The meetings leapfrogged the seemingly moribund cease-fire talks between Israel and Hamas. They also broke with the ...

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But Hamas and the Palestinian Authority are bitter rivals that in 2007 waged a bloody internecine battle for Gaza that left Hamas in control of the enclave. The worry is that Hamas, along with ...

In this package deal of Israel getting Gaza off its neck and moving toward normalization, Saudi Arabia, acting de facto as a third party in this tense “custody battle” for Gaza, might be bootstrapping ...

However, victory requires not only battlefield success but also a long-term commitment to security and governance in Gaza. The opportunity is there—Israel and its allies must seize it.

Israel has cut off the entry of all food and other goods into Gaza in an echo of the siege it imposed in the earliest days of its war with Hamas.

Hamas leader Sami Abu Zuhri told AFP yesterday that disarming is a red line for his movement and other Palestinian groups in negotiations to extend the fragile Gaza ceasefire. "Any talk about the ...

The move was branded a “dangerous escalation” by Palestinian officials after Merkava battle tanks were spotted moving into flashpoint town Jenin. It comes as the fragile Gaza ceasefire holds ...