Israel Katz, the head of the IDF, said last week that Tel Aviv will begin evicting Gazans and annex parts of the enclave if Hamas continues to hold the remaining hostages—stating that the longer the group continues to keep the hostages, the “more territory, it will lose and be annexed to Israel.”
Doctors Without Borders said in a statement last week that it “strongly condemns” Israel’s decision to impose a new siege on Gaza to try and force Hamas to agree to its new ceasefire terms.
U.S. President Donald Trump ordered airstrikes on the Houthis in Yemen over the weekend over the group’s renewed campaign in the Red Sea to target ships after the Israelis imposed a brutal humanitarian aid blockade in Gaza after Hamas refused new ceasefire terms from Israel.
The IDF on Saturday carried out its deadliest strike yet in Gaza amid its ceasefire with Hamas—killing at least nine humanitarian aid workers—three of whom were there to film the distribution effort.
The number of children in northern Gaza experiencing acute malnutrition has doubled in the last month as Israel continues its humanitarian blockade after Hamas refused to accept Tel Aviv’s changes to the ceasefire agreement.
Despite approving $383 million for humanitarian aid for Gaza after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was announced, the Trump administration has yet to cut any checks so aid groups working in the region have been forced to foot the bill, according to a report.
The Israeli effort to turn the West Bank into Gaza 2.0 is reportedly taking hold as the IDF turned three of the region’s refugee camps in Jenin, Tulkarem, and Nur Shams into something equivalent to what you’d see in northern Gaza.
Israel needs to release the 620 Palestinian prisoners from captivity before negotiations begin about Phase 2 of the ceasefire, Hamas officials said Monday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Hamas on Tuesday that Israel will resume intense fighting in Gaza if the hostages are not returned by noon Saturday—just a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said “all hell is going to break loose in the enclave” if the Israelis are not returned.
The fragile ceasefire between Hamas and Israel remains in place, as tens of thousands of Gazans return to their homes throughout the enclave that have been reduced to rubble.