Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich praised the Trump administration on Thursday after he held a meeting with Steve Witkoff, the US envoy for the Middle East. Witkoff has been pushing for full implementation of the Gaza ceasefire deal, an idea strongly opposed...
Trump Insists Egypt and Jordan Will Take Palestinians From Gaza
President Trump on Thursday insisted Jordan and Egypt will take in Palestinian refugees from Gaza despite fierce objections from the two Arab nations. Trump's recent suggestion to "clean out" Gaza of its Palestinian population and send them to Jordan and Egypt raised...
Gaza Health Ministry Says 42 More Bodies Recovered from Rubble, Raising Death Toll
Gaza's Health Ministry said Thursday that over the previous 24-hour period, hospitals in Gaza received 43 more bodies of Palestinians killed by "Israeli aggression," including 42 that were recovered from the rubble and one who died of previously sustained wounds. The...
Hamas Releases Three Israeli Hostages, Five Thai Nationals
On Thursday, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad released three more Israeli hostages and five Thai nationals who were captured during the October 7 attack in exchange for the freeing of 110 Palestinians from Israeli jails. The first Israeli hostage to be released,...
Witkoff Meets Netanyahu, Pushes for Full Implementation of Ceasefire Deal
President Trump's Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Wednesday and pushed for a full implementation of the Gaza ceasefire deal, according to Israeli media reports on the meeting. According to Haaretz,...
Israeli Forces Have Killed More Than 80 Palestinians in Gaza Since Ceasefire Went Into Effect
Since the Gaza ceasefire went into effect on January 19, Israeli forces have killed more than 80 Palestinians across the Strip, Drop Site News reported on Wednesday. Dr. Zaher al-Wahaidi, director of information for Gaza's Health Ministry, told Drop Site that 49 of...
Gaza Hospitals Receive 48 More Bodies, Raising Death Toll
Gaza's Health Ministry said Tuesday that over the previous 48-hour period, hospitals in the Strip received 48 more bodies of Palestinians who were killed by "Israeli aggression," raising the recorded death toll. The Health Ministry said 37 of the bodies were...
Israeli Forces Kill Five-Year-Old in Central Gaza Despite Ceasefire
Israeli shelling near the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza killed a five-year-old Palestinian girl on Monday despite the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian news agency WAFA has reported. The girl, Nadia Al-Amoudi, was killed, and three others...
Smotrich Says He’s Working To Enact Trump’s Idea To ‘Clean Out’ Palestinians From Gaza
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said he's working to make President Trump's suggestion that Palestinians could be "cleaned out" of Gaza and moved to Egypt and Jordan a reality. Trump's idea sparked a backlash from Arab nations, including Egypt and Jordan,...
Hundreds of Thousands of Palestinians Begin Returning to North Gaza
Palestinians who were displaced from northern Gaza in the early days of Israel's genocidal war on the Strip began returning to the ruins of their homes on Monday as part of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. Despite the massive destruction in northern Gaza,...