GAZA RECONSTRUCTION: Turkey rallies Muslim allies
Turkey on Monday hosts a string of top diplomats from the Islamic world to bring their influence to bear on the future of Gaza, as fears grow for the increasingly fragile truce.
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How Washington enables Israel鈥檚 ceasefire violations
SINCE the Gaza ceasefire took effect on October 10, 2025, Israel has once again demonstrated that its impunity is limitless. In less than twenty days since following the signing of the ceasefire, Israel has murdered 226 Palestinians, injured 594, and continues to demolish homes at will. In the same period, Israel has breached the ceasefire more than 125 times...
Israel鈥檚 internationally enabled crime
GAZA does not mark the end of the settler colonial project. It marks, I fear, its final phase. Western states, enriched by their own occupations and genocides 鈥� in India, Africa, Asia, Latin America and North America 鈥� are returning to their roots as they face a global climate crisis and the obscene levels of social inequality that they engineer and sustain...
Israel denies hostage find
Israel said on Saturday that three bodies it received from Gaza the night before were not hostages held in the Palestinian territory, as a Hamas security source reported fresh strikes in the south.
100 killed in Israeli strikes聽on Gaza
Israel said it had carried out strikes on dozens of Hamas targets following the death of a soldier, with Gaza experiencing its deadliest night of bombing since a US-brokered truce went into effect earlier this month.
Hamas to return another hostage body
Hamas said it would hand over another hostage body, as the Palestinian group faced accusations of breaching the Gaza ceasefire after returning only the partial remains of a previously recovered captive to Israel...
Israel insists it calls shots in Gaza despite truce
Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted on Sunday that Israel would decide for itself when to strike its foes and which countries could join an international security force in Gaza, as Egyptian recovery crews arrived...
Armed groups clashing with Hamas in Gaza
Shortly after a ceasefire took effect in Gaza, clashes erupted between armed groups, some backed by Israel and others loyal to Hamas, as the Islamist movement sought to reassert control over the devastated territory...
Rubio vows return of all hostage bodies to Israel
US secretary of state Marco Rubio vowed Saturday to secure the return of all deceased hostages still held in Gaza, as he met with the families of two captives during his visit to Israel...
Peace summit is no guarantee for peace
THE recently concluded Gaza peace summit, sponsored by US president Donald J Trump before a US-Israel-imposed 20-point Gaza peace plan championed by the fragile peace initiative, was signed by the United States, Egypt, Qatar and T眉rkiye, with a couple of other world leaders acting as 鈥榗heerleaders.鈥� This presents a look of an international consensus. However, this...
US seeks quick deployment of int鈥檒 Gaza force
US secretary of state Marco Rubio voiced hope Friday of soon putting together an international force to police the ceasefire in Gaza and said Israel, which opposes including Turkey, could veto participants.
WHO pleads for sick Gazans to be allowed to leave
The UN鈥檚 health agency pleaded Friday for thousands of people in desperate need of medical care to be allowed to leave Gaza, in what it said would be a 鈥榞ame-changer鈥�.
Israel court postpones Gaza access
An organisation representing international media in Israel and the Palestinian territories expressed disappointment Thursday after Israel鈥檚 top court postponed its hearing on granting journalists independent access to Gaza...
US pushes plan to disarm Hamas, rebuild Gaza
Vice president JD Vance warned Wednesday that the United States and allies face a tough task disarming Hamas and building a peaceful future for Gaza, as Washington sought to reassure Israel over the next steps in its ambitious ceasefire deal...
A Gaza gambit: the art of the doomed deal
I AM rarely surprised by anything Trump says anymore. There is no lie too transparent to stop him 鈥� remember 鈥榮unny鈥檞hen it was overcast? Or his absurdly erroneous claims that he 鈥榚nded seven wars,鈥� including conflicts between Cambodia and Thailand, Kosovo and Serbia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, Pakistan and India, Israel and Iran, Egypt and...
US piles pressure on Hamas to respect聽Gaza truce
US president Donald Trump warned Hamas it will be wiped out if it breaches the Gaza ceasefire, as vice president JD Vance travelled to Israel on Tuesday to shore up the fragile truce...
Gaza ceasefire vital to deliver food, save lives: UN
Maintaining the Gaza ceasefire is critical for delivering life-saving food aid in the territory, the United Nations said Tuesday, repeating a call for all border crossings to be opened...
Trump says Gaza ceasefire still in force after Israeli strikes
US president Donald Trump said Sunday that a ceasefire in Gaza was still holding after Israel carried out deadly strikes on the territory over alleged truce violations by Hamas...
Nepal PM honours slain hostage returned from Gaza
Nepal鈥檚 interim prime minister on Monday draped a national flag over the coffin of returned Gaza hostage Bipin Joshi, released under the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas...
Israel, Hamas accuse each other of breaching Gaza truce
Gaza鈥檚 nine-day-old ceasefire came under strain Sunday after the Israeli army said it launched air strikes in response to attacks it claimed were carried out by Hamas militants against its forces.
Whitewashing gas exploration in post-genocide Gaza
IN DECEMBER 2022, Israeli ministry of energy launched the Fourth Offshore Bid Round offering new exploration licenses...
9 killed in Israeli strike on bus in Gaza
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed nine members of a single Palestinian family when they shelled a bus on Friday, after the military confirmed it had targeted a vehicle that crossed the so-called 鈥榶ellow line鈥�...
Hamas says committed to Gaza truce
Hamas insisted it was committed to returning all the hostage remains still unaccounted for under Gaza鈥檚 ruins, as a Turkish official said specialists dispatched to help find bodies were awaiting Israel鈥檚 authorisation to enter.
Trump threatens to 鈥榞o in and kill鈥� Hamas if Gaza killings continue
United States president Donald Trump threatened Thursday to 鈥榞o in and kill鈥� Hamas if it keeps killing people in Gaza, in an apparent reference to recent shootings of Palestinian civilians following a ceasefire deal with Israel...
Palestinian PM meets UN team, diplomats
The Palestinian Authority鈥檚 prime minister met Thursday with UN and diplomatic officials to present a plan for Gaza鈥檚 reconstruction, despite uncertainties over his government鈥檚 role in the war-shattered territory鈥檚 future.
Gaza to Egypt crossing remains shut Israel pushes for hostage remains
The lifeline Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt remained shut on Wednesday despite reports that it could reopen to aid convoys, as Israel insisted Hamas hand over the remains of the last deceased hostages it holds.
Gaza declaration signed
US president Donald Trump hailed a 鈥榯remendous day for the Middle East鈥� as he and regional leaders signed a declaration meant to cement a ceasefire in Gaza, hours after Israel and Hamas exchanged hostages and prisoners.
UN, ICRC demand opening of all Gaza crossings to allow in aid
The United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross called Tuesday for all crossings into Gaza to be opened to allow desperately needed aid into the war-torn Palestinian territory.
Gaza deal brings hope for Ukraine: Zelensky
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday hailed the 鈥榚xtraordinary鈥� Gaza ceasefire as bringing hope that US president Donald Trump could broker an end to the Russian invasion of his country.
