Khaled Abu Toameh

American mediator Bishara Bahbah: "Trump told me he agrees to the establishment of a Palestinian state."

Hamas: "Steve Witkoff's statements serve the Zionists."

The Israeli security establishment is opposed to the Hebron "Emirate" plan.

Dr. Salman al-Daya, Dean of Sharia and Law at the Islamic University in Gaza and a leading religious authority, issues a strong statement condemning Hamas leaders and politicians for holding 2 million Palestinians hostage to advance their agenda: "We are not a herd of cattle."

Hamas: "Our people are starving while thousands of aid trucks pile up on the Egyptian side of the Rafah Crossing."

Hamas: "We are surprised by the official Arab and Islamic silence."

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee met in Ramallah today with Hussein al-Sheikh. Al-Sheikh: "We discussed efforts to stop the war in Gaza, release the hostages deliver urgent aid to the Palestinians there, and settler violence in the West Bank."

In Ramallah, Palestinians shouted slogans in support of Hamas; Palestinian Authority security forces arrested a number of demonstrators.

Palestinian sources: Emad Abu Khatleh, nicknamed Abu Saqr, has been killed by Hamas. Abu Khatleh was a senior member of the anti-Hamas militia headed by Yasser Abu Shabab.

Hamas: "Our fighters are waging a war of attrition and surprising the enemy daily with innovative field tactics, causing it to lose the initiative."

Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad leaders Mohammed Darwish and Ziyad al-Nakhaleh met to discuss the Gaza war. Hamas: "They noted with great pride and admiration the heroic performance of the resistance fighters, their courage, and their resolve."

Mohammed al-Hindi, Deputy Secretary-General of Palestinian Islamic Jihad: "We will not surrender. Time is on our side."

Fatah Secretary-General Jibril Rajoub: " I advise Hamas to hand its weapons over to the Palestinian Authority."

Hamas has about 8,000 fighters; Islamic Jihad - about 2,500, a senior Palestinian official in Ramallah told reporters on Friday.

Hamas slams US decision to impose sanctions on UN Rapporteur for Human Rights Francesca Albanese: "A blatant expression of the American administration’s bias toward Israeli war crimes and [an expression of] its disregard for UN institutions and representatives."

Egypt's Mufti blasts Muslim leaders in Europe for visiting the "Zionist entity" and accuses them of "normalization" with Israel.

The two Palestinians who carried out today's attack in Gush Etzion are Palestinian Authority police officers Mahmoud Yusef Abed and Malek Ibrahim Salem. They recently returned to the West Bank after completing their studies in Qatar.

The family of Palestinian Authority Col. Ammar Mohammed Saeed says he died after being tortured by members of the PA Military Intelligence while in detention. Saeed was arrested by the Military Intelligence on May 27. The reason for his arrest is unknown.

Senior Hamas official Izzat al-Risheq: "Gaza will not surrender. Hamas will impose its own conditions."

The car of Shiekh Wadee' Jaabari, President of the Emirate of Hebron, was torched in the village of Aissawiya in Jerusalem early Wednesday.