A Hamas official says Israel’s delay in the release of some 600 Palestinian prisoners is a “serious violation” of the Gaza ceasefire agreement , and that talks on a second phase of the accord are not possible until they are freed.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz told Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu that he would invite him to Germany in defiance of an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC), the Israeli prime minister's office said on Monday.

Germany is in a crisis of stagnant growth and ... it could potentially challenge Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democrats for first. Hamas handed over yesterday what it said were the remains of ...

The election, triggered by the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s “traffic light” coalition of Social Democrats (SPD), Greens, and Free Democrats (FDP) late last year, marked a dramatic shift in German politics.

I think it is a completely absurd idea that an Israeli prime minister cannot visit the Federal Republic of Germany,' Merz said.

BERLIN : German election winner Friedrich Merz said today he would make sure Benjamin Netanyahu can visit Germany despite an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant for the Israeli prime minister.