Hamas has approved a Gaza truce and hostage release deal, Palestinian sources close to negotiations said Wednesday, after mediator Qatar expressed hope an agreement to end the war could be reached very soon...
A Hamas official said Sunday the group was ready to free 34 hostages in the 鈥榝irst phase鈥� of a potential deal with Israel, after Israel said indirect talks on a truce and hostage release agreement had resumed in Qatar...
Hamas and Israel traded accusations on Wednesday over delays in finalising a ceasefire and hostage release agreement for Gaza, despite continued efforts by mediators to broker a deal in the latest round of negotiations.
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency said a series of Israeli strikes on Thursday killed at least 30 Palestinians, with the Israeli military confirming it targeted Hamas members in one attack.
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency said Israeli strikes Monday across the territory killed at least 12 people, the majority displaced Palestinians taking shelter in a house in the north...
Israeli officials arrived in Doha in Qatar on Monday for talks aimed at a Gaza ceasefire and a hostage-prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas...
Qatar has resumed its role as a mediator in efforts to secure a truce in the Israel-Hamas war following a brief suspension, a source with knowledge of the talks said on Thursday...
Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas鈥檚 Fatah party have agreed to create a committee to jointly administer post-war Gaza, negotiators from both sides said on Tuesday...
A Hamas delegation discussed a ceasefire in Gaza with Egyptian intelligence officials, two officials from the Palestinian Islamist group said on Monday.
THE International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on November 21 for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former defence minister Yoav Gallant and Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif, citing alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity linked to the ongoing Gaza conflict. This unprecedented move by the Hague-based court has sent...
The United Nations chief on Tuesday denounced the 鈥榮ystematic鈥� looting of humanitarian aid in Gaza, a day after the territory鈥檚 Hamas authorities said 20 people were killed in a security operation targeting such actions...
A senior Hamas official on Friday said the group is 鈥榬eady for a ceasefire鈥� in Gaza, urging US president-elect Donald Trump to 鈥榩ressure鈥� Israel as it continued to pound the Palestinian territory.
Israel bombarded Hezbollah and Hamas targets in Lebanon and Gaza on Sunday, with no respite in the conflict one day after its strikes on Iran raised fears of a broader war...
IN RECENT times, Israel鈥檚 geopolitical calculus has taken even more aggressive steps and strategies, executing the high-profile assassinations of Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar and Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah鈥檚 Hassan Nasrallah. These killings are part of a broader strategy rooted in Israel鈥檚 longstanding policy of targeted assassinations 鈥� once covert but...
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency said Thursday more than 770 people have been killed in the north of the territory since Israel launched an assault aimed at preventing Hamas from regrouping there.
Hamas vowed on Friday 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 Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar brought no respite for Palestinians in Gaza, as Israeli air strikes and shelling continued unabated in the territory already devastated by...
Israel conducted raids on Gaza on Friday after killing Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.
Rescuers in Gaza said Israel conducted a deadly air strike Thursday on a school housing families displaced by the war, though the Israeli military said it was a Hamas command centre.
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency on Tuesday said an Israeli strike killed at least 17 people at a refugee camp in the centre of the territory, as Israel鈥檚 military targets Hamas positions.
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency said on Sunday that Israeli air strikes in Jabaliya killed at least 17 people as Israeli forces said they had surrounded the area to prevent Hamas from regrouping.
Israel announced the expansion of its war aims on Tuesday, widening its nearly year-long fight against Hamas in Gaza to focus on Hezbollah along its northern border with Lebanon...
Israel bombed a school housing displaced Palestinians in central Gaza, which rescuers said killed 18 people, including UN staffers, while the Israeli army said it hit a Hamas control centre...
The war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza entered its 12 month Saturday with little sign of respite for the Palestinian territory or hope for Israeli hostages still held captive...
Hamas on Thursday accused Benjamin Netanyahu of trying to 鈥榯hwart鈥� a Gaza truce deal, after the Israeli premier said the Palestinian militant group has 鈥榬ejected everything鈥� in negotiations...
The United States said on Tuesday it was time to 鈥榝inalise鈥� a deal between Israel and Hamas to end the Gaza war, after Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu鈥檚 refusal to bow to pressure...
The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said on Tuesday that at least 40,476 people have been killed in the war between Israel and Palestinian militants, now in its 11th month...
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency said an Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter killed at least 12 people on Tuesday, while the Israeli military said it struck a Hamas command centre...
THERE is only one way to end the ongoing genocide in Gaza. It is not through bilateral negotiations. Israel has amply demonstrated, including with the assassination of the lead Hamas negotiator, Ismail Haniyeh, that it has no interest in a permanent ceasefire...
The United Nations on Monday condemned 鈥榰nacceptable鈥� levels of violence that are now commonplace against humanitarian workers after a record 280 were killed worldwide in 2023...
