Israel said on Sunday that it was suspending the entry of supplies into Gaza, with deadly attacks reported in the territory after it and Hamas hit an impasse over how to proceed with their fragile ceasefire...
Palestinian group Hamas called on Friday for international pressure on Israel to enter the next phase of a ceasefire that has largely halted the war in Gaza, as negotiations were resuming in Cairo.
IT HAS the feeling of a ghastly ending, one pushed along by desperation and eagerness. First, levelling Gaza and turning it to an uninhabitable moonscape, with the promise of a territory free of Palestinians. Then, displacing and destroying the already precarious holdings of Palestinian residents in the West Bank, all the time subjecting them to curfews, arrests and...
Hamas will hand over the bodies of four Israeli hostages on Thursday in what it said would be an exchange for more than 600 Palestinian prisoners, capping the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire deal...
ISRAEL and the聽Palestinian聽movement Hamas reached a ceasefire agreement on January 15, bringing a pause to Israel鈥檚 ruthless 15-month onslaught on the enclave that killed more than 48,000 Palestinians. The agreement came ino force on January 19. On January 20, Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th US president. On January 7, the president-elect Donald Trump...
Palestinian group Islamic Jihad on Monday accused Israel of wanting to 鈥榓nnex the West Bank by force鈥� after Israel deployed tanks into the occupied territory for the first time in decades.
Israel on Sunday said troops would stay in West Bank refugee camps for the coming year, announcing expanded military operations including tank deployments, after the displacement of tens of thousands of Palestinians...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday said he would ensure 鈥楬amas pays the full price鈥� for failing to hand over Israeli mother Shiri Bibas after the militant group released a body Israel said was not hers....
Hamas signalled on Wednesday that it was willing to free all remaining hostages held in Gaza in a single swap during the next phase of the on-going ceasefire agreement...
SINCE January 20, 2025, the world has closely watched the exchange of captives between Israel and Hamas. This ceasefire 鈥� despite its fragility and Israel鈥檚 repeated violations 鈥� took effect on January 19, 2025. It marks a critical moment that underscores the immense physical and psychological toll the genocide has inflicted on both sides. The first swap saw 3 Israelis...
Qatar, a key mediator in the Gaza conflict, said on Tuesday that Palestinians 鈥� not outsiders 鈥� must decide the territory鈥檚 future after the Israel-Hamas war...
Israeli troops withdrew from all but five points in south Lebanon on Tuesday, allowing displaced residents to return to border villages largely destroyed in more than a year of hostilities.
Israel was poised to again miss a deadline for withdrawing its troops from Lebanon after the military said Monday it would remain in five 鈥榮trategic points鈥� despite pushback from Beirut.
Hamas said an Israeli strike on Sunday killed two police officers and wounded another near the southern Gaza city of Rafah, a day after Israel and militants carried out a hostage-prisoner swap.
Palestinian militants released three Israeli hostages on Saturday in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian inmates freed by Israel, completing the latest swap despite fears the Gaza truce deal was near collapse.
Lebanese official media said an Israeli drone struck the country鈥檚 south on Saturday, without reporting casualties, days before a deadline in a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.
The International Committee of the Red Cross, which has facilitated the ongoing hostage-prisoner swaps between Israel and Hamas, said on Friday that it was 鈥榲ery concerned鈥� about the condition of the remaining captives held in Gaza....
Hamas said Thursday it was committed to honouring a truce with Israel that has come under severe strain in recent days, adding that it planned to proceed with the next hostage-prisoner swap this weekend as planned...
Mediators Qatar and Egypt were pushing to resolve a crisis in the Gaza ceasefire on Wednesday, a Palestinian source said, after Israel and the United States told Hamas to release hostages this weekend or face a return to war...
鈥楢 year of combat鈥欌�攖his is how Israel鈥檚 new chief of staff, Eyal Zamir, described 2025 at a conference organised by the Israeli ministry of defence...
The Gaza ceasefire appeared increasingly fragile Tuesday after Hamas said US president Donald Trump鈥檚 latest warning 鈥榝urther complicates鈥� the agreement with Israel, which has so far led to five hostage-prisoner swaps...
PRESIDENT Donald J Trump likes teasing out the unmentionable, and the Israel-Palestinian situation was hardly going to be any different. With a touch of horror and the grotesque, he offered a solution to the issue of what would happen to Gaza at the conclusion of hostilities. In a White House press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he...
Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries condemned on Sunday remarks by Israel鈥檚 prime minister who appeared to suggest in an interview that a Palestinian state could be established on Saudi territory...
Israel and Hamas completed their fifth hostage-prisoner swap under a fragile Gaza ceasefire deal on Saturday, with the frail, disoriented appearance of the three freed Israelis sparking dismay among their relatives.
The Israeli military said it carried out an air strike on Saturday targeting a weapons depot used by Palestinian militant group Hamas in southern Syria.
The United States on Friday announced the approval of the sale of more than $7.4 billion in bombs, missiles and related equipment to Israel, which has used American-made weapons to devastating effect during the war in Gaza.
An Israeli campaign group urged the government on Friday to stick with the Gaza truce ahead of a fifth hostage-prisoner swap, after explosive comments by US president Donald Trump raised questions over the future of the deal.
The International Criminal Court slammed sanctions Friday slapped by US President Donald Trump over its probes targeting America and Israel and pledged to press on with its aim to fight for 鈥榡ustice and hope鈥� around the world.
US president Donald Trump鈥檚 plan to take over Gaza will imperil attempts to forge landmark ties between Saudi Arabia and Israel and fuel anti-American sentiment in the oil-rich kingdom, analysts said.
Israel鈥檚 defence minister ordered the army on Thursday to prepare for 鈥榲oluntary鈥� departures from Gaza, after US president Donald Trump proposed moving Palestinians out of the territory.
