Gaza City

October 19, 2025 | Ahmad Sharawi, Joe Truzman

Profiles of anti-Hamas militias in the Gaza Strip

To weaken Hamas’s grip on the Gaza Strip, the Israeli government initiated a campaign to arm rival groups within the enclave, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged in June....

October 17, 2025 | |

Israel Increasing Pressure on Hamas to Return Remaining 19 Deceased Hostages

Pressure on Hamas to Comply With Ceasefire: Israel is increasing pressure on Hamas to return the 19 remaining deceased hostages, as stipulated by phase one of U.S. President Donald...

October 17, 2025 | Ben Cohen |

Fifty years since the UN’s ‘Zionism is racism’ resolution

In adopting it, the world body became the main vehicle for the promotion of Jew-hatred, creating a bureaucratic apparatus designed to amplify the Arab and Palestinian campaign to eliminate Israel as a sovereign state.

October 16, 2025 | Bridget Toomey |

Houthis signal pause on attacks on Israel after Gaza ceasefire, detail attacks during the conflict

Abdulmalik al Houthi, the leader of the Iran-backed terror group that rules northern Yemen, indicated cautious acceptance of the ceasefire that Israel and Hamas agreed to on October...

October 16, 2025 | |

Houthi Chief of Staff Al-Ghamari Confirmed Dead Months After Israeli Targeted Strike

Elimination Confirmed: Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed on October 16 that the former chief of staff of the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, Lt. Gen. Muhammad al-Ghamari,...

October 16, 2025 | Seth J. Frantzman |

The Gaza Peace Deal Has One Huge Problem: Hamas Won’t Disarm

As Gaza Ceasefire Begins, Hamas Is Already Reasserting Control Disarming Hamas is key to the U.S.-backed deal to end the Gaza war. The first phase of the agreement signed Oct....

October 16, 2025 | |

Released Israeli Hostages Reveal Brutal Treatment at Hands of Hamas Captors

New Hostage Accounts Confirm Depravity of Hamas: After Hamas released the remaining 20 living hostages from Gaza on October 13 in exchange for approximately 2,000 Palestinian prisoners...

October 16, 2025 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Trump says ‘disarm’ Hezbollah – Beirut says ‘contain’ Hezbollah

Lebanon must choose: They either force the pro-Iran militia to surrender their weapons or accept that Israel will handle it for them

October 16, 2025 | Ahmad Sharawi, Natalie Ecanow

Al Jazeera Remains a Leopard That Can’t Change Its Spots

Despite talk of moderation, the network has continued to broadcast an upside-down, black-is-white distortion of reality.

October 15, 2025 | Mark Dubowitz |

Will Trump’s Gaza peace deal fail?

‘They’re going to disarm, because they said they were going to disarm,’ President Donald Trump thundered from the White House on Tuesday, ‘If they...

October 15, 2025 | Ahmad Sharawi |

Hamas Turns Its Guns on Gaza’s Clans

Hamas has begun settling scores in the Gaza Strip. In the wake of the ceasefire and release of Israel’s hostages, the terrorist group is targeting clans and families with whom it has long-standing feuds....

October 15, 2025 | Clifford D. May |

The news from Gaza

Hamas is forced to release the hostages, and the cheering Gazans aren’t famine victims

October 13, 2025 | |

Dozens Killed in Bloody Clashes Between Hamas and Rival Armed Clan in Gaza City

Clashes Result in Heavy Death Toll: Eight Hamas terrorists and 19 members of the rival Doghmush clan were killed during armed clashes on October 11-12. Media outlets in Gaza also...

October 13, 2025 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Hamas frees 20 hostages in wake of US-backed deal

On October 13, Hamas freed the last 20 living hostages it had held in the Gaza Strip for two years, complying with the deal that it and Israel agreed to on October 8 in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt....

October 13, 2025 | Toby Dershowitz |

The Shake-Up at Al Jazeera: Motion or Real Movement?

Is the shake-up at Al Jazeera mere motion or does it entail real movement away from the media network’s role as a vehicle for pro-Hamas propaganda? Eyebrows around Washington were raised when a recent piece in...

October 10, 2025 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Why Donald Trump’s Diplomacy Appears to be Working

President Trump’s signature transactionalism and emphasis on personal relationships with foreign leaders are helping not hindering US foreign policy.

October 9, 2025 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Israel, Hamas agree to Gaza deal in Egypt

Overnight between October 8 and 9, Israel and Hamas agreed to the first phase of a peace proposal initially announced by US President Donald Trump on September 29. An Israeli delegation negotiated the...

October 9, 2025 | |

Hamas Attacks Israeli Positions Amid Ceasefire Announcement, IDF Concerned About Kidnapping Attempts

Three Hamas terrorists attempted to raid an IDF outpost in southern Gaza on October 9, hours after a ceasefire agreement was announced between Israel and the Iran-backed terrorist organization. IDF troops initially fired warning shots at the gunmen as they approached an army encampment in the Khan Younis area before killing the attackers. No IDF troops were injured during the incident.  

October 9, 2025 | |

Israel and Hamas Agree to First Phase of Trump’s Peace Plan for Gaza

Deal Reached in Egypt: Israel and Hamas agreed to the first phase of the Trump administration’s 20-step ceasefire proposal on October 9, following negotiations in Sharm el-Sheikh...

October 8, 2025 | Aaron Goren |

Releasing All Hostages at Once Essential to Success of U.S. Peace Plan

Hamas is stalling for its life in Egypt. Amid negotiations over Donald Trump’s 20-point proposal for a lasting ceasefire in Gaza, the Iran-backed terrorist organization is reportedly demanding that it...