Hamas
16 Mar
A first aid ship plying a new maritime corridor from Cyprus began unloading its cargo of desperately needed food in Gaza on Friday as Hamas proposed a new six-week truce in the war.
16 Mar
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah party hit back at criticism on Friday by Hamas and other factions over his appointment of a new prime minister they said could deepen divisions as the war with Israel in Gaza rages.
15 Mar
The Israeli army said Friday that "armed Palestinians" opened fire on civilians awaiting humanitarian aid in northern Gaza, rejecting claims by the Hamas-ruled territory's health ministry that Israeli soldiers were responsible.
13 Mar
At least 60 people have been killed by heavy rain and snow in Afghanistan over the past three weeks, the government's disaster ministry said Wednesday. Afghanistan has been parched by an unusually dry winter, but the end of the season is normally a time when deadly bad weather -- particularly floods -- batter communities. "Because…
12 Mar
The Israeli military said Tuesday a soldier believed to be held in Gaza had been killed during Hamas's October 7 attack and his body taken to the Palestinian territory. The military said in a statement that Sergeant Itay Hen, 19, "fell on October 7 and was then kidnapped" to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip by Palestinian…
9 Mar
Turkish President Recep Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday Ankara "firmly backs" Palestinian militant group Hamas.
3 Mar
Egypt was Sunday set to host the latest talks aiming for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas as Gaza officials reported more deadly bombardment in the nearly five-month-old war.
29 Feb
The Hamas-run health ministry said Thursday more than 30,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the war between the militant group and Israel began nearly five months ago.
25 Feb
Israel's war cabinet has discussed the next steps for negotiations towards a hostage deal and ceasefire in its war with Hamas, as concern deepens over the increasingly desperate situation faced by civilians in the devastated Gaza Strip.
19 Feb
Deadly fighting raged on in Gaza Monday after Israel warned that, unless Hamas frees all hostages, it will push on with its offensive during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, including in the far-southern Rafah area.
13 Feb
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said Tuesday there were "too many victims" in Gaza, saying Israel's assault on the Palestinian territory following the unprecedented Hamas attacks was "disproportionate".
11 Feb
Hamas on Sunday warned that any Israeli offensive in Gaza's far-southern city of Rafah would threaten talks about the release of hostages seized in the October 7 attacks.