Body returned from Gaza is not Shiri Bibas, Israeli military says
Body returned from Gaza is not Shiri Bibas, Israeli military says

The Israeli military has confirmed that one of four bodies returned from Gaza on Thursday is not that of Shiri Bibas, as previously claimed by Hamas. This update was reported by BBC, CNN, and other global outlets. The tragic news that Shiri Bibas, 33, and her two young sons, Ariel and Kfir, were...

US, Saudi Arabia reaffirm commitment to Gaza ceasefire and regional security
US, Saudi Arabia reaffirm commitment to Gaza ceasefire and regional security

The United States and Saudi Arabia have reaffirmed their commitment to a ceasefire in Gaza and efforts to secure the release of hostages, including American citizens. Talks also focused on regional stability, economic ties, and defense cooperation, according to a press statement. The US...

'Gaza ceasefire will end if Hamas doesn’t free hostages by Saturday'
'Gaza ceasefire will end if Hamas doesn’t free hostages by Saturday'

Israels prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Hamas it will end the ceasefire in Gaza and resume intense fighting if the Palestinian group does not return our hostages by Saturday noon. Netanyahu said he had ordered Israeli forces to amass inside and around Gaza in response to Hamass...

Hamas to halt hostage releases, jeopardizing Gaza ceasefire
Hamas to halt hostage releases, jeopardizing Gaza ceasefire

Hamas on Monday announced it would stop releasing Israeli hostages until further notice over what the Palestinian militant group called Israeli violations of a ceasefire agreement in Gaza, raising the risk of reigniting the conflict. Hamas was to release more Israeli hostages on Saturday in...

Hamas hails ‘heroic’ anti-Israeli operation in West Bank
Hamas hails ‘heroic’ anti-Israeli operation in West Bank

Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has hailed as heroic the retaliatory operation carried out against Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank, where the occupying regime has intensified its raids after the Gaza ceasefire. On Tuesday, two Israeli occupation troopers were killed and six...

Turkey slams 'inhumane' US proposal to relocate Gazans
Turkey slams 'inhumane' US proposal to relocate Gazans

Speaking in Qatar on Sunday, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan condemned the U.S. proposal to forcibly relocate Palestinians from Gaza, calling it inhumane. He expressed Turkeys strong opposition to the idea, which was first suggested by former U.S. President Donald Trump, and reiterated Turkeys...

Indonesia's Baznas sets target of Rp750 billion for Gaza reconstruction
Indonesia's Baznas sets target of Rp750 billion for Gaza reconstruction

Indonesias National Alms Agency (Baznas) is aiming to raise Rp750 billion (US$46 million) in charitable funds to help rebuild essential public infrastructure in Gaza, including hospitals, schools, and mosques. Baznas Head for National Digital Transformation, Nadratuzzaman Hosen, stated that an...

Israel to release 110 Palestinians in exchange for 3 captives
Israel to release 110 Palestinians in exchange for 3 captives

Israel is set to release 110 Palestinian prisoners, including 30 minors, in exchange for three Israeli captives as the third phase of the prisoner swap under the ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement, Press TV reported. In a statement on Wednesday, the...

Israel continues to attack Palestinians despite ceasefire
Israel continues to attack Palestinians despite ceasefire

The Israeli military continues to violate the ceasefire agreement with Hamas, as hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are returning to their homes in northern Gaza, Press TV reported. Israeli tanks opened fire on some Gazans in the vicinity of Gaza Citys al-Zaytoun neighborhood on Tuesday....

Four Israeli women to be released in return for 200 Palestinians
Four Israeli women to be released in return for 200 Palestinians

Israel is expected to release 200 Palestinians in exchange for four female Israeli soldiers, a Hamas media official said, Press TV reported. The announcement was made on Tuesday by Nader Fakhouri, an official with the Prisoners Media Office affiliated with Hamas. Fakhouri said, The second...

Israeli snipers kill two Palestinian children despite ceasefire
Israeli snipers kill two Palestinian children despite ceasefire

Israeli gunfire has killed two Palestinian children and injured several others in the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, despite a ceasefire currently in effect between Israel and Hamas. Zakaria Hamid Yahya Barbakh was fatally shot on Monday near al-Awda Square in southern areas of Rafah city,...

First aid trucks enter Gaza Strip after ceasefire begins
First aid trucks enter Gaza Strip after ceasefire begins

The first trucks carrying humanitarian aid have entered into the Gaza Strip as the ceasefire between the Israel and Hamas begins on Sunday. The humanitarian aid trucks entered Gaza from Egypt on Sunday as the Israel-Hamas ceasefire started taking effect. The 42-day first stage of the...

‘Gaza ceasefire deal ‘biggest defeat’ for Israel’
‘Gaza ceasefire deal ‘biggest defeat’ for Israel’

The commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Brigadier General Esmail Qaani has lauded the ceasefire agreement between the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas and Israel as the biggest defeat for the occupying regime,. Qaani said on Sunday that the ceasefire,...

