson, told Xinhua that searching operations, still underway for missing persons under the rubble, were hampered by the scale of the devastation. (Gaza-Israeli Attack-Death Toll) ■
