Qatar agreed in recent weeks to kick Hamas out of the country following a request from the US to do so, capping off months of failed attempts to try to get the Palestinian group – whose top leaders reside in Doha – to accept a ceasefire and captive release deal in the Gaza war, US and Qatari sources told CNN.
Leader of the Islamic Revoluiton Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has stated that the struggles of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders, Yahya Sinwar and Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, served to change the fate of West Asia.
Huge crowds of Israeli demonstrators gathered in several cities across the occupied territories Saturday, demanding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government make the return of hostages in the Gaza Strip their top priority.
A new picture has surfaced in social media showing Yahya Sinwar, the assassinated leader of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas in a meeting with the Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei over 12 years ago.
Iran’s Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has praised Hamas political chief Yahya Sinwar, referring to him as a victorious fighter, and affirmed that the Resistance Front will continue its path despite Sinwar's martyrdom. He also added the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas is "alive and will remain alive."
The body of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar could be used as a “bargaining chip” in exchange for the release of Israeli hostages being held in the Gaza Strip, Israeli sources told CNN.
Iran's permanent mission to the United Nations has dismissed US media reports claiming that Tehran had foreknowledge of the military operation launched last year by Hamas against Israel.
The United States Treasury Department has designated sanctions for three individuals and one charity it claims are prominent international financial supporters of Hamas, as well as one Hamas-controlled financial institution in Gaza.
The armed wing of the Palestinian group Hamas has claimed responsibility for a shooting attack in Jaffa, near Tel Aviv, which killed seven people and injured many others.
The head of the political bureau of Hamas resistance movement has congratulated Yemen's Houthis for firing a ballistic missile deep into Israel, stating that the launch sent a clear message to Tel Aviv.
The Palestinian group Hamas announced it is ready to implement an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip based on a plan by US President Joe Biden presented earlier this year.
Tel Aviv has proposed giving safe passage out of the Gaza Strip to Hamas’s leader Yahya Sinwar in exchange for freeing hostages it kidnapped during the Oct. 7 attack and giving up control of the enclave, a senior Israeli official told Bloomberg News.
Palestinian group Hamas has condemned Israel's torture and humiliation of Palestinian detainees in Megiddo Prison, calling on the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to document such crimes.
A ranking Iranian military official has stressed that Israel should not doubt Tehran’s resolve to retaliate over the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in late July.
The Palestinian group Hamas announced that there is no need for new proposals to reach an agreement in the Gaza Strip and called on the international community to pressure Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government to honor the commitments already made in previous negotiations.
As Iran threatens to attack Israel over the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, its long-vaunted missile program offers one of the few ways for the Islamic Republic to strike back directly, but questions loom over just how much of a danger it poses.
The United States Justice Department has announced criminal charges against top leaders of the Palestinian group Hamas over their roles in the October 7 attacks in southern Israel in what some see as a largely symbolic move against the movement.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is looking for an "imaginary victory" in the Gaza Strip that he has not succeeded in selling to his audience, the Palestinian group Hamas has announced.
The armed wing of the Palestinian group Hamas has warned that Israeli captives held in the Gaza Strip would return “in coffins” if Israeli military pressure continues.
Israel’s main international airport suspended flights Monday and train services operated in a reduced format as part of a general strike following public fury over the deaths of six captives in the Gaza Strip as calls mount for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to secure a ceasefire-for-hostages deal with Palestinians
Hardline US Senator Lindsey Graham has blasted Iran for the death of six Israeli captives in the Gaza Strip, and pressed the administration of US President Joe Biden and Israel’s government to target Iran’s oil refineries in response.
Senior Hamas official Izzat al-Risheq has stated that the six Israeli captives found dead in a tunnel in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday were killed in the regime's air strikes.
Israel has confirmed the deaths of six more hostages taken in the October 2023 attack by Hamas after the captives’ bodies were found in a Gaza tunnel during military operations in the besieged strip.