Palestinian group Hamas said on Friday it had responded to a U.S.-backed Gaza ceasefire proposal in a "positive spirit", a few days after U.S. President Donald Trump said Israel had agreed "to the necessary conditions to finalise" a 60-day truce. The Israeli negotiation delegation will fly to Qatar on Sunday, the Israeli official, who declined to be named due to the sensitivity of the matter, told Reuters.
A Jewish advocacy group slammed Democratic socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani for posting a "sick" video mocking Hannukah and "cosplaying Jews."...