Hamas handed over lists on Wednesday (October 8, 2025) of hostages and Palestinian prisoners to be exchanged in a swap, and said it was optimistic about negotiations to end the war in Gaza, while U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and envoy were due to join the talks. Negotiations are focused on the mechanisms to halt … Read more
A nurse looks after a baby in an incubator at the maternity ward of Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Israel has repeatedly denied permission to transfer incubators from an evacuated hospital in North Gaza, a U.N. children’s agency official said on Tuesday (October 7, 2025), … Read more
A man lights a flare as people gather outside the Tunis-Carthage International Airport on October 5, 2025, to welcome back some of the Tunisians who were sailing with the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF). | Photo Credit: AFP Israel has deported a further 29 activists detained by the navy last week for taking part in a … Read more
Hamas on Sunday (October 5, 2025) called for a swift start to a hostage-prisoner exchange with Israel as negotiators from the two warring sides meet in Egypt for crucial talks aimed at ending the nearly two-year war. Foreign ministers of several countries, including Egypt, said the talks were a “real opportunity” to achieve a comprehensive … Read more
United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. would know “very quickly” whether Hamas was serious or not during the current technical talks. | Photo Credit: AP The war in Gaza has “not yet” ended, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday, describing the release of the hostages held by Hamas … Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he hopes to announce the release of all hostages from Gaza “in the coming days,” as Israel and Hamas prepare for indirect talks in Egypt on Monday (October 6, 2025) on a new U.S. plan to end the war. In a brief statement late Saturday (October 4, 2025), Mr. … Read more
Israel said Saturday (October 4, 2025) its troops were still operating in Gaza and warned residents not to return, despite calls from the families of Israeli hostages and U.S. President Donald Trump for an immediate halt to the fighting. Mr. Trump issued the appeal to the key U.S. ally after Palestinian militant group Hamas said … Read more
The 20-point peace plan for Gaza was released after United States President Donald Trump’s meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. on Septamber 29, 2025. File | Photo Credit: AP United States President Donald Trump gave Hamas until 6 p.m. Washington D.C. time (2200 GMT) on Sunday (October 5, 2025) to reach an agreement on his … Read more
Israeli strikes and gunfire killed at least 57 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, health officials said Thursday (October 2, 2025), as Hamas was still considering its response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal for ending the nearly two-year war. The plan requires Hamas to return all 48 hostages — about 20 of them thought by … Read more
In a ground-breaking report released on September 16, the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory concluded that Israel’s actions in Gaza constitute genocide. Chaired by former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, the Commission spent two years meticulously collecting and verifying evidence, documenting over 60,000 Palestinian deaths … Read more
