Hamas’s tight grip on Gaza complicates plan for lasting peace
Militant group maintains control over coastal enclave’s administration and security forces
Gaza Strip
Israeli forces kill eight Palestinians in security operation in Jenin
Israel accused of ‘sowing atmosphere of violence’ in West Bank following rampage through villages by masked Jewish settlers
Trump’s inauguration address tapped into America’s violent history of expansionism
US president invoked manifest destiny and frontier mythology behind which lurk native soil genocide and the use of force to acquire land
Hamas fighters re-emerge, seemingly ready to rule Gaza again
In Israel, images of Hamas fighters back above ground has raised questions about the effectiveness of the campaign on the strip
‘There’s this double feeling’: Freed Palestinian prisoner tells of joy and pain after release
Khalida Jarrar most prominent of 90 Palestinians released on Sunday as part of first phase of ceasefire agreement
Gazans begin searching for people under rubble on day two of ceasefire
Rebuilding Gaza could take decades and cost billions, UN assessments show
Israel releases 90 Palestinian prisoners as Gaza ceasefire enters second day
Israeli move follows the release of three Israeli women held hostage by Hamas
Thousands gather in Tel Aviv to celebrate as release of Israeli hostages begins following ceasefire
Thousands gather in Tel Aviv to celebrate as release of Israeli hostages begins following ceasefire
Three Israeli women hostages arrive home as ceasefire begins between Israel and Hamas
Romy Gonen (24), Emily Damari (28) and Doron Steinbrecher (31) brought to Tel Aviv hospital after 471 days in captivity
Hamas remains in control of Gaza even as ceasefire takes effect
Widespread support in Israel for ceasefire amid relief at return of hostages despite high price involved in release of Palestinian detainees
Hamas releases three female Israeli hostages after ceasefire comes into effect in Gaza
Israeli military strikes kill at least eight Palestinians across Gaza on Sunday morning amid delay in implementing ceasefire
Israel retains right to resume war in Gaza if ceasefire proves pointless, Netanyahu says
Israeli prime minister says ceasefire cannot go into effect on Sunday without list of hostage names
Israeli cabinet approves deal for ceasefire that will take effect Sunday
Deal set to exchange dozens of hostages held by Hamas for Palestinians in Israeli jails and pause 15-month war for initial six weeks
Gaza ceasefire: ‘We’ll hug, we’ll cry and we’ll thank God over and over for surviving this war’
With a truce on the horizon, Gazans can think of little else but going home. Even if those homes are now no more than rubble and ash
Joy mixed with trepidation as Israel awaits return of hostages
News of ceasefire was greeted not with exuberant celebrations but rather with a sombre recognition that finally Israel has reached the beginning of the end
UN estimates that 1.9m people displaced from Gaza’s 2.3m population
Organisation indicates that women and children account for 70% of fatalities from death toll of almost 47,000
An Irish man in Israel: As news came of the ceasefire deal, there were no celebrations on the streets of Tel Aviv
My eight-year-old daughter Ella’s excitement didn’t rub off on the other passengers on the bus, who seemed unfazed by the breaking news
Israel to end Gaza ceasefire delay as right-wing party says it will quit government
US vice-president Kamala Harris says Washington expects agreement to be implemented in full and on time
Yemen’s Houthis say they will continue attacks if Gaza ceasefire breached
Houthis have mounted more than 100 attacks on ships since November 2023 and have sunk two vessels and killed at least four seafarers
Binyamin Netanyahu needs all his political skills at home and abroad
Israeli prime minister juggles political survival with the need to please Trump
Hamas renews its ranks in face of Israeli military onslaught
Binyamin Netanyahu’s aim of returning 200,000 Israelis to southern and northern communities abandoned during war is unlikely until Gaza has been pacified by political means
Gaza ceasefire deal brings joy, but is tinged with uncertainty
The coming weeks will remain fraught for Palestinians in Gaza and the families of Israeli hostages taken in the Hamas attack
Irish aid worker in Gaza: ‘The needs are still enormous’
Jenny Higgins (37) works at a field hospital in Gaza established by the medical aid charity Med-UK
Micheál Martin and Simon Harris welcome Gaza ceasefire after ‘15 months of immense human suffering’
Michael D Higgins said massive scale-up of humanitarian aid is needed now to save lives
Should Ireland pass the Occupied Territories Bill? Sinn Féin’s Matt Carthy and former ambassador Daniel Mulhall debate
Contentious proposed law would ban trade with Israeli firms operating in occupied Palestinian territory
Israel awaits Hamas response to Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal
‘Distinct possibility’ of getting deal done before US president Joe Biden leaves office
High-level Israeli security delegation in Doha for Gaza talks
Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, met Netanyahu on Saturday
Israeli military names hostage killed alongside father in Gaza as forces continue to pound enclave
Israeli defence minister orders military to present plan for total defeat of Hamas in Gaza if it does not release its hostages before Donald Trump’s inauguration
Why has Ireland joined the ICJ case against Israel? Is it simply that it’s the right thing to do?
There are several reasons why our sympathy for the Palestinian cause has not been tempered by the pragmatic realities of international diplomatic relations, as is the case elsewhere
Far-right Zionist leader says Israel is ‘preparing hell for Hamas’
Bezalel Smotrich calls for country to take over ‘entire civil management of Gaza Strip’ and cut humanitarian aid to Palestinians to minimum
Irish ICJ submission on Gaza asks UN court to consider repeated human rights violations as suggestive of genocide
Ireland says inference can be drawn from a state’s actions that it is guilty of genocide even where no direct evidence of such a policy is produced
President criticises Nato’s ‘appalling’ call for increased military spending
Michael D Higgins implores young scientists to commit to welfare of all global citizens and counter war rhetoric
Israeli strikes ‘kill dozens’ in Gaza amid stepped up ceasefire push
US, Qatar and Egypt make most serious attempt yet to reach deal, source says, as Israeli bombardments continue
International Court of Justice receives Ireland’s intervention in South Africa’s case against Israel
South Africa has alleged genocide by Israel during the war in Gaza
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