•Gaza Hamas said an Israeli air strike killed one of its official spokesmen in Gaza today, the latest high-ranking operative targeted since Israel resumed its bombardment. The group said in a statement it mourned the loss of Abdul Latif al-Qanou who was killed in what it called a “direct” strike on a tent he was […]
•Islamic Jihad militants escort Israeli-Russian Sasha Trupanov before handing him over to a Red Cross team in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip today Gaza militants handed three Israeli hostages over to the Red Cross today in an exchange that is also set to see the release of 369 Palestinians from Israeli custody, the […]
•Palestinian Hamas fighters escort Israeli hostages (L-R) Ohad Ben Ami, Or Levy and Eli Sharabi on a stage before handing them over to a Red Cross team today Hamas militants handed over three Israeli hostages today as part of the fifth exchange under a fragile Gaza ceasefire, with 183 prisoners held by Israel due to […]
Hamas freed three Israeli hostages while Israel released 90 Palestinian prisoners yesterday, marking the first day of a ceasefire halting a 15-month-long conflict that has ravaged the Gaza Strip and intensified tensions across the Middle East. The truce enabled Palestinians to return to bombed-out neighborhoods to begin rebuilding their lives,...
•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 […]
•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 [&...
•US President Joe Biden (left) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan The United States issued a warning yesterday against countries hosting members of Hamas, singling out Turkey after recent reports indicated possible moves by the Palestinian Islamist group’s leadership. “I’ve seen the reports that some of the leadership of Hamas, who had...
•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 […]
•Late leader of the Palestinian Hamas movement, Yahya Sinwar Hamas vowed today it would not release the hostages it seized during its October 7 attack on Israel until the Gaza war ends, as it mourned the death of its leader Yahya Sinwar. The killing of Sinwar, the mastermind of the deadliest attack in Israeli history, […]
•Antonio Guterres UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres has called on the international community to loudly condemn those “abhorrent acts” which have triggered a shocking wave of violence across the Middle East. Guterres said this in his message to mark one year since the Hamas-led terror attack during which more than 1,250 Israelis and forei...

