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Israeli officials say key decisions on the second phase of the Gaza cease-fire hinge on Trump's position, including how Hamas' disarmament would be tied to an IDF withdrawal

The Israeli government has strong arguments regarding the IPC's decision to declare a Phase 5 famine in Gaza in August. This cannot erase the cruel policy of deliberate starvation led by Netanyahu that resulted in the deaths of hundreds

The United States (US) is facing a delicate balancing act in defining the mandate for a proposed International Stabilisation Force (ISF) in Gaza. Any plan must address the concerns of potential troop-contributing countries while also satisfying Israel’s security demands — a combination that has so far proven elusive. As diplomats gathered this week in Doha and Miami, it became clear that clarity on legal authority, rules of engagement, and operational responsibilities is a prerequisite for any country, particularly Muslim-majority nations, to commit troops. Until these questions are resolved, phase two of the Gaza peace plan risks remaining largely a blueprint on paper rather than an actionable plan. Consultations in Doha and Miami Earlier this week, the United States and its partners convened a conference in Doha, Qatar, bringing together representatives from more than two dozen countries to discuss key aspects of the ISF, including leadership, rules of engagement, and operational structure. The meeting, how...

De la intrarea în vigoare, pe 10 octombrie, a acordului de încetare a focului, cel puțin 401 persoane au fost ucise de atacuri israeliene în Fâşia Gaza, a raportat sâmbătă, în buletinul său zilnic, Ministerul Sănătăţii din enclava palestiniană, aflat sub controlul Hamas.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday disclosed that Pakistan had accepted inclusion in the proposed International Stabilisation Force (ISF) for Gaza, while stopping short of confirming a firm troop commitment. Last Tuesday, Pakistan attended a conference in Qatar, which was hosted by US Central Command, to discuss the ISF’s command structure and other unresolved operational issues. Pakistan was among nearly 45 countries attending the meeting. Responding to a question on whether Washington had received Pakistan’s consent to deploy troops for peacebuilding in Gaza, Rubio said the United States was “very grateful to Pakistan for their offer to be a part of it, or at least their offer to consider being a part of it,” adding that further clarity was still required before any country could be asked to formally commit. “I feel very confident that we have a number of nation-states acceptable to all sides of this who are willing to step forward and be a part of that stabilisation force and certainly, Pakistan i...

Secretarul de stat american Marco Rubio a avertizat vineri, 19 decembrie că „nu va exista pace” în Fâşia Gaza fără dezarmarea grupării islamiste Hamas, relatează AFP.

More than 1,000 patients have died while waiting for urgent medical evacuation from war-ravaged Gaza in the last year and a half, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X that the UN agency and its partners had “evacuated over 10,600 patients from Gaza with severe health conditions, including over 5,600 children” since the start of the war more than two years ago. But he warned that “many more patients remain in Gaza awaiting evacuation to receive appropriate healthcare”. Citing numbers from the health ministry in Gaza, Tedros said that 1,092 patients were known to have died while awaiting medical evacuation just between July 2024 and November 28, 2025. “This figure is likely underreported,” he warned, calling on “more countries to open doors to patients from Gaza, and for medical evacuation to the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, to be restored”. “Lives depend on it.” The WHO has previously estimated that more than 16,500 patients still need treat...

The U.S. president says insists that the second phase of Gaza plan is a done deal - but complains that obstacles keep piling up - and his administration fears that Israel is intentionally trying to sabotage it ■ Meanwhile, the prime minister will take off for the U.S. while all fronts - Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Iran - are volatile

• FO says discussions ongoing; Islamabad has not been formally requested to deploy troops • Andrabi, White House say no Munir-Trump meeting planned ‘at this time’ ISLAMABAD: No decision has been taken yet on contributing troops to the planned International Stabilisation Force (ISF) for Gaza, the Foreign Office said on Thursday, seeking to quell renewed speculation about Washington’s pressure on Islamabad for joining the mission. “About Pakistan’s participation in the ISF, we have not taken a decision to participate in ISF as yet,” Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Hussain Andrabi said at the weekly media briefing. ISF forms a key component of US President Donald Trump’s plan to end the Gaza conflict, a 20-point framework announced in September that facilitated a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in October. On Nov 17, the United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution, with Russia and China abstaining, endorsing the plan and authorising the establishment of the ISF as a temporary multinational force to...

