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Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli said the decision was based on Alice Froussard's alleged remark that the Hamas massacre should be seen 'in context.' French broadcaster RFI expressed outrage over the move, accusing Israel of curbing press freedom

The IDF has approved plans for renewed fighting in Gaza, citing intelligence that Hamas has rebuilt parts of its infrastructure, including some tunnels. Israeli political sources stressed that the Netanyahu government has yet to approve another offensive

A 37-year-old man of Palestinian origin was arrested on Crete on suspicion of Hamas membership, Athens police said. Greek media reported he may have been planning to target a ship arriving from Israel on Tuesday

Cases will be heard by a military court in Jerusalem, where Hamas terrorists will be charged with genocide, harming state sovereignty or territorial integrity, initiating war, aiding the enemy in wartime, offenses under the Counter-Terrorism Law and murder

Israel said on Wednesday it had killed the new head of Hamas’s armed wing in Gaza, Mohammed Odeh, in a strike the day before, after killing his predecessor in a similar attack this month. Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz claimed the “commander of the armed wing of the Hamas terrorist organisation in Gaza was eliminated yesterday”. Hamas has not yet commented. “In the Prime Minister’s name and in my own, congratulations to the IDF and the Shin Bet on the brilliant execution,” Katz claimed in a post on X. “We committed ourselves to eliminating everyone who led the October 7 massacre, and that is what we will do: they are all marked for death, wherever they may be.” After announcing the strike on Tuesday, Katz and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a joint statement that Odeh had “served as head of Hamas intelligence during the October 7 massacre and was appointed approximately one week ago as successor to Ezzedine al-Haddad”. Haddad was killed by an Israeli strike on May 15. “Odeh was responsible for...

The High Representative for the Trump-led Gaza Board of Peace Nickolay Mladenov presented the UN Security Council with a proposal to Hamas, outlining phased disarmament and integration of Hamas-linked police into a technocratic committee in Gaza

Hamas’s armed wing chief Ezzedine Al-Haddad was killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza the previous day, the Israeli military and Hamas confirmed on Saturday. The Israeli military and intelligence services have waged an extensive campaign targeting the group’s senior political leaders and commanders in Gaza and across the region. On Friday, the Israeli military said it had carried out an airstrike in Gaza targeting Haddad and confirmed his death on Saturday. “The IDF and the ISA announce that yesterday, in a precise strike in the area of the City of Gaza, Ezzedine Al-Haddad was eliminated,” the military said, referring to itself and the Shin Bet domestic security agency. Two Hamas officials also told AFP that Haddad had been killed in an Israeli strike. “Senior commander… Ezzedine Al-Haddad was assassinated in an Israeli strike targeting a residential apartment and a civilian vehicle in Gaza yesterday,” one senior Hamas official said. A member of Hamas’s armed wing separately confirmed his death. Haddad was kill...

A senior Hamas official confirmed Izz al-Din Haddad was killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza on Friday. The IDF also confirmed the assassination. Hamas sources admit the group is currently incapable of threatening rocket fire against Israel in retaliation

Haddad is the last remaining Hamas official in Gaza who was part of the group's leadership before the Hamas-led attack on October 7, 2023, and is considered one of the operation's planners. A senior security official told Haaretz that the assassination attempt was successful

The U.S.-led Board of Peace envoy Nickolay Mladenov said Hamas 'has a future' if it disarms, steps back from Gaza governance and accepts deradicalization under Donald Trump's plan, as mediators weigh advancing the framework with Israel even without Hamas consent amid stalled talks

Israel’s parliament passed a law late on Monday establishing a military tribunal to try hundreds of Palestinian fighters linked to the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel. The surprise attack, led by elite “Nukhba” force fighters from the Palestinian group Hamas, killed at least 1,200 people. The fighters also took 251 hostages back to Gaza. Israel responded by launching an assault on the enclave that killed more than 72,000 Palestinians, mostly civilians, and left much of Gaza in ruins. Israel has been holding an estimated 200-300 fighters — the precise number is classified — captured in Israel during the attack, who have not yet been charged. The special military court established by the law, to be presided over by a three-judge panel in Jerusalem, could also try others captured later in Gaza and suspected of participating in the attack, or of having held or abused Israeli hostages. The new law was backed by a wide majority 93 of the Knesset’s 120 lawmakers, in a rare show of Israeli political unity. No trial ...

Filing in Miami federal court, Masri's attorneys rejected claims he knowingly enabled Hamas, saying plaintiffs offer 'speculation' and no proof his projects could foreseeably support attacks. The case involves around 200 U.S. plaintiffs seeking damages under the Anti-Terrorism Act

Aladwan is accused of writing "I do not condemn Hamas. I do not condemn October 7th," and "I condemn the existence of Israel.”

Talks between Hamas and the Board of Peace are set to resume on Monday in Cairo. The mediators' proposal includes the disarmament of Hamas and other armed groups, the reconstruction of Gaza and a withdrawal of Israeli troops

The mediator said the implementation plan would combine Hamas disarmament, new governance arrangements in Gaza and an Israeli military withdrawal

The main point of contention is the Board of Peace's demand that Hamas give up its arms, with the Gaza militia insisting on reciprocal moves from Israel. Meanwhile, the Palestinian Authority is facing a deepening economic crisis in the West Bank, with its public servants paying the price

'Killing tens of thousands of people makes you pretty damn evil,' El-Sayed told CNN congressional reporter Manu Raja on the network's Inside Politics program. 'It's not how evil is this one versus that one – Hamas: Evil, Israeli government: Evil. We can say both'

Hamas terrorist Osman Bilal and Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine commander Nader Sadaqa are listed by Action for Palestine as the "Palestinian activists and former prisoners."

Dat activist Amin A. een fanatieke supporter is van thuisland Palestina, maakt hem nog geen Hamas-sympathisant, zeggen zijn advocaten. Het OM denkt dat hij 11,5 miljoen euro die bedoeld was voor wees- en straatkinderen, doneerde aan Hamas. „Het komt erop neer dat hij niets te maken heeft met Hamas”, zegt raadsvrouw Jill Leyten.

A Board of Peace representative met with Hamas' chief negotiator to discuss phase two of Trump's Gaza plan, but sources tell Haaretz no breakthroughs were made. Hamas officials said without guarantees that Israel implements phase one of the cease-fire plan, disarmament is not on the table