United States President Donald Trump has issued a threat to Hamas and the people of the Gaza Strip as part of a demand to release all Israeli captives in the besieged territory.
Washington is engaging in direct talks with Hamas as negotiations on a ceasefire accord between the Palestinian armed group and Israel are hanging by a thread.
The blockade of aid to the Gaza Strip announced by Israel last week would risk violating international humanitarian law, three European foreign ministers have warned in a statement.
A long-awaited investigation by Israel's internal law enforcement agency, the Shin Bet, has found that both political and intelligence failures led to the Hamas attack in October 2023, including a lack of coordination between the Israeli military and the Shin Bet itself.
Arab leaders have endorsed an Egyptian plan for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip that would allow its residents to remain in the besieged enclave, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has stated.
The Palestinian resistance group Hamas has urged mediators to intervene to prevent the collapse of a Gaza ceasefire accord and start negotiations for the second phase of the deal.
Two Palestinians were killed and three others injured by Israeli army fire in southern Gaza on Monday, in the latest violation of a ceasefire accord between Tel Aviv and Hamas.
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has warned that Israel's halt to humanitarian aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip will have "devastating consequences" for children and families struggling to survive.
Israel plans to implement an escalatory strategy against the Gaza Strip within a week, including cutting off electricity, assassinations and displacing Palestinians from northern to southern parts of the besieged enclave, Israeli sources have announced.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday refuted moving to the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, acknowledging his use of starvation tactics against the territory’s population to pressure the Palestinian group, Hamas.
At least four Palestinians were killed by Israeli army fire in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, taking the death toll since the ceasefire agreement in January to 116, the Health Ministry announced.
The Palestinian group Hamas says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is evading its obligations under the Gaza ceasefire agreement, calling on mediators to start negotiations for a second phase of the deal.
The Israeli government has approved a bill allowing the military to call up an additional 400,000 reserve soldiers amid delays in the start of negotiations for the second phase of a the Gaza ceasefire accord.
The Israeli government decided to stop the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip on Sunday, just hours after the official completion of the first phase of the ceasefire accord, according to Israeli media.
Israel has announced that it has agreed to a temporary ceasefire in the Gaza Strip during Ramadan and Passover, following a proposal from US Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff. The announcement came just hours after the first phase of a ceasefire was set to expire.
Hamas has rejected Israel’s “formulation” of extending the first phase of the ceasefire instead of proceeding to the second phase as originally planned, calling it unacceptable.
Anneliese Dodds, the UK’s International Development Minister, has resigned after London announced a massive cut to the international aid budget, warning that it would likely impact programs in the Gaza Strip and Sudan.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that "the coming days are critical" for maintaining the ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip and has urged all parties to uphold their commitments.
The Israeli army has released its findings after months of investigations into the Hamas attack in Oct. 2023, admitting to a "colossal failure" in anticipating the "Al-Aqsa Flood Operation" launched by the Palestinian group.
Hundreds of Palestinians held in Israeli jails and released in the Gaza Strip as part of the ceasefire agreement, once again showed signs of emaciation and abuse.
The Palestinian group Hamas has announced that its delegation concluded a visit to the Egyptian capital Cairo, where it reached an agreement to resolve a delay in releasing Palestinian prisoners who were supposed to be freed last Saturday as part of a ceasefire accord with Israel.
A US-based NGO has urged the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate former US President Joe Biden and two of his administration’s top officials, accusing them of acting as accessories to Israeli war crimes in the Gaza Strip.
Friedrich Merz, who is expected to be Germany’s next chancellor, has stated that he would make sure Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can visit Berlin despite an arrest warrant issued against him by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Israel informed the United States that it is no longer committed to the Gaza ceasefire accord, formulated during the administration of former President Joe Biden, Israeli daily Haaretz reported.
