Israel, Hamas and ceasefire
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Yet according to multiple testimonies from Gaza, Hamas is on its last legs. Its military and political leadership has been almost entirely eliminated. Its government no longer governs. Gangs and looters are filling the vacuum.
Hamas has criticized the United States sanctions against Francesca Albanese, a senior United Nations Human Rights Council official, for her alleged antisemitism, support for terrorism and "open contempt for the United States, Israel, and the West".
Once a convicted smuggler jailed by Hamas, Yaser Abu Shabab now leads an armed force in Rafah — hailed by some as a symbol of local resistance, feared by others as a dangerous gamble.
Omer looks different now, after spending 505 days in captivity in Gaza. His brown hair is cropped shorter than the floppy waves that fell across his forehead back in 2023 – an image familiar to Israelis from posters demanding the return of the hostages who had been kidnapped by Hamas during the October 7th attacks.
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As Israel and Hamas move closer to a ceasefire agreement, Israel says it wants to maintain troops in a southern corridor of the Gaza Strip — a condition that could derail the talks.
Senior strategic analyst Gen. Jack Keane (Ret.) discusses Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's threat to resume fighting if a deal is not reached and reports that some of Iran's enriched uranium survived the attacks.
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a controversial U.S.-backed aid distribution initiative supported by Israel, is currently the primary method for Palestinians in devastated Gaza to access supplies in designated spots after Israel lifted its aid blockade in mid-May.
Thirteen women and two men who survived captivity by Hamas said they experienced or witnessed sexual violence while held hostage in Gaza, according to a new report by a group of Israeli researchers known as the Dinah Project.
Trustees of a mosque in south Wales have been given a formal warning by the Charity Commission after sharing a video in the wake of the October 7 terrorist attacks showing a "positive image" of Hamas, a proscribed terrorist group in the UK.
Hamas has called on Palestinians in the West Bank to rise up following deadly Israeli settler attacks, including the killing of Palestinian-American Saif Al-Din Muslat. The group blames Israel’s far-right government for escalating settler violence and is urging mass mobilization across all governorates.