Gaza Strip
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Israel moves to implement 'first stage' of Trump's Gaza Peace Plan amid tentative Hamas response
World | Oct 04, 2025, 07:15 AM ISTHamas declared its readiness to release the remaining hostages and to transfer governing authority in Gaza to other Palestinian groups but emphasized that larger political decisions must reflect a unified Palestinian consensus and adhere to international law.
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Day after Netanyahu's defiant UN speech, Israeli strikes kill 38 in Gaza
World | Sep 27, 2025, 04:59 PM ISTAs per the officials, the strikes were conducted in central and northern Gaza, killing at least 38 people. These strikes come a day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a defiant speech during the UN General Assembly session in New York.
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Why UN declaring a famine in Gaza is crucial | Explained
Explainers | Aug 24, 2025, 11:11 AM ISTGaza crisis: By June next year, 1.32 lakh children under the age of five will suffer from acute malnutrition, which is double the estimates of the IPC from May this year. This includes more than 41,000 severe cases of children at heightened risk of death, as per the UN report.
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Netanyahu vows Israel's full control over Gaza, signals possible ceasefire terms
World | May 19, 2025, 03:51 PM ISTIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to take full control of the Gaza Strip, emphasizing a decisive military approach amid ongoing fighting. While announcing the limited entry of food supplies to prevent a famine, he also outlined conditions for a potential ceasefire.
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Israel's strikes in Gaza Strip kill 15 people, mostly women and children
World | May 12, 2025, 12:05 AM ISTApart from these six, the other seven people were killed in strikes elsewhere. This included a man and his child in a Gaza City neighbourhood, according to hospitals and Gaza's Health Ministry.
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'Blood of our children is not cheap': Palestinians erupt in rare protest against Hamas in Gaza Strip
World | Mar 26, 2025, 06:12 PM ISTIn a rare protest against Hamas, Palestinians protested against the militant group, urging that the war be stopped. The protests have come after Israel launched a wave of airstrikes, killing hundreds of Palestinians. Israel has vowed to escalate the war until Hamas returns the remaining hostages.
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US, Israel reach out to countries for resettling Palestinians uprooted from Gaza: The nations are..
World | Mar 14, 2025, 01:02 PM ISTUS and Israel have contacted three East African countries, including Sudan, Somalia and the breakaway region of Somalia known as Somaliland.
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Donald Trump reiterates pledge to buy Gaza even as pressure mounts to extend Israel-Hamas ceasefire
World | Feb 10, 2025, 06:54 AM ISTTrump's proposal has moral, legal and practical obstacles. It may have been proposed as a negotiation tactic to pressure Hamas or an opening gambit in discussions aimed at securing a normalization deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia.
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As Trump threatens to 'take over' Gaza, Iran's supreme leader Khamenei meets Hamas top brass
World | Feb 08, 2025, 09:11 PM ISTIran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei congratulated Hamas leaders for 'defeating the Zionist regime', as he added that the militant group did not allow Israel and the US to reach their goals.
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Why Donald Trump wants to 'take over' war-torn Gaza, what are his future plans? Explained
Explainers | Feb 05, 2025, 01:27 PM ISTDonald Trump's call to 'take over' Gaza comes as a stunning development since the US President has been a promoter of isolationism and takes pride in the fact that America is currently not engaged in any military conflicts.
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Israel-Hamas war may start all over again in March as Netanyahu faces mounting pressure: Here's why
World | Feb 02, 2025, 04:55 PM ISTNetanyahu has been facing severe criticism in Israel soon after the Gaza ceasefire started to take effect. The announcement of the ceasefire comes with several far-right governing partners threatening to leave, while some of the top generals have already resigned from their posts.
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Hamas releases five Thai hostages; here's the 'workers' connection between Israel-Thailand
World | Jan 30, 2025, 07:11 PM ISTAs Hamas released five Thai hostages on Thursday, it is important to note what so many Thai workers were doing in Israel. Israel welcomed migrant workers following the 1987-93 Palestinian revolt known as the first Intifada, which majorly constituted Thai workers.
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Hamas frees four Israeli soldiers held in Gaza, clears way for release of Palestinians
World | Jan 25, 2025, 03:55 PM ISTHamas on Saturday released four Israeli soldiers held in Gaza as part of the second swap of prisoners agreed upon between Israel and Hamas. The latest development clears way for Israel to release 200 Palestinians held in Israeli jails.
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Hamas reveals names of 3 hostages to be released later today, clears way for Gaza truce
World | Jan 19, 2025, 02:40 PM ISTAs Hamas shares the names of three hostages to be released later today, it has potentially cleared the way for truce in Gaza. Earlier, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had asked for the names of the hostages to begin the ceasefire agreement with Hamas.
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Israel-Hamas ceasefire to go into effect in less than 24 hours: Qatar's Foreign Ministry
World | Jan 18, 2025, 06:52 PM ISTQatar's foreign ministry on Saturday announced that the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel will go into effect in less than 24 hours. Earlier, Israel's cabinet approved the deal which will see release of hostages and cessation of hostilities in the Gaza strip.
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Netanyahu clears way for Israeli approval of agreement with Hamas: Deal to release hostages reached
World | Jan 17, 2025, 01:49 PM ISTBenjamin Netanyahu has cleared Israel's approval of the deal reached with Hamas for a ceasefire and release of hostages. Earlier, his office said that the deal was facing last minute hiccups and accused Hamas of a last-minute dispute.
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Israel confirms Yahya Sinwar's death, Hamas rejects claim, says 'Our leader is alive'
World | Oct 17, 2024, 11:57 PM ISTYahya Sinwar was among more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners released in 2011 by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of an exchange for an Israeli soldier captured by Hamas in a cross-border raid.
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Israeli strike on Gaza school-turned-shelter kills 15, including five children
World | Oct 17, 2024, 07:22 PM ISTThe Israeli military said the strike targeted dozens of Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants who had gathered at the school. The strike hit the Abu Hussein school in Jabaliya, an urban refugee camp in northern Gaza.
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29 killed in latest Israeli bombardment in Gaza; UN peacekeepers in Lebanon hit again
World | Oct 13, 2024, 10:44 AM ISTThe Israeli military published new evacuation orders on Saturday to two neighbourhoods on the northern edge of Gaza City, as Palestinian and UN officials said no place was safe. Israel's ongoing offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon injured a third UN peacekeeper, prompting strong condemnation.
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Israeli military announces death of Hamas govt chief in Gaza airstrike three months ago
World | Oct 03, 2024, 03:52 PM ISTThe Israeli military on Thursday said it killed senior Hamas leader Rawhi Mushtaha, the head of the Hamas government in Gaza. Hamas has not confirmed the deaths of the senior officials, which the IDF claims is because the "group wants to prevent loss of morale and functioning of terror operatives".