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October 31, 2025 9:39 AM

Hamas hands over bodies of two Israeli hostages

Palestinian militant group Hamas handed over two bodies of deceased Israeli hostages on Thursday, a day after the tenuous Gaza ceasefire was shaken by a series of deadly Israeli strikes across the enclave. The bodies of hostages Amiram Cooper and Sa...

October 29, 2025 4:57 PM

Israel says it resumes enforcement of Gaza ceasefire

The Israeli military said on Wednesday that it had resumed enforcing the Gaza ceasefire agreement after a series of strikes across the enclave that it said were in response to Hamas violations. Israel launched airstrikes in Gaza late on Tuesday, kil...

October 29, 2025 1:13 PM

Israel strikes Gaza after accusing Hamas of violating US-brokered ceasefire

Israeli planes launched strikes in Gaza on Tuesday after Israel accused the militant group Hamas of violating a ceasefire in the Palestinian territory, the latest test of a fragile deal brokered earlier this month by U.S. President Donald Trump. Loc...

October 24, 2025 10:09 AM

Trump dismisses bid by some Israeli lawmakers to annex West Bank

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday dismissed an effort by some Israeli lawmakers to push forward with annexation of the occupied West Bank, saying Israel is "not going to do anything with the West Bank." A bill applying Israeli law to the West ...

October 21, 2025 3:11 PM

Vance to visit Israel with Gaza ceasefire uncertain

U.S. Vice President JD Vance will arrive in Israel on Tuesday, as Washington tries to stabilise the first, shaky, phase of the Gaza ceasefire and push Israel and Hamas towards the harder concessions asked of each side in coming talks. The two sides ...

October 19, 2025 9:18 AM

Border crossing to stay closed, Israel says, as US alleges Hamas ceasefire violation

The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt will remain closed until further notice, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday, adding its reopening will depend on Hamas handing over the bodies of deceased hostages as the two si...

October 18, 2025 3:59 PM

Israel says it has received body of another hostage held in Gaza

Israel said early Saturday that the Red Cross had turned over the body of another deceased hostage from Gaza to Israel's military amid a dispute over delays in the return of remains under the ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel. Hamas had said o...

October 17, 2025 11:24 PM

Hamas aims to keep grip on Gaza security and can’t commit to disarm, senior official says

Hamas intends to maintain security control in Gaza during an interim period, a senior Hamas official told Reuters, adding he could not commit to the group disarming - positions that reflect the difficulties facing U.S. plans to secure an end to the w...

October 17, 2025 12:47 PM

Ceasefire offers Israel opportunity to end its international isolation

A ceasefire in Gaza is raising hopes among many in Israel that the country can begin to repair its image abroad, after months of deepening isolation due to the toll of the two-year conflict. Public opinion in the West has shifted significantly since...

October 17, 2025 9:33 AM

France and Britain refine plans at UN for Gaza force resolution

France and Britain, in coordination with the United States, are working to finalise a U.N. Security Council resolution in the coming days that would lay the foundation for a future international force in Gaza, France said on Thursday. With a shaky U...