Discussions on the continuation of a Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal have failed, Hamas and Palestinian officials told BBC Arabic on Saturday. Talks were carried out throughout the weekend, with an Israeli delegation visiting Doha for talks,

An Israeli airstrike killed three Palestinian men in the Gaza Strip, medics said on Monday, and there was no sign of progress at renewed ceasefire talks. Medics said the three men were killed near Bureij camp in the centre of the devastated Palestinian enclave by a missile fired from a drone.

JERUSALEM—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he will seek to dismiss the head of the internal security service this week, deepening a power struggle focused largely on who bears responsibility for the Hamas attack that sparked the war in Gaza.