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Renana Gomeh-Yaakov, whose children were taken captive into Gaza and released with the first hostage deal, had to wait for long months for her sons' father, who was murdered on October 7 to be brought back to Israel for proper burial in June 2025

After courts blocked multiple petitions calling for Israel to allow press entry to the Gaza Strip throughout the war, the cease-fire and entry of international forces make it hard for Israeli officials to believe they will be able to prevent the press from first-hand coverage of Gaza

Hamas and Fatah back a new technocratic committee to govern Gaza, lending legitimacy to the civilian components of the Trump plan. Egypt positions itself as the region's 'custodian' of Palestinian affairs, seeking influence over postwar reconstruction and a potential multinational force

Diplomats flock to Kiryat Gat's Civil-Military Command Center, but few are willing to enter Gaza, where Hamas remains strong and the challenge of stabilizing the area keeps nations on the sidelines. 'Every analyst in the world was in shock at seeing how organized and coordinated Hamas are,' said a Gulf source

Amid the cease-fire between Hamas and Israel in the Gaza Strip, the IDF said forces deployed in the Nnusierat area conducted a targeted strike against an unnamed terrorist from the Islamic Jihad in Gaza, 'to remove any immediate threat'

The main Palestinian political factions, including Hamas, said on Friday they had agreed that an independent committee of technocrats would take over the running of post-conflict Gaza. During a meeting in Cairo, according to a joint statement published on the Hamas website, the groups agreed to hand “over the administration of the Gaza Strip to a temporary Palestinian committee composed of independent technocrats”. It said the committee would “manage the affairs of life and basic services in cooperation with Arab brothers and international institutions”. The statement also said the factions had agreed to work on unifying a common position “to confront the challenges facing the Palestinian cause”. It called for a meeting of all forces and factions to “agree on a national strategy and to revitalise the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people”. Hamas is not part of the PLO, which is dominated by its longtime rival Fatah. An informed source told AFP ...

The 'operational backbone' of the proposal would be a so-called 'Gaza Humanitarian Belt' – 12-16 humanitarian hubs positioned along the line to which Israeli forces have withdrawn within Gaza. However, one senior aid official said the hubs 'are very concerning as they resemble GHF sites'

Visiting Israel, Kushner articulated a scenario suggesting the West Bankification of Gaza, just as Israel's Knesset voted to progress a bill to annex the West Bank. That 'vision', with Netanyahu still in power, would be a tremendous regression, a disaster for the Palestinians as well as for Israel

Israeli defense sources say that senior American officials have said that they will not tolerate any surprises from Israel that could jeopardize the cease-fire in Gaza. In practice, the U.S. is taking over certain security authorities from Israel

As of yesterday, Israel had returned 195 bodies to the Gaza Strip, but only 57 had been identified by their families. A doctor in Gaza described some bodies returning with their hands tied or shot in the head or chest at close range, while one had a rope around the neck

After studying the testimonies of several dozen hostages who were released from captivity in Gaza, Prof. Inbar Levkovich insists that the struggle to return all of the deceased hostages is important for former captives, who see all of those who were in Gaza 'on a family level, like siblings'

The president put significant pressure on Israel's prime minister to end the war in Gaza, telling Netanyahu that he 'can't fight the world' and going on a 'profanity-laced tirade' when the Israeli prime minister pushed back

Tamir Adar's body was returned to Israel from Gaza on Tuesday, after being killed on October 7 while defending the Kibbutz. Adar's mother, Yael, recalled once asking her son, 'My Tamir, do you have to be on the emergency response team?'

The United States can boast of the multinational Civil-Military Coordination Center that it has built to secure the Israel-Hamas cease-fire, while the U.S. can keep watch of Israel and Gaza from up close. Meanwhile, Netanyahu can run things behind the scenes without being scrutinized by the public

Ministerul Sănătății din Fâșia Gaza, al Hamas, a anunțat miercuri, 22 octombrie, că alte 30 de rămășite ale unor palestinieni au fost restituite Fâșiei Gaza de către Israel, prin intermediul Crucii Roșii.

Het staakt-het-vuren in Gaza leek hoopvol, maar wankelt steeds meer door beschietingen, luchtaanvallen en wederzijdse beschuldigingen. De situatie blijft gespannen en de toekomst van het bestand is onzeker. Discussieer tot 21.00 uur mee over de haalbaarheid van vrede in Gaza.

The United Nations’ top legal body, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), on Wednesday said Israel has an obligation to ensure the basic needs of the civilian population in Gaza are met. The panel of 11 judges added that Israel is forced to support the relief efforts provided by the United Nations in the Gaza strip and its entities, including the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Israel has not substantiated its claims that a significant number of UNRWA’s employees are members of Hamas, the judges said. The ICJ said that Israel was obliged to ease the passage of aid into Gaza, stressing it had to provide Palestinians with “basic needs” essential to survival. The wide-ranging ICJ ruling came as aid groups are scrambling to scale up much-needed humanitarian assistance into Gaza, seizing upon a fragile ceasefire agreed earlier this month. The ICJ’s “Advisory Opinion” is not legally binding but the court believes it carries “great legal weight and moral authority”. Is...

Pakistan on Wednesday condemned Israel’s renewed hostilities in Gaza, following a US-backed ceasefire agreement, calling on the international community to take “urgent and effective” measures against the violation. Israeli forces have killed at least 87 Palestinians, among them civilians, since the ceasefire began, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, and two Israeli soldiers were killed by Palestinian freedom fighters in southern Gaza over the weekend, Reuters reported. On Sunday, more than 100 air strikes were reported in Rafah and Khan Younis in the south, Jabalia in the north, and other parts of central Gaza. While Israel accuses Hamas of initiating the hostilities with an attack on its forces in Rafah, the group has denied any knowledge or connection to the incident. “Pakistan strongly condemns the renewed attacks by the Israeli occupying forces in Gaza, resulting in the loss of numerous civilian lives,” said a statement released by the Foreign Office (FO) today. It noted that Israeli actions “run cont...

Pakistan has strongly condemned the renewed attacks by the Israeli occupying forces in Gaza, resulting in the loss of numerous civilian lives.

An open letter, signed by at least 460 Jewish and Israeli intellectuals, celebrities and political figures, calls on the UN and heads of state to address 'the underlying conditions of occupation, apartheid and the denial of Palestinian rights' that are absent from U.S. President Trump's Gaza cease-fire agreement