Instead of being a refugee from Majdal residing in Gaza, displaced and living in a tent, or perhaps dead, I am a Palestinian citizen of Israel, or an 'Israeli Arab,' an 'enemy within,' or a source of content for the Israeli actor/activist Noa Tishby's propaganda

Thanks to its ties with Turkey and Israel, Azerbaijan was considered an ideal country to take part in the U.S.-led international stabilization force for the Gaza Strip. However, Haaretz has learned that it tends to lean away from Gaza or from committing to the Abraham Accords

The paramedic died in Israeli military custody the same day he was detained during a coordinated medical evacuation in northern Gaza. His family learned of his death only after petitioning the court, and the autopsy results remain undisclosed

Saad was considered one of the two most senior figures of the organization's military wing still alive, alongside Hamas's leader in Gaza, Izz al-Din al-Haddad. Palestinian media reported that four people were killed in the strike

• International Stabilisation Force ‘won’t fight Hamas’; Indonesia says it is preparing to deploy 20,000 troops for health, construction-related tasks • Muslim bloc foreign ministers back UNRWA amid talk of ‘terror designation’ WASHINGTON: International troops could be deployed in the Gaza Strip as early as next month to form a UN-authorised stabilisation force, two US officials told Reuters, but it remains unclear how Hamas will be disarmed. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the International Stabilisation Force (ISF) would not fight Hamas. They said lots of countries had expressed interest in contributing and US officials are currently working out the size of the ISF, composition, housing, training and rules of engagement. An American two-star general is being considered to lead the ISF but no decisions have been made, the officials said. Deployment of the force is a key part of the next phase of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan. Under the first phase, a fragile ceasefire in...

U.S. intelligence officials briefly withheld live drone feeds and limited Israel's use of some targeting information during the Gaza war over concerns about civilian casualties and alleged mistreatment of Palestinian prisoners, resuming sharing only after Israel provided assurances

International troops could be deployed in the Gaza Strip as early as next month to form a UN-authorized stabilisation force, two US officials told Reuters, but it remains unclear how Palestinian Hamas fighters will be disarmed. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the International Stabilisation Force (ISF) would not fight Hamas. They said lots of countries had expressed interest in contributing and US officials are currently working out the size of the ISF, composition, housing, training and rules of engagement. An American two-star general is being considered to lead the ISF but no decisions have been made, the officials said. A displaced Palestinian man clears muddy water in a flooded tent camp on a rainy day in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, December 12, 2025. —Reuters Deployment of the force is a key part of the next phase of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan. Under the first phase, a fragile ceasefire in the two-year war began on October 10 and Hamas has released hostages and...

Eitan Mor, who was among the 20 Israeli hostages released as part of the U.S.-brokered Gaza cease-fire deal in October, told an Israeli news site that the hunger in Gaza City began 'about a month' after October 7 – creating especially difficult conditions in the tunnels – and that he met the current leader of Hamas in Gaza twice

In recent weeks, senior European representatives were denied entry to the coordination center in southern Israel. A European source said the Americans were displeased and noted the move was Israel's request, reflecting its long-standing policy against unifying the West Bank and Gaza under one authority

Despite the Israel-Hamas cease-fire taking effect in October, thousands in Gaza still live in makeshift tents with little protection from the rain. Displaced persons' camps are flooded with garbage and sewage, increasing the risk of infectious diseases

The Israeli officer killed in the 2014 Gaza war and held in the enclave until last month; in an IDF tour for journalists, army officials tried to frame his return as a military achievement, even though it was secured through an agreement with Hamas