Israel kills Hamas operative in rare West Bank air strike
An Israeli strike killed a Hamas operative and two of his accomplices in the West Bank on Friday, the military said, in a rare use of deadly air power in ...
Israel ‘with withdraw from Gaza when Hamas fully disarms’
Israeli forces will not fully withdraw from the Gaza Strip until Hamas has completed its disarmament, US President Donald Trump’s Peace Council asserted on Monday, setting out the conditions ...
Trump hails Gaza deal, while Hamas and Israeli officials see hurdles
President Donald Trump said on Friday that a deal he announced to bring peace to Gaza was “a great breakthrough”, despite signs from both Hamas and Israel that significant hurdles ...
Trump’s Gaza Board of Peace to hold two-day Cyprus summit
The Gaza Board of Peace will hold a two-day summit in Cyprus on June 30 and July 1, Cypriot government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis confirmed on Wednesday, though he was keen to stress ...
Abbas’ loyalists win Palestine local elections, including in Gaza
Loyalists of President Mahmoud Abbas won most races in Palestinian municipal elections, officials said on Sunday, in a vote that included a Gaza Strip city for the first time in ...
Israeli attacks kill at least four Palestinians in Gaza, medics say
Israeli military attacks killed at least four Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, health officials in the enclave said.
Medics said an airstrike carried out by Israel’s forces ...
Hamas disarmament plan sees Gaza’s tunnels destroyed, arms given up in stages, text shows
Hamas would be required to allow the destruction of its vast Gaza tunnel network as it lays down its arms in stages under a disarmament plan that was presented to ...
First Israeli civilian killed in Lebanon was hit by Israeli fire
Israel said on Monday its own forces had misfired artillery that killed an Israeli farmer near the Lebanese frontier, the first Israeli civilian killed in a border conflict being waged ...
Turkey and Hamas discuss Gaza ceasefire phase two and humanitarian conditions
Turkey’s foreign minister met Hamas officials in Ankara on Monday and discussed the second phase of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza and humanitarian conditions in the enclave, a Turkish ...
Israeli fire kills 11, including journalists, Gaza health officials say
Israeli fire killed 11 Palestinians, including two boys and three journalists, in Gaza on Wednesday, local medics said, and the Israeli military said it had “eliminated” a Palestinian militant who posed ...
Gaza death toll tops 70,000, health ministry says
The number of people confirmed killed in Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip has passed the 70,000 mark, the enclave’s health ministry said on Saturday.
A total of 301 people ...
Hamas, Islamic Jihad say they will hand over body of hostage at 8 pm
The armed wings of Palestinian militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad said on Thursday they would hand over the body of an Israeli hostage at 8 pm local time (6pm GMT).
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Hamas says it will hand over bodies of two Israeli hostages
Palestinian militant group Hamas said it will hand over two bodies of deceased Israeli hostages on Thursday, a day after the tenuous Gaza ceasefire was shaken by a series of ...
Israel says it killed head of Hamas military intelligence in southern Gaza
The Israeli military said on Friday it killed the head of Hamas’ military intelligence in southern Gaza on Thursday.
In a statement, the military named the Hamas leader as Osama ...
Hamas says next hostages to be released on Sunday, a day later than expected
A Hamas official said on Monday the Palestinian militant group would next release hostages on Sunday, a day later than expected under a complex ceasefire accord reached this month with ...
US says Palestinian state should come via talks, not unilateral recognition
U.S. President Joe Biden believes a Palestinian state should be achieved through negotiations, not unilateral recognition, the White House said on Wednesday after Ireland, Spain and Norway said they ...
US warns Israel that Rafah invasion will jeopardise weapons supply as assault continues
US President Joe Biden for the first time publicly vowed to withhold weapons from Israel if its forces make a major invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza while negotiations in ...
EU sees maritime aid corridor to Gaza opening this weekend amid famine fears
The head of the European Commission said on Friday a maritime aid corridor could start operating between Cyprus and Gaza this weekend, part of accelerating Western efforts to relieve the ...
US aid policy on Gaza ‘absurd’ given military support for Israel, UN expert says
A U.N. expert on Friday criticised U.S. efforts to boost humanitarian aid to Gaza, such as plans for a temporary port and recent air drops, which he said ...
In blunt remarks, US VP Harris calls out Israel over “catastrophe” in Gaza
US Vice President Kamala Harris bluntly called out Israel on Sunday for not doing enough to ease a “humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza as the Biden administration faces increasing pressure to ...
US weighs Cyprus humanitarian corridor as famine looms in Gaza
From air drops of humanitarian aid to supply ships from Cyprus, the United States is urgently seeking ways to feed the people of Gaza as Israel resists Washington’s push ...
Foreign ministry ‘devasted’ by deaths in Gaza
Cyprus’ foreign ministry said on Friday it was “devasted by the many lives tragically lost” amongst civilians in Gaza who were trying to get humanitarian aid.
Gaza health authorities said ...
UK Parliament’s Gaza Ceasefire Resolution
There was pandemonium in the mother of parliaments at Westminster last Wednesday when the Scottish National Party (SNP) was prevented from having a vote on a call for a ceasefire ...
U.S. says Israel’s new settlements in West Bank “inconsistent” with international law
The Biden administration on Friday said Israel’s expansion of settlements in the occupied West Bank are inconsistent with international law, signaling a return to long-standing U.S. policy on ...