Family fears for 66-year-old’s life after assault while he was being transferred between prisons Gaza ceasefire – live updates Palestine’s most popular leader, Marwan Barghouti, was beaten unconscious by Israeli prison guards and his family fears for his life, his son has said, citing evidence given by former Palestinian detainees released this week as part … Read more
Returning the bodies of 28 hostages was part of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas but only four have been handed over The families of missing dead Israeli hostages have written to the US special envoy Steve Witkoff to urge him to “pull out every stop and leave no stone unturned” in forcing Hamas … Read more
Thorny questions such as whether Hamas will disarm and who will govern Gaza are still to be answered, highlighting fragility of truce Israelis and Palestinians celebrate as truce brings hope of ‘era of peace’ Jason Burke is the Guardian’s international security correspondent Hamas has started deploying armed fighters and police across parts of Gaza in … Read more
In speech to Israeli Knesset hours after hostages released, US president spoke of ‘historic dawn of new Middle East’ Donald Trump has vowed to use the power of his presidency to ensure that Israel recognises it has achieved “all that it can by force of arms”, and begin an age of cooperation in the Middle … Read more
Ceasefire came into effect at midday local time Israeli military has said that the ceasefire agreement has come into effect, as troops have now retreated to the deployment lines agreed upon. In a statement released on Telegram, the IDF says troops “began positioning themselves along the updated deployment lines” from midday local time. Continue reading…
President Trump announced an agreement had been reached, but it was unclear when the captives would be released or when more aid would enter the territory.
Qatari PM and US’s Witkoff and Kushner join Hamas and Israeli negotiators working on Trump’s Gaza plan As part of the Guardian’s Israel-Gaza: two years on series marking the second anniversary of the Hamas attack into Israel and the war in Gaza, the below has been published: The children’s names appear on a list of … Read more
Commemorations held in kibbutzim whose members were killed or kidnapped and Tel Aviv rally will call for hostages’ release Israelis will gather across the country on Tuesday to mark the second anniversary of the 7 October attack, in which Hamas-led militants killed about 1,200 people and took 251 hostages during an assault on southern Israel. … Read more
Some of those held say guns were pointed at them, they were threatened with dogs and deprived of sleep International activists, journalists and lawyers deported from Israel after attempting to breach the 16-year maritime blockade of Gaza as part of a humanitarian flotilla have alleged being subjected to brutal physical and verbal abuse by Israeli … Read more
Hamas said it would release all Israeli hostages but wants to negotiate elements of President Trump’s peace plan for Gaza. Adam Rasgon, a reporter for The New York Times in Jerusalem, explains where negotiations stand.