Ayushmann Khurrana and Anees Bazmee are rumoured to be collaborating for a horror-comedy titled Bhootiyapa. While the project hasn’t been officially announced, several reports state that the final discussions are underway.

The same reports state that the actor and director are figuring out how their dates as both have other projects on their plates. While Ayushmann has a Sourav Ganguly biopic, Anees has a No Entry sequel to direct. However, the project may soon be announced if the two agree on the right timings for filming.

As stated earlier, Khurrana will be seen next in a Sourav Ganguly’s biopic. Anees Bazmee is preparing for Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 and No Entry 2.

The teaser for Pushpa 2: The Rule released some time back and it has garnered many reactions from fans. However, some social media users have been of the opinion that there are similarities between Pushpa 2: The Rule and Rishab Shetty’s Kantara.

Many netizens have noted that Allu Arjun’s entry scene in Pushpa 2 and the entry scene of Shetty in Kantara are similar. However, many are dismissing these claims stating that the visuals look very different.

Kantara star Rishab Shetty, on the other hand, took to social media to praise Pushpa 2’s teaser. He called it “amazing” and congratulated the cast and crew for the movie. Pushpa 2: The Rule promises a great cinematic experience. The cast comprises Allu Arjun, Rashmika Mandanna, and Fahadh Faasil in lead roles. It is slated to release on August 15, 2024.

Three sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza on Wednesday, the Palestinian Islamist group and Haniyeh’s family said.

The three sons – Hazem, Amir and Mohammad – were killed after the car they were driving in was bombed in Gaza’s Al-Shati camp, Hamas said. Two of Haniyeh’s grandchildren were also killed in the attack and a third was wounded, Hamas media said.

“Our demands are clear and specific and we will not make concessions on them. The enemy will be delusional if it thinks that targeting my sons, at the climax of the negotiations and before the movement sends its response, will push Hamas to change its position,” Haniyeh told pan-Arab Al Jazeera TV.

“The blood of my sons is not dearer than the blood of our people,” said Haniyeh, who is based abroad in the Gulf Arab state of Qatar.

Haniyeh has been the tough-talking face of Hamas’ international diplomacy as war with Israel has raged back in the Gaza Strip, where his family home was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike back in November.

Hamas said on Tuesday it was studying an Israeli ceasefire proposal but that it was “intransigent” and did not meet any of the Palestinian demands.

In the seventh month of a war in which Israel’s air and ground offensive has devastated Gaza, Hamas wants an end to Israeli military operations and a withdrawal from the enclave, and permission for displaced Palestinians to return home.

Haniyeh’s eldest son confirmed in a Facebook post that his three brothers were killed. “Thanks to God who honoured us by the martyrdom of my brothers, Hazem, Amir and Mohammad and their children,” wrote Abdel-Salam Haniyeh.

Appointed to the group’s top job in 2017, Haniyeh has moved between Turkey and Qatar’s capital Doha, avoiding Israeli-imposed travel restrictions in blockaded Gaza and enabling him to act as a negotiator in the latest ceasefire negotiations, or communicate with Hamas’ main ally Iran.

Israel regards the entire Hamas leadership as terrorists, accusing Haniyeh and other leaders of continuing to “pull the strings of the Hamas terror organisation”.

But how much Haniyeh knew about the Oct. 7 cross-border attack on Israel by Gaza-based operatives beforehand is not clear. The attack plan, drawn up by the Hamas military council in Gaza, was such a closely guarded secret that some Hamas officials abroad seemed shocked by its timing and scale.

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