Hamas: News

24 Nov 2023

Israel

Israel-Hamas truce begins, 13 hostages to be released

A four-day pause in the ongoing war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas will begin on Friday, said Qatar, which mediated the truce.

23 Nov 2023

Israel

Israel says no hostage release before Friday, continues bombing Gaza

The four-day truce between Israel and Hamas in Gaza has been delayed until Friday, Israel's National Security Adviser, Tzachi Hanegbi, said.

23 Nov 2023

Hollywood

Melissa Barrera reacts to 'Scream' exit: 'I'll continue to speak'

A day after being fired from Scream 7, Mexican actor Melissa Barrera has opened up on her exit.

US: Firm cuts ties with ex-Obama adviser over Islamophobic remarks

American lobbying firm Gotham Government Relations has severed ties with a former official in the Barack Obama administration after he was caught making Islamophobic remarks.

22 Nov 2023

Hollywood

Melissa Barrera's Israel-Hamas comments cost her 'Scream' role

Actor Melissa Barrera has been active on social media over her views on the ongoing Israel-Hamas War. She re-shared pro-Palestine posts on her Instagram including one that allegedly accused Israel of "genocide and ethnic cleansing."

22 Nov 2023

Israel

Israel, Hamas agree on pausing war for 4 days

Israel and Hamas on Wednesday agreed to a four-day truce/pause mediated by Qatar for the release of 50 hostages. Around 150 Palestinians will also be released from Israeli jails.

21 Nov 2023

Israel

Israel recalls ambassador ahead of South African vote on embassy

Israel has summoned its ambassador to South Africa, Eliav Belotserkovsky, "for consultations" in Jerusalem as South Africa's Parliament is set to vote on the closure of the Israeli embassy in Pretoria.

21 Nov 2023

Israel

Biden says Israel-Hamas truce deal close, IDF surrounds Indonesian Hospital

The deal for a truce between Israel and Hamas amid the ongoing war in Gaza is "closer," United States President Joe Biden and Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh have said.

20 Nov 2023

Israel

Israel posts footage of foreign hostages at Gaza's main hospital 

Israel has once again upped its claims of Palestinian terror group Hamas using Gaza's al-Shifa Hospital as its base, claiming a captive soldier was executed and two foreign hostages were held at the facility.

19 Nov 2023

Israel

US, Israel, and Hamas reach deal to free hostages: Report

The United States (US), Israel, and Hamas have reportedly reached a tentative agreement to free dozens of women and children hostages held in Gaza in exchange for a five-day pause in the ongoing war.

19 Nov 2023

Benjamin Netanyahu

Kerala Congress MP calls for Netanyahu's execution without trial

Congress MP Rajmohan Unnithan triggered a political debate after he called for the execution of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

18 Nov 2023

Israel

450 patients left behind at Al-Shifa Hospital: Gaza health officials

Hundreds of people reportedly fled from Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital on Saturday after Israeli troops ordered evacuation "in the next hour" over loudspeakers, reported AFP.

17 Nov 2023

TikTok

TikTok to ban Bin Laden's 'Letter to America' viral trend

Short-form video platform TikTok said on Thursday that it will prohibit content promoting Osama bin Laden's 2002 "Letter to America," wherein the former al-Qaeda leader justified attacking the United States (US).

Mother of 5 Hamas hostage found dead near Gaza hospital

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Friday claimed to have found the body of a hostage who was abducted by Hamas terrorists during their October 7 attack near Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital.

17 Nov 2023

Israel

Hamas command center found in Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital, says Israel

Israel claimed to have found an operational command center used by Hamas at Gaza's largest medical facility—Al-Shifa Hospital.

UN Security Council adopts resolution for humanitarian pauses in Gaza

After four failed attempts, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Wednesday passed its first resolution calling for "urgent and extended humanitarian pauses" in Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas conflict.

Israel tanks enter Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital, patients stranded

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has entered war-torn Gaza's biggest medical facility, the Al-Shifa Hospital, where hundreds of patients and civilians are stranded, with tanks, The Associated Press reported.

15 Nov 2023

Israel

Israel raids Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital, approves fuel for UN trucks

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Wednesday raided the Al-Shifa Hospital, the largest medical facility in war-torn Gaza, and called on Hamas fighters to surrender with thousands of Palestinian civilians sheltering there, per Reuters.

14 Nov 2023

Israel

Israel claims Hamas held hostages, stored weapons in hospital basement

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has released a video and photos of Gaza's Al-Rantisi children's hospital, claiming the Palestinian terror group Hamas used its basement for holding captives and storing weapons.

14 Nov 2023

Israel

Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital buried 179 in 'mass grave,' says director

War-torn Gaza's largest medical facility, Al-Shifa Hospital, has buried 179 people—including infants and intensive care unit patients—in a "mass grave" after a fuel shortage led to a humanitarian crisis, said Director Mohammad Abu Salmiyah, per AFP.

