A military assessment presented to Netanyahu in late January is said to show Hamas is taking over Gaza's government ministries. Hamas says the appointments are temporary and blames Israel for blocking the Palestinian technocratic committee from entering the Strip
Netanyahu has repeatedly said Gaza reconstruction cannot start before Hamas demilitarization. Haaretz has recently revealed that the board tends to share his view, but is weighing a gradual rebuild in cleared zones to be managed by the Palestinian technocratic committee
Released hostaged Guy Gilboa-Dalal described fear, starvation, and sexual assaults by a captor nicknamed Amon, saying, 'I had nowhere to go. I was in their hands.' He covertly warned fellow hostages of the abuse while enduring extreme hunger, fear, and forced propaganda appearances to survive Hamas captivity
As representatives of 28 countries oversee Israel's actions in Gaza, IDF officials fear Israel's security has become secondary to Trump's cease-fire plan, and Israeli defense officials fear Hamas will fool the world into only partially disarming
'They planned to hold the hostages for ten years,' Hirsch says, arguing that Hamas exploited internal divisions and that parts of the Israeli media 'echoed enemy propaganda.' Families of hostages accuse him of rewriting history, as Hirsch defends the government's conduct
The captive, identified by Palestinian sources as Adham Attallah al-Aqar, was among dozens of Hamas militants who had remained in the group's tunnel network in Rafah. In December, Yasser Abu Shabab, who led the Israel-backed militia, died after being wounded in clashes in Gaza
Trump threatened that Hamas will be 'destroyed' if it fails to disarm, but in Syria, he adopted a more flexible approach, allowing Ahmed al-Sharaa to integrate radical Islamist militias into the new Syrian army
The decision marks a departure from Israel's demand for full demilitarization before rebuilding. Senior defense officials warn they have received no instructions on how Hamas would be disarmed
Analyzing approximately 15,000 opinion columns in the widely read newspapers Sabah and Hürriyet, JPPI found that descriptions of Hamas often rely on the “resistance movement” narrative.
According to sources who spoke with Reuters, Hamas called on its civil servants and security personnel to cooperate with the U.S.-backed Palestinian technocratic committee set to oversee Gaza; This, as Hamas promises to disarm and relinquish power of the Strip to Trump-backed authorities
As Israel loses its primary lever against Hamas and the international community, Netanyahu may turn to Trump and advance his objectives by conditioning the IDF's withdrawal from the Yellow Line. 'We have additional tools of influence,' a source close to the prime minister says
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
Trump said that 'we're going to know over the next two to three days, certainly weeks,' if Hamas will disarm at the World Economic Forum in Davos, ahead of Thursday's official signing ceremony for the Board of Peace. Trump added that he plans to build a 'Golden Dome' U.S. missile defense system
As Hamas resumes fundraising and attempts to revive weapons production, Israeli defense officials worry the plan being implemented is different from the one discussed. 'They plan on building towers in Gaza from which IDF installations can be observed- it's unthinkable' a source says
When a moral judgment, such as 'the war became unjust,' rests on a factual claim such as 'Hamas could have been defeated by diplomatic means,' the latter should be grounded in something firmer than wishful thinking
While the protest on Thursday passed without major incidents, pro-Hamas rhetoric, including chants of 'Say it loud, say it clear, we support Hamas here,' sparked outrage in the Jewish community and drew responses from national Jewish organizations and leading politicians
This brief has been filed in support of a group of survivors of Hamas’s October 7 terrorist attack, family members of those murdered by Hamas, civilians under fire from Hamas’s terror, and others.
The request came after Hamas made threats of violent escalation. Qatar had informed Israel that Hamas was seeking to maintain stability during talks with Israeli officials