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Zvika Nave claimed that he could do things to step up the pressure on Hamas to release the hostage, but once the family felt that he wasn't delivering, they asked for a refund. A family member says that the money wasn't returned willingly

  Negotiations for a new hostage deal between Israel and Hamas have reached an advanced stage, with both sides exchanging lists of names through mediators, according to Arab media reports. The proposed agreement could include the release of four American citizens held in Gaza who don't meet the humanitarian criteria of previous deals. Israeli sources […]

Sources tell Haaretz that Qatar has reentered the picture after withdrawing as a mediator, while Hamas says 'intensive efforts' underway for a two-month cease-fire during which hostages will be released in steps and Palestinian Authority will assume control of Rafah crossing

The game – recently dubbed Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, the name Hamas uses for its October 7 attack on Israel – featured an option to execute a line of unarmed Israeli soldiers by shooting them in the back of the head

Hamas, along with Fatah and Islamic Jihad, is expected to discuss a shared governance mechanism for Gaza. Senior Palestinian officials say that even if hostages are discussed, chances of a breakthrough are low

LEBANON: IDF strikes Hezbollah targets in Lebanon ■ IRAN: Tehran plans uranium-enrichment expansion, IAEA report says ■ ISRAEL: Netanyahu convenes meeting of defense officials to discuss Lebanon truce, Syrian rebels' Aleppo offensive ■ GAZA: Hamas delegation visits Cairo for talks with Fatah, Islamic Jihad

  A lecturer at King's College London distributed Hamas propaganda materials during a university seminar and encouraged students to view the terror organization as a "liberation" movement, The Jewish Chronicle has revealed. Dr Rana Baker, who teaches Middle Eastern history, presented students with a Hamas document titled "Our Narrative: Operation Al-Aqsa Flood" during a class […]

Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri said the organization is open to efforts to secure a deal in Gaza that would include a hostages-for-prisoners swap deal

A Nova festival survivor, as well as an Israeli hostage who was released from Hamas captivity, testified before a conference run by the Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel on how sexual violence was used as a weapon of war

LEBANON: Biden announces 60-day cease-fire between Israel and Lebanon, in which Israel will gradually withdraw forces and Lebanese Army will deploy along border ■ ISRAEL: Netanyahu says Lebanon cease-fire aims to isolate Hamas, focus on Iran ■ GAZA: Reports of 15 killed in Israeli strike on shelter in Gaza City

  While fierce battles between IDF and Hamas terrorists have become routine in Gaza, a different kind of conflict has emerged within the Gaza Strip in recent weeks. The terrorist organization is now fighting crime families and mobs who dare to interfere with what has become Gaza's primary source of power and revenue – international […]

Army says there is no way to verify the image of a dead body released by Hamas at this stage. The group's military spokesman claims another woman hostage at risk of death

'Hamas would have seen it as a vindication of its cynical strategy to hope and pray the international community forgets about the fate of more than 100 hostages,' U.S. deputy ambassador says

The lawsuit details Iran's funding of Hamas, supported by original documents of a secret planning meeting of the attack, the New York Times reports

The unnamed officer was taken into police custody on suspicion of providing support for Hamas through 'online activity.' Hamas was fully banned as a terror group in the U.K. in 2021

The alleged support for Hamas related to online activity, Gloucestershire Police said.

The move effectively means there is no longer a channel of communication between Israel and Hamas. Qatar wants to cast blame equally on both sides and force the United States to pressure Israel the way it has demanded Qatar pressure Hamas

Qatar said that both Israel and Hamas are not acting in good faith, adding that it would renew its mediation efforts 'when the parties show their willingness to end the brutal war and the ongoing suffering of civilians' in Gaza

The United States informed Qatar that it no longer finds the presence of Hamas's leadership in the country acceptable, prompting Doha to demand that the organization's leaders depart, according to a report from Reuters. According to the report, citing a senior government source, the decision was made following Hamas leadership's firm rejection of a partial […]

The court allowed the publication of the name of a Netanyahu spokesperson amid allegations that state security was compromised and efforts to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas were impeded