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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

Over the last 30 years, women's bodies have increasingly become strategic targets in conflicts around the world. But despite the shocking accounts of rape and sexual assault by Hamas on October 7 and since, Israel's forensic failures mean perpetrators may not be brought to justice

Mahmoud Ishtiwi was executed in 2016, and Hamas has tried to keep the affair quiet ever since. The Israeli military has found documents in a Gaza tunnel recording his ordeal and showing that Hamas continued to torture members believed to be gay

Israeli airstrike kills seven international aid workers in Gaza ■ IDF probe finds that forces securing the convoy mistakenly suspected armed terrorist was traveling with them ■ After strike attributed to Israel killed senior Iranian general in Syria, Iran's supreme leader says Israel 'will regret the attack' ■ Mossad says new cease-fire/hostage release proposal will be presented to Hamas ■ Here's what you need to know 179 days into the war

Four Gazans who spoke with Haaretz rail against the Hamas leader in the Strip and the decision to go to war on October 7. They say many people fear that Hamas will punish them for speaking out, and blame the Arab media for looking the other way when someone criticizes the group

  The IDF has obtained testimonials from Hamas terrorists that reveal that the tragic deaths of Palestinians during the Gaza aid truck incident at the end of February were due to overcrowding, contradicting Hamas's claims that they were the result of IDF gunfire, i24NEWS reported Monday based on sources. Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook, Twitter, […]

Hamas said it arrested six members of the PA security force, who escorted aid trucks in coordination with Israeli forces, and said they were in pursuit of several others. The PA denied the claim, and refused to elaborate on Hamas' assertion that they were cooperating with the 'occupation forces'

  The sister of Hamas politbureau chief Ismail Haniyeh was arrested on suspicion of contact with operatives from the terror group and supporting acts of terror, defense sources say. Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram The 57-year-old woman was detained in a joint raid by police and the Shin Bet security agency. An […]

Top Israeli official: Gaza Hostage talks with Hamas far from fruition, Mossad chief to remain in country ■ Iran's envoy to Syria says response to strike will be 'harsh' on Iranian state media ■ Thousands rally in Jerusalem for second day straight, demand hostage deal, early elections ■ Top Biden, Netanyahu aides virtually discuss Israeli plans to invade Rafah ■ IDF says drone struck army base in southern Israel, pro-Iranian Iraqi militia claimed responsbility ■ IDF says intelligence from Al-Shifa raid 'may yield significant information' about hostages as Palestinians report hundreds of bodies and wide destruction