Doha condemns actions as cowardly, flagrant violation of international law

Eleven killed as houses demolished in city's east, as Hamas prepares to resume ceasefire talks

EU, others urge Israel to provide authorisation for all international NGOs, unblock essential humanitarian actors from operating

Protesters say far-right cabinet is going against the interest of the country and want Trump to intervene

Move draws criticisms from UK, Australia; Hamas calls it blatant coup against negotiation process

His cabinet has approved a takeover plan, with Hamas calling the move ‘a blatant coup’

Over 61,000 deaths in Gaza Strip since October 2023

JERUSALEM/GAZA, July 27 — Israel has said it would halt military operations each day for 10 hours in parts of Gaza and allow new aid corridors in the shattered enclave, where images of hungry Palestinians have alarmed the world.

CAIRO, June 29 — The Israeli military has ordered Palestinians to evacuate areas in northern Gaza on Sunday before intensified fighting against Hamas, as United States (US) President Donald Trump called for an end to the war amid renewed efforts to broker a ceasefire.

WASHINGTON, May 30 — Israel has agreed to a US ceasefire proposal for Gaza, the White House said on Thursday, and Hamas said it was reviewing the plan although its terms did not meet the group's demands.

ISTANBUL, May 29 — The Palestinian group Hamas has announced that it had reached an agreement with United States (US) Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff on a general framework for a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, Anadolu Ajansi reported.

CAIRO/JERUSALEM, May 23 — Israeli airstrikes killed at least six Palestinians guarding aid trucks against looters, Hamas officials said on Friday, underlining the problems hindering supplies from reaching hungry people in Gaza following Israel's 11-week-long blockade.

ANKARA, May 22 — The Palestinian Hamas group has said the recent statements by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on continuing his genocidal war on Gaza confirm his intention of undermining the ceasefire talks and the chances of prisoner release, Anadolu Ajansi reported.

CAIRO, May 18 — Israel’s airstrikes killed at least 100 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip overnight, local health authorities said today, as mediators hosted a new round of ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas.

CAIRO/JERUSALEM, May 13 — An Israeli-American hostage was released from 19 months of captivity in Gaza during a brief pause in fighting yesterday and reunited with his family, but Israeli strikes on the battered enclave soon resumed.

RAMALLAH, April 23 — Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas today called on Hamas to lay down arms and hand the management of Gaza to his Palestinian Authority (PA), part of efforts to answer international doubts over the authority’s role at a key moment for the region.

CAIRO/GAZA, March 21 — At least 91 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded in airstrikes across Gaza yesterday after Israel resumed bombing and ground operations, the enclave's health ministry said, effectively ditching a two-month-old ceasefire.

JERUSALEM, March 19 — Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday defended the resumption of airstrikes in Gaza, saying that negotiations on restoring the ceasefire would continue "only under fire".

CAIRO, March 16 — Israeli military strikes have killed at least 14 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, the enclave's Health Ministry said on Sunday, as Arab and United States (US) mediators work to shore up a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

CAIRO/JERUSALEM, March 9 — Israel and Palestine’s Hamas signalled yesterday that they were preparing for the next phase of ceasefire negotiations, as mediators pushed ahead with talks to extend the fragile 42-day truce that began in January.