•Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas Palestinian president, Mahmud Abbas “strongly rejected” today his US counterpart Donald Trump’s proposal to “take over” and “own” the Gaza Strip. “President Mahmud Abbas and the Palestinian leadership expressed their strong rejection of calls to seize the Gaza Strip and displace Palestinians outside their ho...
•Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) attends a meeting in the command center of the defense ministry Israel’s security cabinet approved in a vote today a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal that should take effect this weekend, the prime minister’s office said. The agreement, which must now go to the full cabinet for a final [&helli...
•People check the rubble of buildings hit in Israeli strikes last night in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip After news of a ceasefire agreement sparked mass rejoicing in Gaza, residents woke up today to columns of smoke, rubble and more deaths following new Israeli air strikes. “We were waiting for the truce and were […]
•People celebrating along a street in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip yesterday Crowds of Gazans chanted and embraced yesterday as news spread that a ceasefire and hostage release deal had been reached between Israel and Hamas aimed at ending more than 15 months of war in the Palestinian territory. After a US official […]
•Men and children stand by a collapsed building at the site of Israeli bombardment on a residential block in Jalaa street, Gaza city, yesterday Hamas has approved a draft deal for a ceasefire in Gaza, with Israel’s cabinet debating the conditions, officials suggest. A truce, if agreed, would put an end to over a year […]
•People stand from afar to view the site of reported Israeli bombardment Hamas and Israel traded accusations today over delays in finalising a ceasefire and hostage release deal, after both had reported progress in the latest round of Gaza truce talks. Indirect negotiations mediated by Qatar, Egypt and the United States have taken place in [&...
•UN General Assembly The UN General Assembly will today vote on a draft resolution that seeks an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, a symbolic gesture after the US previously vetoed a similar action in the UN Security Council. In addition to calling for “an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire,” the draft resolution seeks “the immediate ...
•Donald Trump A senior Hamas official said today that the group is “ready for a ceasefire” in Gaza and requested US President-elect Donald Trump to pressure Israel to end the war. “Hamas is ready to reach a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip if a ceasefire proposal is presented and on the condition that it is […]
Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli air strikes hit two homes at dawn today in Khan Yunis, the territory’s main southern city, killing at least 20 people. Fourteen people were killed in a strike that hit the home of the Al-Fara family, and another six were killed in a separate air raid, according to agency […]
•Late Hamas chief, Yahya Sinwar Israel conducted raids on Gaza today, pressing its year-long war to crush Hamas after dealing it a massive blow with the killing of its leader, Yahya Sinwar. Hailing the killing of Sinwar, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the war sparked by Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack was not over, […]...

