Hamas frees Israeli, Thai hostages in temporary truce
Thirteen Israelis and four Thai nationals arrived in Israel on Sunday in the second release of hostages from Hamas captivity in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in a deal briefly endangered ...
Ceasefire takes hold in Gaza ahead of hostage release, aid enters enclave (Update)
A temporary ceasefire between Israeli and Hamas forces took hold in the Gaza Strip on Friday, the first respite in 48 days of conflict that has devastated the Palestinian enclave, but ...
War rages on in Gaza as truce delayed until Friday
War raged on in Gaza on Thursday, as a proposed truce and release of hostages was delayed for at least another day.
Columns of black smoke could be seen rising ...
Israel, Hamas agree four-day truce, 50 hostages to go free
Israel and Hamas agreed on Wednesday to a ceasefire in Gaza for at least four days, to let in aid and release at least 50 hostages captured by militants in exchange ...
What do we know about Israeli hostages in Gaza?
The Israeli government voted on Wednesday to back a deal to release some of roughly 240 Israeli hostages held by Hamas militants in Gaza in exchange for a multi-day truce and ...
The secret negotiations that led to the Gaza hostages deal
Shortly after Hamas militants took hostages during their deadly assault on southern Israel on Oct. 7, the government of Qatar contacted the White House with a request: Form a small team ...
Netanyahu, Hamas indicate deal on Gaza truce and hostages close
The leader of Hamas said on Tuesday that a truce agreement with Israel was close, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he hoped for good news soon about hostages, the ...
Israel-Hamas hostage deal edges closer despite fierce fighting in Gaza
Hamas gunmen battled Israeli forces trying to push into Gaza’s largest refugee camp on Sunday, but despite the fighting U.S. and Israeli officials said a deal to free ...
Hamas battles Israeli forces in north Gaza, amid hopes of hostage deal (Updated)
Hamas gunmen battled Israeli forces trying to push into Gaza’s largest refugee camp on Sunday and at least 11 people were killed by an Israeli air strike on a house, ...
UN says starvation imminent in Gaza, no let-up in Israeli assault
UN aid deliveries to Gaza were suspended again on Friday due to shortages of fuel and a communications shutdown, deepening the misery of thousands of hungry and homeless Palestinians as ...
Israeli PM admits attempts to minimise civilian casualties “not successful”
Israeli soldiers found a tunnel shaft used by Hamas militants at Gaza’s Al Shifa hospital, the army said, while the U.N. voiced concern no aid would be delivered ...
Strikes imminent in Khan Younis, Israel warn people to evacuate
The Israeli air force dropped leaflets overnight on Thursday in eastern areas of Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip telling people to evacuate to shelters for their ...
Israeli president says Israel cannot leave a vacuum in Gaza, Biden warns this is a mistake
Israeli President Isaac Herzog said Israel cannot leave a vacuum in Gaza and would have to maintain a strong force there for the near future to prevent Hamas from re-emerging ...
Hamas command centre, weapons found at Gaza hospital, Israeli military says
Israeli troops found a command centre and weapons and combat gear belonging to Palestinian Hamas militants in Gaza’s biggest hospital on Wednesday, Israel’s military said, in a campaign ...
Turkey’s Erdogan labels Israel a ‘terror state’, slams its backers in West
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday Israel was a “terror state” committing war crimes and violating international law in Gaza, sharpening his repeated criticism of Israeli leaders and their ...
Israeli troops scour Gaza’s Al Shifa hospital for Hamas fighters, arms
Israeli troops entered Gaza’s biggest hospital on Wednesday and searched its rooms and basement, witnesses said, in pursuit of Palestinian Hamas militants, an operation that has stoked global alarm ...
WHO loses contact with Gaza hospital staff after raid
The head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday it had lost touch with health personnel at Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza after Israeli forces began raiding the facility.
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Palestinians living through ‘ongoing Nakba’, ambassador tells MPs
The events unfolding in Gaza are nothing short of genocide, Palestinian ambassador to Cyprus Abdallah Attari told MPs on Tuesday, calling on the country to be on the right side ...
Palestinians dig mass grave inside encircled Gaza hospital, no plan to rescue babies
Palestinians trapped inside Gaza’s biggest hospital were digging a mass grave on Tuesday to bury patients who died under Israeli encirclement, and said no plan was in place to ...
Israeli military says it found signs hostages were held in Gaza hospital
The Israeli military shared video and photographs on Monday showing what it said were weapons stored by Hamas in the basement of a children’s hospital in Gaza where it ...
Biden says Gaza hospitals ‘must be protected’
U.S. President Joe Biden said hospitals in the Gaza Strip must be protected and he hoped for “less intrusive” action by Israel as Israeli tanks advanced to the gates ...
Foreign minister details humanitarian corridor at Foreign Affairs Council
Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos outlined Cyprus’ proposal for a maritime humanitarian corridor to Gaza from Cyprus, referring to solutions that can be implemented at different stages depending on developments, during ...
Nothing to sell: Empty shelves in southern Gaza as population swells
Most of the shelves were bare at Hassan Abu Shabab’s convenience store in the centre of Khan Younis, a town in southern Gaza whose population has ballooned as tens ...
Largest Gaza hospital ‘not functioning’, newborns dying
The largest hospital in Gaza has ceased to function and fatalities among patients are rising, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday, as a fierce Israeli ...