ISTANBUL, July 31 — Washington was “not aware of or involved in” the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, said the United States' (US) Secretary of State Antony Blinken today.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 31 — The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has condemned the action of Meta Platforms Inc (Meta) in removing, once again, the post with a photo of the meeting between Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Hamas leaders in Doha, Qatar, from Instagram.

DUBAI, July 31 — Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas leader who was killed in Iran, was the tough-talking face of the Palestinian group's international diplomacy as war raged back in Gaza, where three of his sons were killed in an Israeli airstrike.

CAIRO, July 31 — Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in the early hours of the morning in Tehran, Iran, the Palestinian group said on Wednesday.

PUTRAJAYA, July 24 — Malaysia welcomes the Beijing Declaration on Ending Division and Strengthening Palestinian National Unity sealed by the representatives of Palestine in Beijing on July 23 within the framework of the Palestine Liberation Organisation and the formation of an interim government of national reconciliation.

PUTRAJAYA, July 24 — Malaysia will immediately contact countries that support the Palestine cause to seek action at the International Forum, including the United Nations General Assembly, following the decision by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over the Palestine occupation, said Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 23 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has welcomed the agreement between Fatah and Hamas, inked in Beijing, which aims to strengthen Palestinian unity.

ISTANBUL, July 23 — Palestinian factions have pledged to end divisions during their reconciliatory talks in Beijing, the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced today.

CAIRO, July 17 — Israeli forces pounded areas in the central Gaza Strip today, killing at least nine Palestinians, said health officials, while Israeli tanks carried out a limited advance further into Rafah in the south.

TEHRAN, July 16 — China will host senior officials from Palestine’s Gaza-based Hamas and the West Bank-based Fatah for a meeting next week, Islamic republic news agency (Irna) reported.

CAIRO/GAZA, July 10 — Palestinian officials said an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip killed more than two dozen people while advancing tanks in Gaza City forced residents to flee under fire, as Israel yesterday stepped up an offensive that Hamas warned could jeopardise ceasefire talks.

JERUSALEM, July 5 — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told United States President Joe Biden yesterday he will send a delegation to resume stalled negotiations on a hostage release deal with Hamas, their administrations said.

CAIRO, June 20 — Israeli tanks backed by warplanes and drones advanced deeper into the western part of the Gazan city of Rafah yesterday, killing eight, said residents and Palestinian medics.

ISTANBUL, June 12 — Egypt and Qatar received a response from Palestinian groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad on a recent ceasefire and hostage swap proposal, the Egyptian Foreign Affairs Ministry said last night, Anadolu Agency reported.

UNITED NATIONS, June 12 — United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres yesterday named and shamed Israel’s armed and security forces, Palestinian militants Hamas and Islamic Jihad, and Sudan’s warring parties for killing and maiming children last year, adding them to an annual global list of offenders for violations against children.

CAIRO, June 11 — The Palestinian group Hamas, its ally the Islamic Jihad group and the rival Palestinian Authority of President Mahmoud Abbas welcomed a UN Security Council resolution backing a proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza.

CAIRO, June 10 — Israeli forces pounded central Gaza anew yesterday, a day after killing 274 Palestinians during a hostage rescue raid, and tanks advanced further into Rafah in an apparent bid to seal off part of the southern city, residents and Hamas media said.

NEW YORK, June 8 — United Nations (UN) secretary-general Antonio Guterres has added Israel's military to a global list of offenders for committing violations against children in 2023, said Israel's UN envoy Gilad Erdan, describing the decision as "shameful." Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad...

CAIRO/JERUSALEM, June 6 — The leader of Hamas said yesterday the group would demand a permanent end to the war in Gaza and Israeli withdrawal as part of a ceasefire plan, dealing an apparent blow to a truce proposal touted last week by United States President Joe Biden.

JERUSALEM, June 2 — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday there would be no permanent ceasefire in Gaza until Hamas’ military and governing capabilities were destroyed.