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.
The ceasefire between Hamas and Israel took effect Sunday, 19 January, with the release of three Israeli women who had been held hostage since the Hamas attack in October 2023. The Israelis released 90 Palestinians in return.
While Israeli leaders used claims of institutionalized rape during the Hamas attack on 7 October 2023 to justify the mass killings in Gaza and starvation campaign, prosecutors in the country have failed to get even one person to come forward to cooperate in the investigation.
At least 47,035 Palestinians were killed and another 111,091 were injured during Israel’s 15-month campaign of genocide in Gaza.
The death toll in Gaza reached 46,645 on Tuesday as mediators say a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel is closer than ever.
President-elect Donald Trump’s Mideast envoy has reportedly applied new pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accept a ceasefire agreement with Hamas and bring the 15-month-old genocide in Gaza to an end in exchange for the remaining hostages.