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Gaza’s Nasser Hospital in the southern city of Khan Yunis on Wednesday said it had received the bodies of 15 Palestinian prisoners under the US-brokered ceasefire exchange deal. “The tenth batch of the bodies of Palestinian martyrs has arrived at Nasser Medical Complex in the Gaza Strip, numbering 15 martyrs,” the hospital said in a statement, noting that 285 bodies were received under the agreement in total. They were returned in exchange for the latest hostage body handed back from Gaza on Tuesday, that of Israeli-American soldier Itay Chen. Under the terms of the US-brokered agreement in effect since October 10, Israel returns 15 bodies of Palestinians for every body it receives of an Israeli hostage who had been held in Gaza. At the start of the truce, Hamas held 48 hostages in Gaza — 20 alive and 28 deceased. The militants have since released all the surviving captives, as well as 21 of the deceased’s remains. Israel has accused Hamas of dragging its feet in returning the bodies of deceased hostages, whi...

Chen, a dual U.S. and Israeli citizen, was killed during Hamas' initial attacks on October 7, 2023 ■ 21 deceased hostages have been handed over to Israel during the current cease-fire, with seven remaining in Gaza

There is a clear disconnect between high-level meetings by the U.S. and Arab officials on Gaza, which promise security and direction, and the suffering and death of Palestinians on the ground, which reveal the lack thereof

Un proiect american de rezoluție ONU prevede trimiterea unei forțe internaționale în Gaza și acordarea unui mandat de doi ani Statelor Unite pentru administrarea și securizarea teritoriului.

The United States is seeking approval from the United Nations for the establishment of an International Security Force (ISF) in Gaza with a mandate of at least two years, Axios reported on Tuesday. According to the report, the US sent several UN Security Council (UNSC) members a draft resolution yesterday outlining the establishment of its proposed security force to maintain security in the Palestinian enclave. Axios, which obtained a copy of the draft, said that the resolution was designated “sensitive but unclassified”. It reported that the resolution would give the US and other participating countries a broad mandate to deploy security forces to govern Gaza until the end of 2027, and allowed the possibility of extensions beyond that time. The force would be established “in consultation with the Gaza ‘Board of Peace’”, to be chaired by US President Donald Trump, the publication reported. The Board of Peace is also to remain in place “at least through the end of 2027”. However, a US official told Axios that ...

De Verenigde Staten hebben een ontwerpresolutie naar verschillende leden van de VN-Veiligheidsraad gestuurd voor de oprichting van een internationale troepenmacht in Gaza. Het zou gaan om een periode van ten minste twee jaar, zo meldt nieuwssite Axios. Volg alle ontwikkelingen over het Midden-Oosten in ons liveblog.

Pakistan and other Muslim countries on Monday slammed Israeli violations of the fragile Gaza ceasefire and demanded the immediate withdrawal of Israeli forces from the occupied territory, according to the Foreign Office (FO). Hamas and Israel signed a ceasefire agreement on October 9, agreeing to free the Israeli captives in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, in the first phase of United States President Donald Trump’s initiative to end the Israeli onslaught in Gaza. Pakistan was one of the eight Arab and Muslim countries to work with Trump on the plan. Despite occasional flare-ups, the fragile truce has been holding in Gaza. The truce, which left thorny issues like the disarmament of Hamas and a timeline for Israeli withdrawal from Gaza unresolved, has been tested by unilateral Israeli bombardment since coming into force. The foreign ministers of Turkiye, the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Qatar, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan — the same countries that met with Trump on Sept 23 on the sidelines of the...

The detainee was released back to Gaza in October without the authorities in Israel having taken testimony from him on his alleged abuse by Israeli guards. Five reservists face charges for beatings, taser use, and stabbing that caused serious injuries, while their defense lawyers are calling to cancel the trial amid a probe into the suspected leak of the video by the IDF's legal chief

While support for Hamas is not overwhelmingly strong, only a third of Palestinians polled said they wanted the Palestinian Authority to assume direct rule over Gaza after the war. As for Trump's proposal for an unaffiliated committee to govern Gaza postwar, 53 percent opposed the plan while 45 percent said they backed it

Israelul a primit din partea Crucii Roşii Internaţionale rămăşiţele a trei ostatici răpiţi de Hamas pe 7 octombrie 2023 şi duşi în Fâşia Gaza, a precizat duminică, într-un comunicat, biroul premierului Benjamin Netanyahu.

Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar will depart for Istanbul tomorrow to attend the Coordination Meeting of Arab-Islamic Foreign Ministers, where the Gaza ceasefire deal will be discussed, the Foreign Office (FO) said on Sunday. “At the invitation of the Turkish foreign minister, the Deputy Prime Minister/ Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar will undertake a one-day visit to Istanbul on November 3, 2025 to attend the Coordination Meeting of Arab-Islamic Foreign Ministers,” the FO statement said. “It may be recalled that Pakistan, along with seven other Arab-Islamic countries, has remained engaged with the peace initiative that led to the signing of the Gaza Peace Agreement in Sharm El-Sheikh,” the statement added. Hamas and Israel signed a ceasefire agreement on October 9, agreeing to free the Israeli captives in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, in the first phase of United States President Donald Trump’s initiative to end the Israeli onslaught in Gaza. Pakistan was one of the eigh...

After resigning last week over the Sde Teiman affair leak, the IDF legal chief, senior sources told Haaretz, used 'various pretexts to avoid opening or advancing investigations 'into numerous IDF abuses in Gaza, including the army's March 2025 killing of 15 medical personnel and a 2024 airstrike that killed seven World Central Kitchen volunteers

Jordan and Germany said on Saturday that an international force expected to support a future Palestinian police in Gaza under US President Donald Trump’s post-war governance plan should have a UN mandate. Under the US-brokered ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, a coalition of mainly Arab and Muslim nations is expected to deploy forces in the Palestinian territory. The so-called international stabilisation force is supposed to train and support vetted Palestinian police in the Strip, with backing from Egypt and Jordan, as well as secure border areas and prevent weapons smuggling to Hamas. “We all agree that in order for that stabilisation force to be able to be effective in getting the job done, it has to have a Security Council mandate,” Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said. Jordan, however, will not be sending its own forces to the Strip. “We’re too close to the issue and we cannot deploy troops in Gaza,” Safadi said, adding his country was nonetheless ready to cooperate with the international force...

Ofir was buried shortly after his body was retrieved from Gaza in late 2023, and months later another ceremony took place after further remains were found. This week, his family once again found themselves at his grave

Although everyone agrees that international engagement in the form of soldiers on the ground is an essential part in moving forward from the Gaza war, almost no one is willing to commit to anything beyond vague statements

The Israeli military attacked the Gaza Strip for a fourth day on Friday, killing three people, Palestinian health authorities said, in another test of a fragile ceasefire agreement. Residents reported Israeli shelling and gunfire in northern Gaza on Friday, as Israel continued to bombard areas of the enclave despite saying that it remains committed to a ceasefire brokered by United States President Donald Trump. The Israeli military did not immediately reply to a Reuters request for comment. Another Palestinian died of wounds sustained from previous Israeli shelling, the Palestinian WAFA news agency reported. The US-brokered ceasefire, which left thorny issues like the disarmament of Hamas and a timeline for Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip unresolved, has been tested by periodic outbreaks of violence since it came into place three weeks ago. Between Tuesday and Wednesday, Israel retaliated for the death of an Israeli soldier with bombardments that Gaza health authorities said killed 104 people. More bo...

The information ministry on Friday denied “unverified or politically charged claims” by an Indian news channel about Pakistan preparing to dispatch 20,000 troops to Gaza and the country removing the clause from its passports that makes it invalid for travel to Israel. Indian news outlet Republic TV had made the allegations, specifying the number of soldiers Pakistan was planning to send to Gaza “under the supervision of Western countries and Israel.” The channel, according to a statement by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, had also “ridiculously claimed that Pakistan had also removed the ‘Not valid for Israel’ clause from the passport.” In a statement on X, the information ministry referred to a press release by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Mofa), reiterating that “Pakistan’s stance on Israel remains unchanged, that is, Islamabad does not recognise Israel, and no military cooperation or engagement exists or is under discussion”. Moreover, the ministry clarified that the passport clause remain...

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has categorically dismissed baseless propaganda aired by an Indian television channel, Republic TV, which falsely alleged that Pakistan was preparing to send 20,000 troops to Gaza under the supervision of Western countries and Israel.

Trump maintains that the Gaza cease-fire will hold, but that doesn't mean Hamas or Israel want it to. Despite the recent clashes, the slow return of hostages' bodies and Hamas provocations, there is no sign that Washington will let Netanyahu batter Hamas

The war hovers in a strange in-between state: declared over yet still ongoing. For Palestinians in Gaza, it may have never ended; for the IDF, it only pauses