The Gaza Strip has long been a powder keg. Here’s a look at the history of the embattled region
JERUSALEM (AP) — Gaza has long been a powder keg, and it exploded after Hamas fighters stormed southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and began killing and abducting people, sparking a crushing Israeli ...
BBC16d
Hamas: What has happened to its most prominent leaders?
Sinwar had been the leader of Hamas in Gaza, but became the overall head of Hamas following the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in July this year. Sinwar, who was born in the Gaza Strip ...
Radio Pakistan16d
'Pakistan to continue providing humanitarian aid to Palestinians'
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has demanded that Israel should be held accountable for the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. Speaking in the National Assembly today, he said the entire ...
BBC18d
Key events that led to Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal in Gaza
31 July: The talks are suspended following Israel's assassination of Hamas political leader and chief negotiator Ismail Haniyeh in the Iranian capital, Tehran. Discussions resume two weeks later ...
The Washington Post18d
First hostages to be released Sunday under Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal
Israel says it killed military commander Mohammed Deif and political chief Ismael Haniyeh last summer. Two months later, in the biggest blow to the movement, Israel killed Yahya Sinwar ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation19d
Gunman in Iran's capital shoots dead two judges tied to 1988 mass executions
Photo shows Ismail Haniyeh puts his right index finger across his stubbled chin as he tilts his head down slightly and looks forwards. Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has admitted for the ...
The Daily Mirror20d
Ceasefire deal: Blessed are the Palestinians
Israel may have hunted down and killed Hamas leaders Ismail Haniyeh and Yahya Sinwar and thousands of resistance fighters and even claim it has decimated Hezbollah and brought about a friendly ...
The Washington Post20d
With Hamas commanders dead, political leaders abroad struck ceasefire
Israel says it killed military commander Mohammed Deif and political chief Ismael Haniyeh last summer. Two months later, in the biggest blow to the movement, Israel killed Yahya Sinwar ...
The Australian21d
World waits to hear fate of little Kfir, Israel’s youngest hostage
Haniyeh and Sinwar never spent a shekel that had not been earned by someone else. But plenty of Gazans were involved that day and not all of them were uniformed. About 6000 young fighters breached ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs21d
Has Israel ended the multifront threat in the Middle East? - analysis
And the architects of Hamas’s war, Yahya Sinwar, and Mohammed Deif were both killed, along with Ismail Haniyeh and most of its prewar leadership. There are open questions about whether ...
The Australian Financial Review21d
Ceasefire brings peace but not closure
And the assassination of Hamas political head Ismail Haniyeh while he was staying in an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps guesthouse in Tehran demonstrated Israel’s ability to deeply compromise ...