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Hamas seeks role for its police in Gaza ahead of disarmament talks, sources say
2+ hour, 41+ min ago (856+ words) Published'Jan 27, 2026, 06:19 PM Updated'Jan 27, 2026, 06:48 PM CAIRO - Hamas is seeking to incorporate its 10,000 police officers into a new US-backed Palestinian administration for Gaza, sources say, a demand likely to be opposed by Israel as the militant group debates whether to surrender its…...
Israel says Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza runs counter to its policy
1+ week, 2+ day ago (265+ words) The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the composition of the executive board for Gaza had not been coordinated with Israel. Published'Jan 18, 2026, 01:31 AM Updated'Jan 18, 2026, 12:34 PM TEL AVIV - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Jan 17 that the…...
Trump says he supports transitional Palestinian panel in Gaza
1+ week, 4+ day ago (416+ words) Published'Jan 16, 2026, 11:16 AM WASHINGTON, Jan 15 - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was backing the newly appointed "Palestinian Technocratic Government" in Gaza where Washington has announced the launch of a second phase in a ceasefire that went into effect in October…...
Israel says it is striking Hezbollah targets in several areas in Lebanon
1+ week, 4+ day ago (143+ words) Published'Jan 15, 2026, 11:01 PM Jan 15 - The Israeli military said it was striking Hezbollah targets in several areas in Lebanon on Thursday, adding that the strikes were in response to Hezbollah's "repeated violations of the ceasefire". An Israeli military spokesperson had earlier issued…...
Israeli forces kill four in Gaza, say they hit rocket launch site
2+ week, 5+ day ago (526+ words) Despite the ceasefire, Israel has continued to carry out air strikes and targeted operations across Gaza. Published'Jan 08, 2026, 06:27 PM Updated'Jan 08, 2026, 10:18 PM JERUSALEM - Israeli forces killed at least four Palestinians in two separate strikes in the Gaza Strip on Jan 8, hours after…...
Hamas says search resumes for last Israeli hostage body in Gaza
2+ week, 5+ day ago (429+ words) Mrs Talik Gvili, the mother of Israeli hostage Ran Gvili, lighting a candle in Tel Aviv on Dec 21. The body of Mr Gvili remains in Gaza. Published'Jan 07, 2026, 10:26 PM Updated'Jan 07, 2026, 11:15 PM GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories " Hamas officials told AFP that search…...
Israel begins strikes of Hezbollah and Hamas 'targets' in Lebanon
3+ week, 20+ hour ago (495+ words) Emergency services and residents at the scene after an Israeli strike on the village of Kfar Hatta, in southern Lebanon on Jan 5, 2026. Published'Jan 06, 2026, 12:40 AM Updated'Jan 06, 2026, 02:06 AM CAIRO - The Israeli military launched strikes on southern and eastern Lebanon on Jan 5, Lebanese…...
Trump and Israel’s Netanyahu meet in US to discuss next phase of Gaza plan
4+ week, 16+ hour ago (1013+ words) US President Donald Trump (right) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking to the media outside Mr Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, on Dec 29. Published'Dec 30, 2025, 04:13 AM Updated'Dec 30, 2025, 04:28 AM PALM BEACH, Florida - US President Donald Trump met Israeli Prime…...
ICC rejects Israeli bid to halt Gaza war investigation
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (267+ words) Published'Dec 16, 2025, 12:14 AM THE HAGUE, Dec 15 - Appeals judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday rejected one in a series of legal challenges brought by Israel against the "court's "probe into its conduct of the'Gaza war. On appeal, "judges refused to…...
Anti-Hamas Gazan clansman reported killed, in blow to Israeli policy
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (656+ words) Published'Dec 04, 2025, 11:55 PM JERUSALEM/CAIRO Dec 4 - The head of an armed Palestinian faction that opposes Hamas in Gaza has been killed, Israeli media reported on Thursday, in what would be a blow to Israeli efforts to support Gazan clans against the…...