Hamas

Security cabinet expected to discuss launch of BoP's Rafah reconstruction, sources tell 'Post'

The Board of Peace's pilot phase, expected to begin in Rafah, involves temporary structures built to provide housing for Gaza residents • Unclear if ministers will vote to advance plan

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Gaza Board of Peace Director Nickolay Mladenov, May 13, 2026.
The opening of Keith Siegel pancake house, a former Israeli hostage, at Sarona market in Tel Aviv, March 26, 2025.

Mazal tov! Former Gaza hostages Keith, Aviva Siegel celebrate daughter's pregnancy

	 download high resolution download low resolution add to lightbox file name: F260603YS37  File Size: 3071 KB  caption (en): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the State Comptroller elections at the plenum of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, June 3, 2026.

Four years later: Did Netanyahu's gov't deliver on its many 2022 campaign promises? - analysis

The AMIA building, the Argentinian and Israeli flags woven with names of all the victims of the 1994 bombing.

AMIA bombing victims remembered as Argentina marks 32 years without justice


FM Sa'ar reveals links between Hamas, Global Sumud Flotilla at US summit on political terrorism

Sa’ar described the links between radical left-wing political movements in the West and Islamist terrorist organizations, asserting that the ties pose a threat to the values of freedom and democracy.

Tiago Avila, a Brazilian citizen and leading pro-Palestinian activist, next to Greta Thunberg, in front of the Global Sumud Flotilla in June 2025. In the top photo, he is seen paying his last respects at the funeral of Hezbollah Secretary General and terrorist leader Hassan Nasrallah.

Haredi leaders, Yahya Sinwar: Different ideologies, the same refusal to face reality - opinion

In Keinon’s reading, Gaza’s devastation was not an unforeseen consequence. It was a price Sinwar was prepared to pay in the hope of igniting a regional war that would ultimately destroy Israel.

United Torah Judaism MKs Moshe Gafni and Yitzhak Goldknopf attend a Knesset vote on a bill to freeze arrests of haredi draft evaders, in Jerusalem, July 14, 2026

My Word: Middle Eastern summer stories - opinion

The Middle East never takes a break, with power struggles, hidden agendas, and dangerous alliances shaping the region’s future.

Mourners attend the funeral of former Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani at Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque in Doha, Qatar, July 12, 2026.

Why Morocco's commitment is a major milestone for the US peace plan in Gaza - analysis

Morocco has 'formally signed its Participating Country Agreement with the International Stabilization Force' for Gaza.

Moroccan Apache helicopters take part in the "African Lion" joint military exercise between US and Moroccan forces in the Tan-Tan region in southwestern Morocco on May 8, 2026.

Trump expected to expand military actions against Iran as CENTCOM launches fifth day of strikes

Hamas unable to conduct terror infiltration, repeat of October 7, IDF commander tells soldiers • Dubai gov't says explosions heard in city are 'false,' despite witness reports

A man walks in front of a huge anti-US billboard referring to the death of US senator Lindsey Graham, at Valiasr Square in Tehran on July 16, 2026.

Israel now controls up to 70% of Gaza, Security Cabinet told amid expanded IDF offensive

Under the hostage-release agreement, the IDF was expected to remain in roughly 53% of the Gaza Strip, along what became known as the Yellow Line.

IDF SOLDIERS operating in the Gaza Strip.

IDF kills Hamas terrorist who took IDF soldiers' remains hostage during Oct. 7 massacre

Hussam al-Shafie infiltrated Kibbutz Nirim and abducted Col. Asaf Hamami, St.-Sgt. Tomer Ahimas, and Sgt. Kiril Drodski's remains, taking them into the Gaza Strip.

Palestinian Hamas terrorists stand guard at a site as Hamas says it continues to search for the bodies of deceased hostages, in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip December 3, 2025.

Trump says Iran 'will be defeated soon,' as US begins new wave of airstrikes on Iranian targets

Trump, Netanyahu expected to meet in US on Monday • US CENTCOM redirects vessels attempting to breach Hormuz blockade • IDF may begin withdrawal within days after Israel-Lebanon talks in Rome end

US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Prime Minister of Iraq Ali al-Zaidi in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 14, 2026.

Israel Katz's populist push to pardon Elor Azaria puts Israel at serious risk - comment

Azaria was not convicted of mere "negligent homicide", but of manslaughter for his actions in 2016.

Israeli soldier Elor Azaria, who was caught on video shooting a wounded Palestinian assailant in the head as he lay on the ground, sits during a hearing at a military appeals court in Tel Aviv during which he was charged with manslaughter on April 18, 2016.

Strait of Hormuz escalation pushing Iran to 'run faster toward a nuclear bomb,' expert warns

According to INSS Iran expert Ben Sabti, the regime's very survival gives the leadership a sense of victory. The central power mechanisms continue to function. 

Damage from interceptions from the latest barrage from Iran, March 19, 2026