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Hamas chief negotiator says Israel’s killing of senior commander threatens ceasefire

December 14, 2025 admin

Mourners carry bodies during the funeral of Hamas’s senior commander Raed Saed and his aides, who were killed in an Israeli strike a day earlier, in Gaza City, December 14, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Hamas’ chief negotiator Khalil Al-Hayya said on Sunday (December 14, 2025) that a targeted assassination by Israel on Saturday (December…

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Israel kills two Palestinian children in drone strike in the latest test of Gaza ceasefire

November 29, 2025 admin

Palestinians walk through the destruction left by the Israeli air and ground offensive in Gaza City, on November 29, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Israeli fire killed two Palestinian children in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday (November 29, 2025), a hospital reported, marking the latest deaths of Palestinians as a shaky ceasefire with Hamas…

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Rubio says U.S. ‘optimistic’ for UN resolution on Gaza

November 13, 2025 admin

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. File. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday (November 12, 2025) he was optimistic that the UN Security Council would finalize a resolution on Gaza that would back an international security force. “We feel optimistic that it’s going to happen,” Mr. Rubio told…

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Israeli settlers torch mosque, scrawl hateful messages after condemnation from military leaders

November 13, 2025 admin

Israeli settlers gather as Palestinians protest against them taking over their land, near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on November 13, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israeli settlers torched and defaced a mosque in a Palestinian village in the central West Bank overnight, scribbling hateful messages in a show of defiance, a day after…

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Israeli PM Netanyahu hints at opposition to any Turkish forces in Gaza amid ceasefire plan

October 22, 2025 admin

* Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinted on Wednesday (October 22, 2025) at his opposition to any role for Turkish security forces in the Gaza Strip as part of a mission to monitor a U.S.-backed ceasefire with the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Speaking in Jerusalem alongside visiting U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance, Mr. Netanyahu said…

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Hamas publishes a list of over 1,900 Palestinian prisoners it says will be released in truce

October 13, 2025 admin

Security officials walk outside the Israeli military prison, Ofer, on the day Israel is expected to release Palestinian prisoners as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal in Gaza between Hamas and Israel, near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on October 13, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Hamas on Monday (October 13,…

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Israeli Cabinet approves ‘outline’ of deal to release hostages held by Hamas

October 10, 2025 admin

The sides appeared closer than they have been in months to ending a war that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians, reduced much of Gaza to rubble, brought famine to parts of the territory and left dozens of hostages, living and dead, in Gaza Israel’s Cabinet early on Friday (October 10, 2025) approved President…

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Protesters go on strike in Israel demanding ceasefire, release of Gaza hostages

August 17, 2025 admin

Protesters in Israel demanding the government make a deal to secure the release of hostages held by militants in Gaza escalated their campaign on Sunday (August 17, 2025), staging a nationwide strike that blocked traffic and closed businesses. The “day of stoppage” was organised by two groups representing some of the families of hostages…

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Mediator Qatar confirms ‘technical meetings’ on Gaza truce ongoing

January 7, 2025 admin

Smoke rises over the northern Gaza Strip following an explosion as seen from a position on the Israeli side of the border on January 7, 2025 in Southern Israel, Israel. Israel and Hamas resumed indirect ceasefire talks through mediators in Qatar, as Israel continued airstrikes in Gaza over the weekend. | Photo Credit: Getty Images…

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Palestinians Released From Israeli Jails Bear Psychological Scars

December 31, 2024 admin

Cairo: Once muscular and strong, Palestinian bodybuilder Moazaz Obaiyat’s nine-month spell in Israeli custody left him unable to walk unaided upon his release in July. Then, in an October pre-dawn raid on his home, soldiers detained him again. Before being re-arrested, the 37-year-old father of five was diagnosed with severe PTSD by Bethlehem Psychiatric Hospital,…

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