Israel says it is studying a response by Hamas to a Gaza ceasefire plan outlined by President Biden at the end of May.It comes after Hamas's political leadership said it had contacted mediators Egypt and Qatar "about the ideas" it has been discussing with the aim of reaching an agreement.

Before the cabinet meets, Netanyahu will have consultations with his ceasefire negotiations team, the source also said. Israel received Hamas' response on Wednesday to a proposal made public at the end of May by U.

Israel’s government has approved a large land seizure in the occupied West Bank – the biggest since the 1993 Oslo Accords set out a path for peace between Israel and the Palestinians, according to the Israeli rights group Peace Now.

A settlement tracking group says Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades

Nearly half of all West Bank land seized by Israel since the 1993 Oslo Accords was taken this year, watchdog group says.