AMICHAI STEIN

Senior Republican Senator Lindsey Graham will join the two envoys in Beirut on Monday, The Jerusalem Post can exclusively reveal.

This diplomatic blitz comes as Europeans approach a deadline they have set: either Iranian concessions on its nuclear program, or snapback sanctions.

Both the Foreign Ministry and COGAT issued statements condemning the United Nations' IPC reports of famine in Gaza, claiming it "changed its own global standard."

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Netanyahu stated that in tandem, he directed "the immediate initiation of negotiations" for the release of all the hostages and ending the war in Gaza on Israel's terms.

The meeting was thought to be the first meeting between a senior Israeli official and Qatari officials since Hamas's response to the hostage deal proposal.

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“Israel demands the release of all 50 hostages in accordance with the principles set by the cabinet for ending the war,” a senior political source said.

"It rewards Hamas terror, hardens Hamas’s refusal to free the hostages, emboldens those who menace French Jews, and encourages the Jew-hatred now stalking your streets."

"We are at the final decisive stage against Hamas and will not leave any hostage behind," the source added.