Israel-Hamas ceasefire takes effect
Israel-Hamas ceasefire takes effect

A ceasefire deal agreed between Israel and Hamas has gone into effect after a nearly three-hour delay during which Israeli attacks killed at least 19 Palestinians, Al Jazeera, Times of Israel and Press TV reported. The deal stipulates a pause in fighting and the release of three Israeli captives...

Israel obtains names of captives to be released: Reports
Israel obtains names of captives to be released: Reports

Israeli media reports are now saying that Israel has received the names of the captives that will be released on the first day of the ceasefire. The mechanism of this is that Hamas informs Qatar, the mediator, and then Qatar informs Israel. It looks like this has now been done. These are...

Gaza ceasefire begins Sunday morning
Gaza ceasefire begins Sunday morning

A ceasefire in the Gaza war will begin on Sunday morning, mediator Qatar said, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows to bring back all the hostages held in the Palestinian territory, reports AFP. The truce is intended to end more than 15 months of fighting and devastating...

Israeli security cabinet approves Gaza ceasefire deal
Israeli security cabinet approves Gaza ceasefire deal

Israels security cabinet approved in a vote on Friday a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal that should take effect this weekend, the prime ministers office said. The agreement, which must now go to the full cabinet for a final green light, would halt fighting and bombardment in Gazas...

Hamas set to release first hostages under Gaza ceasefire deal: Israel
Hamas set to release first hostages under Gaza ceasefire deal: Israel

The Palestinian group Hamas is expected to release the first hostages under a Gaza ceasefire deal on Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus office said on Friday, after 15 months of war that demolished the enclave. If successful, the ceasefire would halt fighting that has razed much of...

American journalist handcuffed, forcibly removed from Blinken’s final press briefing
American journalist handcuffed, forcibly removed from Blinken’s final press briefing

Independent journalist Sam Husseini was forcibly removed by armed guards during US Secretary of State Antony Blinkens final press briefing after attempting to ask questions about the Gaza ceasefire. Blinken had just claimed that the past four years had seen successful diplomacy, including the...

Netanyahu announces deal to release hostages after last-minute snags in Gaza ceasefire negotiations
Netanyahu announces deal to release hostages after last-minute snags in Gaza ceasefire negotiations

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Friday that a deal to release hostages held in Gaza had been reached, despite earlier delays and last-minute snags in finalizing a ceasefire that would pause the ongoing 15-month conflict. Netanyahu said the deal, which would see the return of...

Israel delays approval of Gaza ceasefire, but US confirms deal on track
Israel delays approval of Gaza ceasefire, but US confirms deal on track

Israel has postponed approving a ceasefire deal with Palestinian militant group Hamas, which includes the release of hostages, but the United States remains confident the agreement will proceed as planned. Despite the delay, the US expects the ceasefire to take effect by Sunday, citing no...

Israeli airstrikes continue in Gaza despite ceasefire agreement
Israeli airstrikes continue in Gaza despite ceasefire agreement

Israeli air and artillery strikes persist in Gaza despite the announcement of a ceasefire deal between Israel and the Palestinian resistance group Hamas. The Palestinian Ministry of Health reports that, since Wednesday, 81 Palestinians have been killed and 188 others injured in ongoing Israeli...

Israel-Hamas Gaza ceasefire announcement: What's reaction of the World
Israel-Hamas Gaza ceasefire announcement: What's reaction of the World

Mediator of Israel-Hamas truce Qatar announced that Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement to halt the war in Gaza and exchange Israeli captives for Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails. Qatars Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani announced the agreement...

Gaza ceasefire deal: Palestinians celebrate victory
Gaza ceasefire deal: Palestinians celebrate victory

The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and Israel on Wednesday announced that they have agreed to a ceasefire to pause the 15-month war. Celebrations break out in in Gaza following reports that Israel and Hamas have reached a ceasefire deal that would also see the return of...

Netanyahu says Gaza ceasefire deal still incomplete
Netanyahu says Gaza ceasefire deal still incomplete

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said late Wednesday that a ceasefire agreement with Hamas is still not complete and the final details are being worked out. Netanyahus statement comes hours after the United States and Qatar announced the deal, which would pause the devastating 15-month...

Biden says Gaza deal based on his framework while Trump claims credit
Biden says Gaza deal based on his framework while Trump claims credit

US President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump both claimed credit on Wednesday for a Gaza ceasefire-for-hostages deal that was months in the making but was helped across the line by a Trump envoy. In announcing the ceasefire, Biden noted the final deal largely mirrored the framework of...

Gaza ceasefire deal close after 'breakthrough' in Doha
Gaza ceasefire deal close after 'breakthrough' in Doha

Negotiators will meet in Doha on Tuesday seeking to finalise details of a plan to end the war in Gaza after US President Joe Biden said a ceasefire and hostage release deal he has championed was on the brink of coming to fruition. Mediators gave Israel and Hamas a final draft of an agreement on...

Blinken 'confident' Gaza ceasefire to come, either under Biden or after
Blinken 'confident' Gaza ceasefire to come, either under Biden or after

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken voiced confidence Monday that a ceasefire deal in Gaza would come together, but possibly after President Joe Biden leaves office on January 20. Blinken, who tried repeatedly and unsuccessfully last year to broker a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, said...