14 Nov 2023

Israel

Will free 70 hostages in exchange for 5-day ceasefire: Hamas

Amid the escalating war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, the Palestinian terror group's military arm, the Al-Qassam Brigades, has proposed a five-day ceasefire with Israel in exchange for the release of up to 70 women and children hostages, Reuters reported.

13 Nov 2023

Israel

Hamas planned Israel attack for over a year: Report 

The Hamas had planned for more than a year to attack Israel in a large proportion and trigger a war in the Middle East, The Washington Post reported.

13 Nov 2023

Israel

UN half-mast flags for over 100 staffers killed in Gaza

The United Nations (UN) lowered its flags at half-mast in all of its compounds across Asia on Monday in honor of its more than 100 colleagues who have been killed in Gaza since the Israel-Hamas war began on October 7.

Gaza's biggest hospital 'not functioning anymore' amid Israeli bombing: WHO

Gaza's largest medical facility, al-Shifa Hospital, is no longer functional amid "constant gunfire and bombings in the area," World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.

12 Nov 2023

United Nations (UN)

India backs UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements in Palestine

India voted in favor of a United Nations (UN) resolution condemning Israeli settlements in the "Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan," which was approved on Thursday.

12 Nov 2023

Israel

Will help evacuate babies from Gaza's largest hospital: Israel

Israel announced on Sunday that it is ready to assist with the evacuation of babies from Gaza's largest hospital amid the intense battle near the facility between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian terrorist group Hamas.

Gaza's largest hospital runs out of fuel, operations suspended

The largest hospital in Gaza has run out of fuel, forcing it to suspend operations.

11 Nov 2023

Israel

Blinken expresses concern over Palestinian deaths amid Israel-Hamas war

Too many Palestinians have lost their lives in Gaza, United States (US) Secretary of State Antony Blinken said while speaking on the ongoing war between the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas and Israel.

10 Nov 2023

Israel

Israel agrees to 4-hour daily pauses for Gazans to flee

Israel will implement four-hour military pauses each day in its ongoing war with Hamas to allow civilians to flee northern Gaza, the United States (US) said.

09 Nov 2023

Israel

Intense clashes between Israel, Hamas forces on Gaza City streets

Around 70% of Gaza's population has been displaced as Israeli forces clash with Hamas fighters at close quarters on the streets of Gaza City.

08 Nov 2023

Israel

US urges Israel to differentiate between Hamas and Palestinian civilians

As Israel intensifies its retaliation against Hamas, the United States (US) has urged the country to distinguish between members of the terror group and civilians in its attacks.

08 Nov 2023

Israel

3 Hamas leaders worth $11 billion, enjoy luxury in Qatar

Hamas, the terror group responsible for the killing of over 1,400 civilians in southern Israel on October 7, has three top leaders with a combined net worth of $11 billion, the New York Post reported.

US House censures Palestinian-American lawmaker over Israel comments

The United States House of Representatives has voted 234 to 188 to censure the sole Palestinian American in Congress, Rashida Tlaib, for her alleged remarks concerning the Israel-Hamas war.

08 Nov 2023

Israel

Israel operating in Gaza City, US says occupation 'not good'

After splitting the Gaza Strip into two parts, Israel said on Tuesday that its forces were operating in the heart of Gaza City as the war entered its second month.

07 Nov 2023

Israel

Israel to take 'security' duty in Gaza indefinitely post-war: Netanyahu

As Israel's war with Hamas completed one month on Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly said his country will have an indefinite "overall security" role in Gaza once the conflict ends.

07 Nov 2023

Israel

Considering 'tactical pauses,' says Israel, while indicating Gaza's complete takeover

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that Israel might consider "tactical little pauses" in the ongoing conflict with Hamas in Gaza to allow aid delivery or hostage release.

07 Nov 2023

Narendra Modi

Iranian president seeks Modi's intervention for immediate ceasefire in Gaza

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has urged India to utilize "all its capacities" to put an end to Israel's actions in Gaza amid the ongoing conflict.

06 Nov 2023

South Africa

South Africa recalls diplomats from Israel amid Gaza conflict

South Africa on Monday announced it was recalling all its diplomats from Tel Aviv as the Israel-Hamas war completed a month.

US to 'intervene militarily' if Hezbollah, Iran attack Israel: Report

The United States (US) government has warned Iran and Hezbollah—the Lebanese terror group backed by it—that it will "intervene militarily" if they attacked Israel, reported The New York Times.

06 Nov 2023

Israel

'Nuclear bomb on Gaza': Israeli minister suspended over extremist remarks

Israel's Heritage Minister Amichay Eliyahu was indefinitely suspended from cabinet meetings on Sunday.