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The IDF targeted a Hamas commander after five Israeli soldiers were wounded by militants emerging from a tunnel in Rafah earlier Wednesday. According to Palestinian reports, the IDF struck displaced persons' tents in Khan Yunis amid a series of attacks across the enclave

Hamas said on Tuesday that the group had transferred the body of a hostage from Gaza. The two slain hostages whose bodies remain in Gaza are Ran Gvili and Sudthisak Rinthalak

Segev Kalfon told The New York Times of maltreatment at the hands of his Hamas captors and his decision to cling to hope after hearing his mother's voice on a makeshift radio

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Saturday said Pakistan was ready to commit its troops to the Gaza peace force, but distanced the country from any role in disarming the Palestinian resistance group Hamas. A cornerstone of the United States-brokered Gaza Peace Agreement is the establishment of the International Stabilisation Force (ISF), composed mainly of troops from Muslim-majority countries. According to officials close to the discussions, an announcement is expected soon from the federal government regarding the decision. Officials familiar with the deliberations, who requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter, said discussions within the government and military establishment were at an “advanced stage”. According to them, the tone of internal consultations suggests that Islamabad is inclined to take part in the mission. Last week, the UN Security Council (UNSC) adopted a US-drafted resolution endorsing President Donald Trump’s plan to end the conflict in Gaza. The ...

Autoritățile israeliene au anunțat miercuri că o importantă rețea teroristă Hamas care opera în Europa a fost destructurată în cadrul unor operațiuni desfășurate în comun de Mossad și agențiile europene de informații și aplicare a legii, relatează i24news.

The new member of opposition leader Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid party commanded several West Bank military units and served as the head of the IDF's Northern Command. On October 7, 2023, he went to rescue his son Amir, a Haaretz columnist, and his family from a Gaza border kibbutz that was attacked by Hamas

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday called for Hamas to be expelled from the region, a day after the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) endorsed United States President Donald Trump’s Gaza plan that offers the Palestinian group amnesty. Netanyahu publicly endorsed the plan during a White House visit in late September. However, his latest remarks appear to show that there are differences with the US on the path forward. Hamas has also objected to parts of the plan. Diplomats say privately that entrenched positions on both the Israeli and Hamas sides have made it difficult to advance the plan, which lacks specific timelines or enforcement mechanisms. Still, it has received strong international backing, including from the Arab and Muslim countries that worked on it. Netanyahu on Tuesday published a series of posts on X in response to the UN vote. In one post, he applauded Trump and in another wrote the Israeli government believes the plan would lead to peace and prosperity because it calls f...

The arrest is one of several suspected Hamas members' in recent weeks, German officials said. The man is alleged to have transported weapons from one suspected Hamas member in the central German state of Hesse to another in Berlin

Four deceased hostages remain in Gaza, after Hamas handed over the body of IDF officer Hadar Goldin on Sunday

Aviva Siegel, who was released in November 2023, told the UN anti-torture committee that the Hamas captors sexually abused the girls she was held with. Keith Siegel said he was 'denied the most basic of human rights. More than once, young terrorists forced me to strip in front of them and shaved my body'

State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman warned that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's failure to formalize Israel's national security concept left the IDF and defense establishment directionless, with decades of governmental inaction compounding the risks – so on October 7, Israel faced Hamas with no coherent strategy or prioritized defenses

According to the U.S.-backed plan reported by The Atlantic, only Palestinians approved by Israel's Shin Bet security service – and screened for ties to Hamas – will be allowed to live in the new communities. The plan is reportedly facing opposition from European, Arab and Muslim countries

The fate of President Trump's Gaza cease-fire depends on an international stabilization effort – tasked with disarming Hamas, protecting civilians, winning Palestinian public support and providing a political horizon. Its success or failure will determine if there'll be a different future – or more war

According to an Israeli government spokesperson, the two discussed the 200 Hamas fighters currently trapped in tunnels under IDF-controlled territory, demilitarizing Gaza and 'ensuring Hamas does not have a role in Gaza ever again'

The White House told Hamas last week that its militants stuck in Israeli-controlled territory behind the yellow line in Rafah would only be allowed passage if the body of Hadar Goldin, who was killed in early August 2014, was returned

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

Israel's national security minister knew that his words and actions were provoking brutal Hamas violence against the hostages – but ignored repeated warnings. Now that the hostages are back and are speaking out, extent of the damage he caused is coming to light

Hamas heeft de stoffelijke resten van drie gijzelaars overgedragen aan het Rode Kruis, meldt het Israëlische leger. Hamas had al aangekondigd zondagavond de lichamen over te dragen. Volg alle ontwikkelingen over het Midden-Oosten in ons liveblog.

A preliminary examination at the Institute of Forensic Medicine found no match between the remains of the three bodies transferred to Israel and the 11 deceased hostages still in Gaza. Israel was informed in advance that Hamas is not certain the bodies are those of hostages

Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Friday rubbished and strongly condemned the contentious remarks made by government spokesperson Danyal Chaudhry regarding the role of Pakistani troops in the Gaza peace force, which also included the disarming of Hamas. Addressing the remarks by the federal parliamentary secretary for information and broadcasting in an interview on Geo News show ‘Naya Pakistan’, the defence minister said: “I will say God forbid on all these three remarks; what kind of statement has he given. Nothing from this is our target or suits us.” In an interview on Tuesday on Ary News show ‘11th Hour’, Chaudhry had said regarding the mandate of the Gaza peace force: “Pakistan and the other countries that will be chosen will make sure there is no extremism or violence … or that there is no cross-border attack. Pakistan will enforce that.” Chaudhry also said that the security of any Pakistani soldier deputed for duty in the force would be the utmost priority. “We will fulfil our duty and protect Muslim br...