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President Trump's Board of Peace claims to be limiting Israel's role in Gaza. In reality, the second phase of the cease-fire is designed to transfer the burden of controlling Gaza from Israel to regional powers – all while keeping the instruments of dominance firmly in Israeli hands

Israel said on Monday it would only allow pedestrians to travel through the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt as part of its “limited reopening” once it has recovered the remains of the last captive in the Palestinian territory. Reopening Rafah, a vital entry point for aid into Gaza, forms part of a truce framework announced by US President Donald Trump in October, but the crossing has remained closed since Israeli forces took control of it during the conflict in the besieged Palestinian territory. Visiting US envoys had reportedly pressed Israeli officials to reopen the crossing during talks in Jerusalem over the weekend. World leaders and aid agencies have repeatedly pushed for more humanitarian convoys to be able to access Gaza, which has been left devastated by more than two years of bombardment and depends on the inflow of essential medical equipment, food and other supplies. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Monday that Israel had agreed to a reopening “for pedestrian passage only, ...

It's clear that members of the IDF elite units, mainly intelligence, operations and air crews, demonstrated a high degree of conformity throughout the war. They are responsible for most of the civilian deaths in Gaza

Rümeysa Öztürk was detained after co-authoring an op-ed urging her university to 'acknowledge the Palestinian genocide' and divest from Israel-linked companies. Newly unsealed documents show Marco Rubio recommended deporting five foreign students over Gaza war activism despite free speech concerns

Mobile phones, vehicles and weapons have recently been seen in Gaza, with the military acknowledging most originate in Israel. As markets overflow with smuggled goods and financial channels go unchecked, IDF officials warn: 'We may end up funding Hamas' rebuilding, truck after truck'

Gvili, the last Israeli hostage still held in Gaza, was killed on October 7. According to Netanyahu's office, Israel launched a large-scale operation over the weekend, centered on a cemetery in Gaza City's Tuffah neighborhood

More than two years after his son Liam Or was freed from Gaza captivity, Ramzy Nassar said he chose not to disclose his Arab identity to protect him. 'It's not something that Hamas would take well,' he said, warning his son could have been seen as 'a traitor, the son of a traitor'

The Rafah crossing is just a small detail in the bigger picture. Although readied for aid transit, only people will be allowed to cross, likely with severe restrictions in both directions: by Egypt on those wanting to leave Gaza, and by Israel on those wanting to enter

LAHORE: Iranian-American academic and political scientist Vali Nasr suggested on Friday that the war on Palestine had politically weakened Arab states and emboldened Israeli leaders, to the point that the latter had abandoned the two-state framework entirely. Speaking at a session titled ‘The Gaza War and the Remaking of the Middle East’, moderated by journalist Najam Sethi, Mr Nasr implied that the situation has proven detrimental to the Palestinian cause. He said Israel now believes it can pursue its objectives primarily through force. “With Arab states politically neutralised, Israeli leaders see little incentive to return to negotiations,” he added. According to him, Israeli leadership now views political compromise with the Palestinians as a security liability rather than a pathway to stability, effectively abandoning the two-state framework. Following the Gaza war, Israel moved against Hezbollah in Lebanon, significantly weakening the group’s operational capacity. The collapse of the Assad regime in Syr...

The Trump administration has just announced the formation of a Board of Peace for Gaza, but what are the economic credentials of its members?

The Trump administration has just announced the formation of a Board of Peace for Gaza, but what are the economic credentials of its members?

The sources said it was still not clear how Israel planned to enforce limits on the number of Palestinians entering Gaza from Egypt, or what ratio of exits to entries it aimed to achieve

Hamas and Washington reportedly reached an understanding on disarming the group and letting it become a legitimate political party. Hamas has agreed to a clean handover of power to Gaza technocrats backed by the U.S., but police and bureaucrats will become the group's new grazing pasture

A source close to Netanyahu said Israel has been using the Rafah crossing as leverage against Hamas, which has yet to return the remains of Ran Gvili, the last deceased hostage still in Gaza. Nonetheless, the U.S.-backed administrator of Gaza said the crossing will reopen next week

Olga Cherevko grew up on military bases in Siberia, belonged to a Christian cult in the U.S. and was sent by the UN to some of the toughest places in the world. None of that prepared her for what she saw in Gaza

Președintele Statelor Unite, Donald Trump, a prezentat la Davos un plan amplu de reconstrucție pentru Fâșia Gaza, în cadrul ceremoniei de lansare a noii sale inițiative internaționale: Consilul pentru Pace. Evenimentul a avut loc în marja Forumului Economic Mondial, scrie The Sun.

As Trump divides the world to those with him and those against him, it is enough to look at his disagreements with European countries to get the impression that Gaza and Palestine are marginal issues for the U.S. president, and that Israel's influence is limited

The U.S. pressure follows reports that Israel is blocking members of the committee from entering Gaza. Saudi-based Asharq News cited sources who said Egypt told committee members the U.S. is pressing Israel to expedite the reopening of the Rafah crossing in both directions

An Israeli air strike killed an AFP freelancer and two other journalists in Gaza on Wednesday, the territory’s civil defence agency said, while the military said it struck “suspects” operating a drone. Since October 10, a fragile US-sponsored ceasefire in Gaza has largely halted the fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas, but both sides have alleged frequent violations. In a statement, the civil defence said “the bodies of the three journalists killed in an Israeli air strike in the Al-Zahra area southwest of Gaza City were transported to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah”. It named the dead as Mohammed Salah Qashta, Abdul Raouf Shaat and Anas Ghneim. Shaat had contributed regularly to AFP as a photo and video journalist, but at the time of the strike, he was not on assignment for the agency. In a statement, the Israeli military said troops had “identified several suspects who operated a drone affiliated with Hamas in the central Gaza Strip”. The military did not elaborate on what it meant by a “dr...

US President Donald Trump has invited countries to pay $1 billion in exchange for a permanent seat on a newly proposed initiative known as the “Board of Peace”. The body was initially envisioned as a mechanism to address Israel’s war on Gaza, though its charter does not restrict its mandate solely to the occupied Palestinian territory. Several states have been approached by the US to join the initiative. Pakistan also received an invitation on Sunday. Today, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif accepted the proposal to participate in the initiative with the aim of “achieving lasting peace in Gaza”, according to a statement issued by the Foreign Office (FO). What is the board meant to do? According to AFP, the Board of Peace will be led by Trump under the terms outlined in its founding charter. The document describes it as “an international organisation that seeks to promote stability, restore dependable and lawful governance, and secure enduring peace in areas affected or threatened by conflict”. It further states t...