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Muslim Leaders Reject Trump's Plan for Palestinians

Trump said he wants to empty Gaza of its Palestinian population

(Newser) - Foreign ministers from Muslim nations on Saturday rejected calls by President Trump to empty the Gaza Strip of its Palestinian population and instead backed a plan for an administrative committee of Palestinians to govern the territory to allow reconstruction to go ahead. The AP reports that the foreign ministers gathered...

Trump Issues 'Last Warning' to Hamas Amid US Talks

Negotiations are a break from history of not dealing with terrorist groups

(Newser) - US officials have been holding direct talks with Hamas about the release of hostages held in Gaza, negotiations that have included the possibilities of extending the ceasefire and ending the war. Talks have focused on the militant group freeing several American-Israeli dual citizens who were taken hostage in the Oct....

US Doubles Down: Palestinians Need to Leave

US, Israel reject new Gaza reconstruction plan endorsed by Arab League

(Newser) - The White House has swiftly rejected a plan to rebuild the Gaza Strip without the forced displacement of 2.1 million Palestinians. President Trump's plan for a US takeover of Gaza that would permanently remove residents sparked outrage and claims of ethnic cleansing last month, prompting Egypt to suggest...

Israel's Spy Agency: We Mistakenly Ignored SIM Cards

A declassified summary of its Oct. 7 findings was released Tuesday

(Newser) - "The Shin Bet did not prevent the massacre of October 7," wrote the head of the Israeli intelligence agency in a report released Tuesday. "I will carry this heavy burden on my shoulders for my entire life." NPR reports that "in an unusual move for...

Israel Halts Aid to Gaza
Israel Cuts Off Aid to Gaza
Mar 2, 2025 7:55 AM CST

Israel Cuts Off Aid to Gaza

It's pressuring Hamas to accept new ceasefire proposal

(Newser) - Israel stopped the entry of all goods and supplies into the Gaza Strip on Sunday and warned of "additional consequences" if Hamas doesn't accept a new proposal to extend a fragile ceasefire, per the AP . Hamas accused Israel of trying to derail the existing ceasefire agreement and said...

Talks on Phase 2 of Gaza Ceasefire Begin

Israel refuses to withdraw from strategic corridor

(Newser) - Negotiations between Israel and Hamas on the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire began Thursday, Egypt said, averting a collapse ahead of Saturday's expiration of the agreement's first phase. Officials from Israel, Qatar, and the United States started "intensive discussions" on the ceasefire's second phase in...

Bodies of 4 Hostages Returned in More Tempered Exchange

Exchange appears to complete phase one of ceasefire

(Newser) - The first phase of Israel's ceasefire deal appears to be complete. The bodies of four hostages were handed over to the Red Cross in Israel early Thursday in exchange for the release of hundreds of prisoners. The BBC reports previous handovers "have involved a staged ceremony orchestrated by...

Trump Shares AI Video of His Gaza of the Future
Trump Shares AI Video
on Gaza That's an Eyeful
VIDEO
Feb 26, 2025 10:00 AM CST

Trump Shares AI Video on Gaza That's an Eyeful

Clip shows ruins of the region reinvigorated, complete with Trump statues and dancers

(Newser) - Earlier this month, President Trump first floated the controversial idea of permanently relocating Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and having the United States take over the region to turn it into the "Riviera of the Middle East." He doubled down on that "spectacular" concept days later, and...

Israelis Line the Streets Holding Signs That Say 'Sorry'

Funerals for Shiri Bibas and her sons were held Wednesday

(Newser) - No Israeli government representatives were invited to the Wednesday funerals for Shiri Bibas, 32, and sons Ariel and Kfir, who were killed while being held hostage by Hamas. But Israeli citizens came out in droves, lining roads and overpasses while holding orange balloons and handmade signs reading "sorry" and...

Hamas Official: Our Raid May Have Been a Mistake

Rare concession by Mousa Abu Marzouk is quickly countered by the group itself

(Newser) - A top Hamas official made the rarest of concessions in an interview with the New York Times : Mousa Abu Marzouk suggested the group's infamous 2023 raid into Israel might have been a mistake. Referring to Israel's massive response in Gaza, he said, "If it was expected that...

