Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli strikes across the Palestinian territory on Friday killed at least 13 people, including five in an attack that targeted a police vehicle. Gaza civil defence says Israeli strikes kill 13 Despite an October ceasefire, Gaza remains gripped by daily violence as Israeli strikes continue and both the Israeli military…
Last Updated:April 20, 2026, 10:35 IST Hamas signals readiness to surrender thousands of police weapons in Gaza to a new Trump led peace body, stopping short of full disarmament demanded by Israel. Hamas Says It Can Transfer Thousands of Arms to Gaza Administration. (AFP) Six months after the ceasefire with Israel came into effect, Hamas…
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Some Palestinians say they fear the widening war sparked by U.S. and Israeli attacks against Iran could overshadow the fragile situation in Gaza, just over a week after U.S. President Donald Trump rallied billions of dollars in pledges for the territory’s reconstruction and tried to nudge a ceasefire forward….
The attempt was made in eastern Rafah, which is within the Israeli side of the yellow line, the 53% of the Strip which the IDF currently controls For the second time in about a week, Hamas terrorists used a tunnel to try to penetrate Israeli defense lines in Gaza, the IDF announced on Monday. This…
Hamas finally breaks its silence on Abu Obeida’s elimination, debuting a masked successor to lead its psychological war. The IDF was not surprised by the move; it had expected it. The military wing of Hamas officially announced the death of the spokesman Abu Obeida on Monday, who was eliminated last August, and revealed his replacement….
Italian officials on Saturday announced the arrests of nine people who are accused of using charities to raise $8.2 million, most of which funded Hamas. File Photo by Mohammed Saber/EPA Dec. 27 (UPI) — Nine people who are accused of raising more than $8 million in Italy to help fund Hamas have been arrested by…
Published on: Dec 28, 2025 02:13 am IST Prime Minister Meloni praised the operation against Hamas financing amid escalating tensions and protests over Israel’s actions. Italian prosecutors said on Saturday they had arrested nine people on suspicion of financing Hamas through charities based in Italy, in an operation coordinated by anti-mafia and anti-terrorism units. The…
Rafah was once the third-largest city in the Gaza Strip. It was home to around 200,000 people. Today it is a desolate moonscape of rubble and twisted iron. The city and its suburbs were systematically destroyed by the Israel Defence Forces (idf) during the two-year war against Hamas. Rafah’s population was forced to move to…
Hamas says it won’t disarm while the IDF is in Gaza and suggests a long-term truce or ‘storing’ its arms. Meanwhile, the IDF likely won’t leave half of Gaza until Hamas disarms. Hamas is trying to slow-play the Gaza ceasefire deal so that it can eke out as much wiggle room as possible and remain…
The four hostages whose remains are still being held by Gazan terror groups are Meny Godard, St.-Sgt.-Maj. Ran Gvili, Dror Or, and Thai national Sudthisak Rinthalak. Hamas has information about each of the four deceased hostages whose remains are still being held in the Gaza Strip, sources familiar with the issue told Israel’s public broadcaster…