Hamas, Israel and Middle East

Middle East latest: Hamas says 8 hostages to be freed in first phase of ceasefire are dead
Israel says a Hamas list shows that eight of the 33 hostages to be released in the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire are dead.
Middle East latest: Israel lets displaced Palestinians return to northern Gaza
Israel on Monday began allowing Palestinians to return to the heavily destroyed north of the Gaza Strip for the first time since the early weeks of the 15-month war with Hamas, in accordance with a fragile ceasefire.
Watch: Hamas releases Israeli hostages as part of ceasefire deal
Watch again as Hamas released Israeli hostages as part of the ceasefire deal on Saturday (1 February). The truce, which began on 19 January, is aimed at winding down the deadliest and most destructive war ever fought between Israel and the Hamas militant group.
Middle East latest: 2 freed hostages are back in Israel
Two released hostages, Ofer Kalderon and Yarden Bibas, have arrived in Israel and are on their way to an initial reception point.
Middle East latest: Hamas frees 3 hostages, Israel releases Palestinians as part of ceasefire deal
Hamas freed three hostages in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday and Israel released 183 Palestinian prisoners in the fourth round of exchanges during the Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.
Gaza Strip: Hamas releases three more hostages as part of Gaza ceasefire deal
Hamas released the fourth batch of Israeli hostages on Saturday, handing over three individuals to the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza City as part of the ceasefire deal. Earlier Saturday morning,

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How Trump Can Be a Middle East Peacemaker
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Middle East latest: Israeli strike kills at least 10 people in the West Bank, officials say
The Palestinian Health Ministry says two Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank overnight and ...
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Middle East latest: Hamas confirms Israel killed the head of its military wing last year
Hamas has confirmed for the first time that Israeli killed the head of its military wing, Mohammed Deif, in an airstrike last year ...
Trump wants to ‘clean out’ Gaza. Here’s what this could mean for the Middle East
US President Donald Trump’s proposal to “clean out” the Gaza Strip by moving more than a million Palestinians to neighboring ...
Israel's war spending in 2024 lifts debt burden to 69% of GDP
Israel spent about 100 billion shekels ($28 billion) on military conflicts in 2024, the finance ministry said on Tuesday, a ...
Middle East latest: Israel launches a major West Bank operation, days after Gaza ceasefire
Israel launched a major military operation Tuesday in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin that killed at least nine ...
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The Israel Hamas War
Since Israel and Hamas went to war ... With fears growing of a wider regional war in the Middle East, the United States, European allies and Arab nations were working to broker a 21-day ...
Pro-Israel Sen. Dave McCormick to chair key subcommittee on the Middle East
I see this as a great opportunity to strengthen the US-Israel alliance, expand the Abraham Accords, grow US-India cooperation ...
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The Path to a Transformed Middle East
DENNIS ROSS is Counselor at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and a Professor at Georgetown University. A former ...