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  • Hostage talks held in Cairo, as Israel and Hamas at odds on ending the war; Egyptian sources said CIA Director William Burns arrived in Cairo already on Friday
    Marching on Shaul Hamelech Boulevard in Tel Aviv. (credit: YAEL GADOT)

    Representatives from Hamas, Egypt, Qatar, and the United States met in Cairoon Saturday for talks on a possible hostage deal, while Israel delayed sending a delegation until the terror group gave a response to the latest proposal on the table. 

    Netanyahu opted not to send a delegation without consulting with War cabinet ministers Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot, while Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Strategic Affairs Mintier Ron Dermer were privy to the decision, according to media reports. 


    Egyptian sources said CIA Director William Burns arrived in Cairo already on Friday. KAN News reported that the US has pushed Israel to send a delegation to join the talks as protestors and relatives of the hostages rallied in Tel Aviv demanding that the government finalize a deal now.

  • 10-20 inches of rain in East Texas flood rivers to highest levels since Hurricane Harvey
    24 hour rainfall totals from Thursday morning to Friday morning in Harris County, Texas

    Heavy showers and thunderstorms continued to pour rain into East TexasFriday, adding more water to swollen rivers that have prompted mandatory evacuations as water levels rise in some towns to levels rivaling Hurricane Harvey's devastating floods of 2017.

    And as bad as the flooding was early Friday, officials stress the worst is yet to come for many in the hardest hit regions as a surge of water works its way downriver and rain continues to fall.

    Some 24-hour rainfall totals exceeded 7 inches in the region, with storm totals over the past few days surpassing 12 inches. Rain gauges along Lake Livingston have recorded from 17-20 inches just since Sunday. 

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  • Blinken to Netanyahu: Israel must ‘avoid further expansion’ of war
    Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, May 1, 2024. Photo by Haim Zach/GPO.

    U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Israeli leaders on Wednesday as part of his Middle East tour to Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, his seventh trip to the Jewish state since the current Hamas war broke out on Oct. 7.

    Blinken met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, where they “discussed ongoing efforts to reach an immediate ceasefire in Gaza as part of a hostage deal and emphasized that it is Hamas that is standing in the way of a ceasefire,” according to an official statement from the U.S. State Department.

    “Secretary Blinken reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to Israel’s security,” the statement continued. “He also discussed the need to avoid further expansion of the conflict and updated the prime minister on ongoing efforts to ensure a lasting, sustainable peace in the region.”

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