Israel

Hamas condemns ‘cheap extortion’, but both sides stop short of saying ceasefire had ended

Worldview: Was his AI video a rant or a ruse? I have no idea. But what I do know is that after 16 months and the rivers of blood, neither Palestinians nor Israelis are going anywhere

Phase two comprises permanent suspension of hostilities and complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from enclave

Proposed law could affect relations with multinational companies employing hundreds of thousands of workers here

Book review: Steve Crawshaw looks at the historical development of international justice and the various challenges and crises it has faced, and continues to face

Israel Defense Forces inquiry focused on military aspects of the attack but political leadership has yet to examine multiple other factors in the lead-up to the attack

Belief was that Hamas could be influenced through pressures that would reduce its motivation for war, primarily by improving Gaza Strip living conditions, report says

Total of 602 prisoners were due to be released by Israel on Saturday in exchange for six surviving Israeli hostages

Conditions of detention have deteriorated dramatically with Israel holding an estimated 10,000 Palestinian prisoners

Shiri Bibas (32) and her children Ariel (4) and Kfir (nine months) were abducted from Nir Oz in October 7th Hamas attack

Army engineering teams seen making preparations for long-term stay

Israel will resume Gaza campaign if Hamas fail to disarm, Israeli minister says

Israel says releases delayed until the release of next hostages ‘has been assured, and without the humiliating ceremonies’

Displaced Gazans must be allowed to return to their homes, EU to tell Israel

The six are the last living hostages from group of 33 due to be freed under first stage of ceasefire deal

Israeli prime minister Netanyahu threatens revenge after wrong body was returned on Thursday

Militant leader killed in September when Israeli air force dropped more than 80 bombs on Hizbullah’s Beirut hub

The Russia-US talks on Ukraine and Arab summit on Gaza place the Gulf kingdom front and centre in world affairs

No deaths reported after incident in Bat Yam, while bombs discovered and defused on two vehicles

Mohammed Bin Salman is expected to host counterparts from Egypt, Jordan, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates in Riyadh on Friday to discuss the proposal

UN says more than 41,000 Palestinians have fled their homes in the occupied territory during Israel’s military campaign

UN says parading of bodies is abhorrent and flies in the face of international law

Hopes have dissipated that Shiri Bibas and her children, aged four and nine months at time of Hamas-led attack, will be returned alive

IDF says it will continue to ‘remain and temporarily control several control points inside southern Lebanon’

Palestinian militant group says six living hostages will be released this weekend

Directorate set up within Israeli defence ministry to offer ‘among other things, special departure arrangements by sea, air and land’

Netanyahu again describes US president as the greatest friend Israel has had in the White House

Israel has also began releasing 369 Palestinians, easing fears that the ceasefire could collapse

Omar El Akkad sees a future in which western intelligentsias will whitewash their past complaisance, but Pankaj Mishra is in little doubt that attitudes will broadly remain the same

The US-based Egyptian-Canadian’s new book reads as a break-up letter with a West that has seen a derailment of normalcy

Hamas to hand over Sagui Dekel-Chen, Yair Horn and Alexander Troufanov after threat to halt hostage releases

Gazans need mobile homes as rain has swamped makeshift shelters and temperatures fall to 5 degrees at night

Three further hostages seized in October 2023 attack on Israel due to be freed on Saturday

Onslaught points to growing frustration in Gulf state’s royal court with Israeli prime minister and war in Gaza

As diplomats scramble to save the Gaza ceasefire, the clock is ticking down towards Saturday' scheduled hostage release

Jordan absorbed most of the 750,000 Palestinians who fled the Israeli-Arab war in 1948. A fresh influx could destabilise the country

Israel’s Netanyahu threatens to end ceasefire if Hamas does not release hostages on Saturday

Netanyahu says IDF ‘will resume intense fighting until Hamas is finally defeated’ if Israeli hostages not released by noon Saturday

Militant group accuses Israel of breaching aspects of fragile ceasefire in Gaza

Three captives report having been tortured and deliberately starved, and that captors denied them water for days at a time