Hamas on Monday released 20 living Israeli hostages to the country’s defence forces in Gaza under a ceasefire agreement brokered by United States President Donald Trump. On October 9, Israel and Hamas agreed to the first phase of a ceasefire plan that will see the release of all hostages and a withdrawal of Israeli troops…
At least 27 people have been killed in fierce clashes between Hamas security forces and armed members of the Dughmush family in Gaza City, in one of the most violent internal confrontations since the end of major Israeli operations in the enclave. Masked Hamas gunmen exchanged fire with clan fighters near the city’s Jordanian hospital,…
Israel’s government has approved the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release plan, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says in a statement. “The government has just approved the framework for the release of all the hostages — both the living and the deceased,” the statement reads. Donald Trump says Israeli hostages could be released on “Monday…
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Friday announced that it had killed Muhammad Abd al-Aziz Abu Zubaida, described as the Head of the Palestine District of ISIS and the most senior figure of the terrorist group operating in Gaza. This was revealed in a statement shared on its official X handle on Friday. It reads:…
A UN-backed body has confirmed famine in Gaza City for the first time, marking a grim milestone in the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a global initiative involving UN agencies, aid groups, and governments, has raised its classification for the Gaza Governorate, which includes Gaza City…
Israel’s defence minister has approved a plan for the conquest of Gaza City and authorised the call-up of around 60,000 reservists to carry it out, his ministry confirmed on Wednesday. Defence Minister Israel Katz’s move, confirmed to AFP by a spokesperson, piled pressure on Hamas as mediators pushing for a ceasefire in the nearly two-year…
Hundreds of thousands of Israelis joined a rally in Tel Aviv on Sunday, organizers said, calling on the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach an immediate truce with Hamas to free hostages held in Gaza. The evening rally followed a day of protest across the country called for by the relatives of hostages…
The death of the prominent Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif, killed along with four colleagues in an Israeli airstrike on Sunday, has prompted condemnation from around the world, as hundreds of mourners carried their bodies through the streets of Gaza City. Sharif, one of Al Jazeera’s most recognisable faces in Gaza, was killed while inside…
Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli air strikes on Sunday killed at least 29 Palestinians, including six children, near a water distribution point. The attacks came with apparent deadlock in a week of indirect talks in Qatar between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas for a ceasefire in the territory. Civil defence spokesman Mahmud…
Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli strikes killed at least 44 people across the war-ravaged Palestinian territory on Tuesday. “Civil defence teams have transferred (to hospitals) at least 44 dead, mostly children and women, as well as dozens of wounded, following new massacres committed by the occupation” across Gaza since 1:00 am (2200 GMT Monday),…