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Displaced Gazans heading north to wrecked homes as Israeli troops withdraw after truce

Fatima — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 02:33:36 +0000

After two years of genocide and repeated displacement, Israel and Hamas resistance movement agree on deal to end the war

Hamas condemns as ‘war crime’ Israel’s use of explosive-laden vehicles in Gaza

Fatima — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 05:15:51 +0000

Hamas says the Israeli regime’s use of explosive-laden and remote-controlled vehicles in the Gaza Strip in an effort to cause extensive destruction and loss of life constitutes a “full-fledged war crime” and “ethnic cleansing”.

Hamas: US complicit in Doha attack on truce negotiators

Fatima — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 09:58:26 +0000

Hamas has held the United States accountable for aiding and abetting the Zionist regime’s attempt to assassinate members of the resistance movement’s negotiating delegation in the Qatari capital Doha.

Israel wants all of Gaza even if Hamas accepts deal – Netanyahu

Fatima — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 17:55:11 +0000

Israel will continue its offensive in Gaza even if Hamas accepts the ceasefire and hostage deal.

Former generals admit Israel facing a ‘new Hamas’ in Gaza

Fatima — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 14:41:41 +0000

A retired Israeli general admits that the Palestinian resistance group is recovering.

Gaza truce talks reportedly stall despite Netanyahu-Trump meeting

zuneira momo Khamis — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 13:35:50 +0000

A Palestinian official says key sticking points at the indirect negotiations in Qatar include how aid will be distributed.
Negotiations between Israel and Hamas in Qatar on a new Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal have stalled after three days of indirect talks, a Palestinian official has told the BBC.

The official said key sticking points included how aid would be distributed during the ceasefire and Israeli troop withdrawals.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is visiting the US and hopes of a deal had been raised as he had an unscheduled second meeting with President Donald Trump on Tuesday.

US special envoy Steve Witkoff also said they were now "down to one" unresolved issue at the Doha talks and that he was hopeful of an agreement on a 60-day ceasefire by the end of this week.
A Palestinian official with knowledge of the negotiations told the BBC on Wednesday that they remained stalled.

According to the official, the impasse is due to the Israeli delegation's refusal to allow the unrestricted entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza through UN agencies and other international organisations.

Israel was insisting on maintaining what the official described as "the current humiliating mechanism" for aid distribution – a reference to the US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which uses private security contractors to bypass the UN.

The source also noted that Israel continued to reject calls for the withdrawal of its forces from areas of Gaza it has occupied since 18 March – when Israel resumed its offensive, collapsing the last ceasefire – further complicating progress in the negotiations.
As these details are being thrashed out in Doha, on the ground in Gaza at least 20 people were killed in overnight Israeli strikes on a tent in the southern Khan Younis area and on house in al-Shati refugee camp, north-west of Gaza City, according the Hamas-run Civil Defence agency.

There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military.

What’s happening with talks between Israel, the US and Hamas?

Faruk Aydın — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 20:24:28 +0000

An Israeli negotiating team has reportedly extended its stay in the Qatari capital Doha, a day after the US envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff was in town to try and find a path forward between Israel and Hamas.

The deal reportedly on the cards is an extension of the ceasefire for up to 60 days in exchange for between five and 10 living Israeli captives held in Gaza.

While Hamas has previously rejected a similar deal, they may be more amenable after direct meetings between US hostage envoy Adam Boehler and top Hamas officials in recent weeks. Boehler had said that the meetings went well and suggested a deal was on the cards for a potential long-term ceasefire, prompting a backlash from Israel and pro-Israeli US politicians.

There are even reports that Boehler has been taken off the Israel-Gaza file, but those reports may be premature.