Yesterday
Hamas signals it will release more hostages this weekend
The statement came amid rising tensions between Hamas and Israel pointed to rising risks about the future of the precarious truce between the adversaries.
- Lara Jakes and Aaron Boxerman
This Month
Israel calls up reservists as fears for fragile Gaza ceasefire rise
Concern that the truce will collapse is growing as fury mounts in the Arab world over President Donald Trump’s plan for the United States to take over Gaza.
- James Mackenzie, Jana Choukeir and Maha El Dahan
- Opinion
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Trump’s Gaza plan is a crazy answer to a valid question
I can say with confidence that Donald Trump’s proposal is the single most idiotic and dangerous Middle East “peace” initiative ever put out by an American president.
- Thomas Friedman
- Opinion
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Trump may be wrong about many things, but he’s right about Hamas
Arab states such as Qatar and Egypt depend on US protection even as they harbour Hamas leaders or failed to stop the group from arming itself to the teeth.
- Bret Stephens
Netanyahu threatens to restart war if hostages not returned
“If Hamas does not return our hostages by Saturday noon – the ceasefire will end,” the Israeli leader said, adding he’s ordered the military to prepare.
- Nidal al-Mughrabi and Alexander Cornwell
Packer moves in with billionaire Mar-a-Lago residents
The Australian businessman has picked up a two-year lease, putting him ever closer to the US president.
- Mark Di Stefano
Trump says US losing patience with Gaza ceasefire deal
The president was reacting to images of the three latest released hostages who he said looked like “Holocaust survivors”, bringing uncertainty to the deal.
- Joey Roulette and Jeff Mason
- Opinion
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
There is method to Trump’s Gaza takeover madness
Trump’s ‘Gaza plan’ is almost certainly designed to scare Palestinians and third parties to the negotiation table with creative solutions.
- Bren Carlill
- Opinion
- Trump's White House
How dare Trump state the obvious about Gaza
Everyone says the Gazans must live in the rubble and stay under the control of Hamas. No one asks why the Gazans should be suspended in the aspic of their leaders’ failure and fanaticism.
- Updated
- Dominic Green
- Opinion
- Donald Trump
Reality will bite Trump’s big dreams in Gaza
The US president’s vision of the US taking over Gaza and turning it into a peaceful, prosperous property development project is a fantasy.
- Jennifer Hewett
- Analysis
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The ‘Bibi sandwich’: Will Netanyahu really end the war in Gaza?
The Israeli leader wants to destroy Hamas and get all the Israeli hostage back. He’ll have to prioritise one over the other in his meeting with Donald Trump this week.
- Neri Zilber
January
Labor pro-Israel group backs free trade pact with Netanyahu
Local Palestinians slam opposition plan for deeper economic ties with Israel, saying it endorses genocide and apartheid.
- Andrew Tillett
Trump invites Netanyahu to the White House
The Israeli prime minister would be the first foreign leader to visit Washington in Donald Trump’s second term after receiving an invitation for February 4.
- Wafaa Shurafa and Melanie Lidman
Is Hamas back?
The sight of militants on the streets of Gaza since the ceasefire raises the possibility that they may again run the enclave.
- Heba Saleh and Neri Zilber
Israel’s top general resigns over October 7 failures
Lieutenant-General Herzi Halevi is the most senior Israeli figure to resign over the security and intelligence breakdown on October 7, 2023.
- Melanie Lidman and Aref Tufaha
- Analysis
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Behind Israelis’ joy, a painful truth: Hamas still runs Gaza
Footage of Hamas fighters escorting freed Israeli hostages highlights the high price Jerusalem paid to secure their freedom.
- Andrew Tillett
Skies above Gaza, Israel silent as ceasefire takes hold
In Israel, the joy of seeing freed hostages reunited with their families was tempered by questions over the fate of the nearly 100 others abducted by Hamas.
- Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Melanie Lidman and Sam Mednick
Cheers and weeping as Israelis watch Gaza hostages return
Romi Gonen, Doron Steinbrecher and Emily Damari embraced their mothers after 471 days, as friends and family breathed a sigh of relief.
- Updated
- Miro Mamman and Avi Ohayon
Gaza ceasefire begins after nearly three-hour delay over hostage list
A long-awaited ceasefire in Gaza began after a three-hour delay as Hamas named the three female hostages it plans to free later on Sunday.
- Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy and Tia Goldberg
- Updated
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Israel delays Gaza ceasefire over hostage list
Benjamin Netanyahu said the truce would not go ahead until militant group Hamas provided the names of hostages to be released.
- Updated
- Maayan Lubell and Nidal al-Mughrabi