Hamas

Israel-aligned Gazan militia operating in Rafah tunnels, aim to disarm Hamas - report

Abu Shabab, named for their founder, Yasser Abu Shabab, is an anti-Hamas, Israel-aligned resistance group operating within the Gaza Strip. 

Ghassan Duhine (center) with members of the anti-Hamas Abu Shabab militia in the Gaza Strip, September 2025.
FRANCESCA ALBANESE, United Nations special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, is seen at a conference in Rome, last year. Her suggestion that Palestine represents a moral compass reflects her own broken one, the writer says.

Francesca Albanese represents UN inability to acknowledge truth and morality - opinion

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, in Doha, Qatar,  September 16, 2025.

US must reclaim its institutions and universities in face of Qatari financial influence - opinion

Gaza City, November 25, 2025.

Gaza's reconstruction must focus on the culture just as much as on the concrete - opinion


Gaza's new power struggle: Militias, contractors, and peacekeepers under US-backed plan - analysis

As Gaza's power dynamics shift, US-backed peace plans face challenges with private contractors, militias, and potential peacekeepers. Indonesia may lead the peacekeeping mission

A patch with Indonesia and an Indonesian flag on the arm of an Indonesian soldier during the preparation of the annual Bastille Day military parade on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris France on July 14, 2025.

Senior Hamas officials meet Iran's Larijani in Doha to discuss conditions in Gaza

Muhammad Ismail Darwish, chairman of Hamas's Shura Council, led the delegation in talks with Ali Larijani in the Qatari capital.

Illustrative image of Muhammad Ismail Darwish and Ali Larijani

Culture minister backs dropping ‘massacre’ from Oct. 7 bill, says term reflects ‘victimhood’

“The State of Israel is a strong country. The days when it was possible to massacre the State of Israel no longer exist,” said Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar.

Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar at the opening of the Israeli Cartoon Museum in the city of Holon, central Israel, February 10, 2026.

Tens of thousands of shekels seized, suspected Hamas, Islamic Jihad affiliates arrested in IDF op.

During the operation, the IDF arrested multiple suspects affiliated with Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad and seized tens of thousands of shekels in alleged terror funds, the IDF said. 

IDF operates in West Bank, February 9, 2026.

'Time with Dad' program launched to assist reservists reintegrating with families after IDF service

The program, supported by the Schusterman Family Philanthropies-Israel and the Glazer Foundation, provides structured group sessions for reserve soldiers and their young children.

 IDF soldiers operate in Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip, May 8, 2025.

Police arrest terrorist who planned Hizma checkpoint attack, son, following traffic accident

A 50-year-old man suspected of planning a terror attack near Jerusalem was arrested, along with his son, after police found weapons and incitement materials.

Israel Police find knives, "military-style" piece of clothing in vehicle of suspected terrorist, near Jerusalem, February 2026.

US security firm used in Gaza aid in talks with Trump administration for role in Board of Peace

UG Solutions made the disclosure after Reuters reported it was recruiting Arabic-speaking contractors with combat experience for work in undisclosed locations.

Palestinians seek aid supplies from the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), in the central Gaza Strip, August 4, 2025.

Russia proposes running hospital in Gaza Strip as Phase II of peace deal raises Israeli concern

Speaking in an interview reported by RIA Novosti, a state-affiliated Russian news agency, Viktorov said the concept was first raised about two years ago and is now being revisited.

Palestinian houses stand badly damaged during the ongoing Israeli military operation, amid Israel-Hamas conflict, in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, December 18, 2024.

Trump's progress in Gaza may be used to delay a new Israeli invasion of Gaza - analysis

Two major possible leaks could be part of a pincer movement by the Trump administration to make sufficient progress regarding Hamas disarmament to circumvent a return to a major Gaza ground invasion.

US President Donald Trump poses with the signed agreement at a world leaders' summit on ending the Gaza war, amid a US-brokered prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, October 13, 2025.

King's College London hosts first university screening of raw Oct. 7 footage released by IDF

Until now, 'Bearing Witness to the October 7th Massacre' has mainly been screened privately to opinion leaders, media figures, and politicians.

 Homes are destroyed, following the deadly October 7 attack by Hamas terrorists from the Gaza Strip, in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, southern Israel November 2, 2023