Gaza war: US, Qatar & Egypt prepare ’take it or leave it’ truce deal as Netanyahu faces Israeli ire over hostage crisis

Israel-Gaza war: While there is no end in sight to Israel's military campaign in Gaza, which has claimed thousands of civilian lives and displaced more than 90 per cent of the population there, pressure is building up on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his own country to reach a ceasefire deal with the Hamas militant group and bring home surviving hostages. On Monday, a nationwide strike had been launched to push for a hostage deal between PM Netanyahu and the Hamas militants. The Israeli labour union Histadrut had threatened to ‘shut down the entire economy of Israel’, even though the Tel Aviv Labor Court ruled that the nationwide general strike must end earlier than planned.