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Top Hamas leader rejects disarmament or 'foreign rule"

Top Hamas leader rejects disarmament or 'foreign rule"6+ hour, 48+ min ago   (446+ words) Published - February 08, 2026 09:26 pm IST - Doha A senior Hamas leader said Sunday (February 8, 2026) that the Palestinian Islamist movement would not surrender its weapons nor accept foreign intervention in Gaza, pushing back against U.S. and Israeli demands. "Criminalising the resistance, its weapons, and…...

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Israeli strikes in Gaza kill at least 12

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (108+ words) Updated - January 31, 2026 01:45 pm IST - Deir Al-Balah (Gaza Strip) Hospitals in Gaza said Israeli strikes killed at least 12 Palestinians early on Saturday (January 31, 2026), one of the highest tolls since an October agreement aimed at stopping the fighting. The strikes hit northern…...

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Israel to hold funeral for last hostage recovered from Gaza

Israel to hold funeral for last hostage recovered from Gaza1+ week, 4+ day ago   (358+ words) Updated - January 28, 2026 05:13 pm IST - MEITAR The remains of the last Israeli captive recovered from the Gaza Strip were "set to be buried on Wednesday (January 28, 2026) in a funeral that "will help Israel turn the page after one "of the most…...

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Hamas seeks role for its police in Gaza ahead of disarmament talks, sources say

Hamas seeks role for its police in Gaza ahead of disarmament talks, sources say1+ week, 5+ day ago   (763+ words) Published - January 27, 2026 10:08 pm IST - CAIRO Hamas is seeking to incorporate its 10,000 police "officers into a new U.S.-backed Palestinian administration for Gaza, sources say, a demand likely to be opposed by Israel as the militant group debates whether to surrender "its…...

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Israeli fire kills five Palestinians as Trump seeks to advance Gaza peace deal

Israeli fire kills five Palestinians as Trump seeks to advance Gaza peace deal2+ week, 4+ day ago   (484+ words) Published - January 21, 2026 06:43 pm IST - CAIRO Israeli fire killed five Palestinians, including two boys, in central and southern Gaza, local "health authorities said, and the Israeli military said it had "eliminated" a "Palestinian militant who posed a threat to soldiers. Israel…...

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Hamas says it will dissolve its Gaza government when new Palestinian body takes over

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (854+ words) Updated - January 12, 2026 07:24 am IST - CAIRO Hamas said Sunday (January 11, 2026) it will dissolve its existing government in Gaza once a Palestinian technocratic leadership committee takes over the territory, as mandated under the U.S.-brokered peace plan. But the group gave no specifics…...

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Netanyahu tries to calm tensions after Israeli bus runs over and kills ultra-Orthodox teen

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (324+ words) Published - January 08, 2026 03:10 am IST - Jerusalem Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged calm on Wednesday (January 7, 2026) after a bus driver ran over and killed a teenage boy during a protest by thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jewish demonstrators against a law seeking to…...

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Israel says ban on Gaza media access should stay: court document

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (486+ words) Updated - January 05, 2026 05:33 pm IST - Jerusalem Israel's government has told the Supreme Court that a ban on international media access to Gaza should remain in place due to security risks in the Palestinian territory, according to a court submission. Since the…...

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Grandmother, grandson burn to death in Gaza tent while cooking; Jolie visits Rafah crossing

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (802+ words) Published - January 03, 2026 04:42 am IST - Deir al-Balah (Gaza Strip) A grandmother and her 5-year-old grandson burned to death in Gaza when their tent caught fire while cooking, as thousands of Palestinians battle harrowing winter conditions in makeshift housing. The nylon tent…...

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Trump warns Hamas, Iran after Netanyahu talks

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (742+ words) Updated - December 30, 2025 10:57 am IST - Palm Beach, United States U.S. President Donald Trump warned Iran of fresh strikes and said Hamas would have "hell to pay" if it fails to disarm in Gaza, as he presented a united front with Israeli Prime…...