Israel Delays Prisoner Release, Sends Tanks Into West Bank
Israeli Tanks Enter West Bank
Feb 23, 2025 12:40 PM CST

Israeli Tanks Enter West Bank

Release of Palestinian prisoners is postponed

(Newser) - Israeli tanks rolled into the occupied West Bank on Sunday for the first time in more than 20 years, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a halt to the scheduled release of Palestinian prisoners and detainees—further complicating the shaky ceasefire. The military was ordered to prepare for an "...

'Brutally Murdered': Shiri Bibas' Body Returned

The body of the young mother was supposed to be returned the day before

(Newser) - The family of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas says Hamas finally released her body overnight on Friday after the mother of two was murdered while held captive in Gaza, reports the Times of Israel . This comes after Hamas promised to hand over her remains on Thursday, then supplied the body of...

Israel Alleges Ceasefire 'Violation of Utmost Severity'

Says the mother of Hamas' youngest hostages was not among the bodies returned

(Newser) - Hamas said it returned the bodies of the two youngest Israeli hostages , as well as their mother and an unrelated adult, on Thursday. But now Israel's military says forensic testing of the remains shows that the body of Shiri Bibas, the mother of young Ariel and Kfir Bibas, was...

It May Be a Defining Image of the Gaza War

Hamas holds propaganda ceremony before returning bodies of youngest hostages

(Newser) - Hamas returned the bodies of four Israeli hostages on Thursday after a grim propaganda ceremony. In what NBC News reports is likely to be one of the defining images of the war, the caskets were displayed on a stage in front of a banner with photos of the hostages and...

Hamas Confirms 2 Youngest Hostages Are Dead

Bodies of Kfir, 9 months, and Ariel Bibas to be returned, along with their mother's body

(Newser) - When Hamas returns the bodies of four hostages this week, they'll include the two youngest hostages taken, reports the BBC . The group said three of the four bodies are those of Shiri Bibas and her two children—Kfir, who was 9 months old when abducted in October 2023, and...

Report: Hamas Will Hand Over Hostages' Bodies This Week

Followed by 3, or maybe 6, living hostages this weekend, sources say

(Newser) - Israel is preparing to receive the bodies of four hostages from Hamas Thursday, an Israeli security official tells news outlets including the Times of Israel , the Jerusalem Post , and Reuters . In addition, sources tell NBC News Israel and Hamas are in talks to double the number of living hostages released...

Rubio Backs Israel&#39;s War Goals
Netanyahu Moving Forward
With Trump's Gaza Plan
UPDATED
Feb 17, 2025 1:30 AM CST

Netanyahu Moving Forward With Trump's Gaza Plan

Comments come during Rubio's visit to Jerusalem

(Newser) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday signaled that he was moving ahead with US President Trump's proposal to transfer the Palestinian population out of Gaza, calling it "the only viable plan to enable a different future" for the region, the AP reports. Netanyahu discussed the plan with...

Hamas Swaps 3 Hostages for 300 Palestinians

The two sides have made 6 exchanges since the ceasefire began

(Newser) - Hamas-led militants released three male Israeli hostages Saturday, and Israeli forces freed hundreds of prisoners in return, in the latest indication that a fragile ceasefire that had teetered in recent days is holding. The AP reports militants in the southern Gaza Strip paraded the three hostages before a crowd before...

Israeli-American Among Next Hostages to Be Freed

All 3 men are dual nationals seized from same kibbutz

(Newser) - The families of Israeli hostages still held by the Hamas militant group have released the names of three hostages expected to be freed on Saturday. The three men are all Israeli civilians with dual nationalities, the AP reports. All were from the same communal farm, Kibbutz Nir Oz, where some...

Hamas Says It Won't Delay Hostage Release

Move would avoid derailing ceasefire

(Newser) - Hamas said Thursday it would release three more Israeli hostages as planned, paving the way to resolving a dispute over the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The militant group had threatened to delay the next release after accusing Israel of failing to meet its obligations to allow in tents and...

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