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The talks, aimed to support efforts to reconcile Palestinian rival groups Fatah and Hamas, will be the first time a Hamas delegation is publicly known to have gone to China since the start of the war in Gaza

Thousands protest Netanyahu government across Israel, demanding hostage deal ■ Hamas airs video of two Israeli hostages, one with U.S. citizenship, in Gaza captivity ■ IDF says fighter jets struck Hezbollah compound in Lebanon; Missiles, drone target northern Israel ■ IDF says two Palestinians killed after firing at an army outpost in West Bank

Dissent and protest have always been a part of the Columbia experience. But pro-Palestinian student demonstrators, especially those extolling Hamas, cannot be permitted to create an atmosphere of fear for other students – Jewish and non-Jewish – who hold different views

'Bring them back – the ones who are alive for rehabilitation, the ones who are dead for burial,' a family member said at a press conference, following the release of a joint statement by 18 countries calling for Hamas to release the hostages

  In an extraordinary show of unity, the United States and 17 other countries issued a joint appeal on Thursday for Hamas to release sick, elderly, and wounded hostages as a potential pathway to ending the ongoing crisis in Gaza. "We call for the immediate release of all hostages held by Hamas in Gaza now […]

A senior U.S. official rejected allegations that Israel is the main obstacle to securing a hostage release deal, placing the onus squarely on Hamas. The letter calls on Hamas to release the hostages in order to bring about an immediate and prolonged cease-fire in Gaza

  The terror group Hamas published Wednesday a propaganda video featuring Hersh Goldberg-Polin, an Israeli-American seized during the Oct. 7 attack and abducted to Gaza. The short, undated video showed the 23-year-old missing a lower left arm. He was shown saying he had sustained serious injuries during the Oct. 7 attack "after I tried using […]

Qatar says it is disappointed by Israeli ministers attacking its mediation efforts, calls on countries to act to curb 'expected Israeli aggression in Rafah' ■ Israel reportedly nixed plans for more extensive attack on Iran due to pressure from allies ■ Israel confirmed it killed two senior Hezbollah members in Lebanon ■ Hamas calls on West Bank Palestinians to increase acts of resistance against Israel ■ Here's what you need to know 200 days into the war

Qatar's mediation led to the release of four women hostages in October and the signing of the first hostage deal in November, and it provides an open channel between Hamas and the U.S. Receding from its role as mediator would deal a harsh blow to negotiations

A woman in a Keffiyeh shouted at a pro-Israel activist, "We are Hamas," outside Columbia on Wednesday. "We're all Hamas," she said at the counter-protesters that had rallied outside the university.

Two Hamas leaders said a Wall Street Journal report that the group's political leaders are considering leaving Qatar, while Hamas said it wants to strengthen ties with Turkey, including the direct receipt of aid

Card after card is being lost in the negotiations with Hamas – as the violent escalation in the West Bank gets out of hand ■ After the Gaza war, the Israeli army will have to attend to its munitions shortage and beef up its reservist units as Hezbollah might attempt a Hamas-style invasion

Hamas' acts of rape on October 7 have turned into one of the massacre's most contentious topics. Each testimony and detail that emerges is weaponized in the clash between Israel's supporters and its opponents. Now, based on conversations with dozens of sources, a Haaretz investigation delineates which proof exists for sex crimes committed by Hamas – and what is missing

  The police on Thursday arrested Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem due to alleged incitement in the wake of her views on the Hamas terrorist atrocities on Oct. 7 and the Israeli response in the Gaza Strip.   The police arrived at the professor's home following her recent statements, in which […]

A report published by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees includes accounts by its staff members who were detained in Israel of being threatened and coerced to make false confessions that agency staffers took part in the October 7 Hamas attacks

Inbar drove off to fight even though his girlfriend begged him not to. Shani managed to have one last video conversation with her grandfather. They're just two of more than 250 who couldn't elude Hamas on the roads near the Gaza border

Both the Gaza war and the Iranian attack clearly demonstrate that Israel needs Palestinian and regional partners. To ensure Iran and Hamas cannot claim victory, Israel must stop postponing progress towards a two-state solution.

Israeli official in PM Netanyahu's office reportedly says 'Israel can't allow such a large attack' without some kind of response ■ Hamas sends mediators proposal centered around 41-day cease-fire ■ Nearly all structures within Gaza buffer zone established by IDF have been destroyed, UN says ■ Hezbollah claims responsibility for explosion that wounds four IDF soldiers on the Israel-Lebanon border ■ Here's what you need to know 192 days into the war

Hamas proposes three stages for releasing hostages and lifting the siege on the Gaza Strip. A senior U.S. official says Sinwar wants to keep hostages, including young women, elderly and wounded ones, even if it means no immediate cease-fire

Applicants argued that the government's decision was 'unreasonable,' given UNRWA's ties to Hamas, which is defined as a terrorist organization by Canadian law