Hamas reaffirmed its commitment to the Gaza ceasefire Thursday, working to return all remaining Israeli hostages’ bodies despite destroyed tunnels, rubble, and restricted recovery equipment.
Aid trucks rolled into Gaza on Wednesday (15 October) and Israel resumed preparations to open the main Rafah crossing as Hamas handed over more bodies of dead hostages, following a dispute that had threatened the fragile ceasefire.
Hamas handed over more bodies of deceased hostages to Israel on Tuesday (14 October), one sign of progress after a number of apparent setbacks in the day since U.S. President Donald Trump touted his plan to end the Gaza war.
Joyous Palestinians rushed to embrace prisoners freed under a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement as they arrived by bus to the occupied West Bank and Gaza on Monday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not attend Monday's summit on ending the Gaza war in Egypt, his office said, after Cairo had earlier announced he would take part.
Israeli hostages may be released as early as Saturday (11 October) under a U.S. plan to end the war in Gaza and the country's military will complete the first part of a partial withdrawal within 24 hours of the deal being signed, said a source briefed on details of the agreement.
The 20 points that U.S. President Donald Trump announced as part of his Gaza plan this week were not in line with the draft proposed by a group of Muslim-majority countries, Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said on Friday.
Israeli forces have stopped 14 boats carrying foreign activists and aid bound for Gaza, but at least 23 boats are continuing to sail towards the war-ravaged Strip, flotilla organisers said on Thursday (2 October).
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New Zealand will not recognise a Palestinian state at this time but remains committed to a two-state solution, Foreign Minister Winston Peters said.
Microsoft has stopped providing certain services to a unit within the Israeli Ministry of Defence following reports that the military was using the company’s cloud technology for mass surveillance of Palestinians.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he would condemn recent recognitions by some nations of a Palestinian state in his upcoming address at the United Nations General Assembly.
If U.S. President Donald Trump really wants to win the Nobel peace prize, he needs to stop the war in Gaza, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday.
U.S. President Donald Trump will meet leaders and officials from multiple Muslim-majority countries on Tuesday (23 September) and discuss the situation in Gaza.
Several global leaders announced their countries’ recognition of the State of Palestine on Monday during a high-level international conference held on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.
Britain, Canada, Australia and Portugal all officially recognised a Palestinian state on Sunday (21 September), with other countries expected to follow suit this week at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
Palestinian Foreign Minister Varsen Aghabekian Shahin stated that countries recognising a Palestinian state this week were taking an irreversible step that safeguarded the two-state solution and brought Palestinian independence and sovereignty closer.
Portugal will formally recognise a Palestinian state on Sunday, the Foreign Ministry announced on Friday. The declaration will come ahead of next week’s High-Level Conference.
Japan does not plan to recognise a Palestinian state at United Nations meetings this month, Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said on Friday.
U.S. President Donald Trump said he disagreed with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer over recognising a Palestinian state, speaking following a bilateral meeting on Thursday during his state visit.
Japan will not recognise a Palestinian state for the time being, and Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will skip a relevant meeting during the United Nations General Assembly this month, the Asahi newspaper reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed government sources.
The European Commission says it will propose sanctioning "extremist Israeli ministers" and a partial suspension of the European Union's association agreement with Israel, targeting trade-related matters. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen made the announcement on Wednesday.
U.S. President Donald Trump was heckled by protesters with pro-Palestinian slogans after he arrived at a restaurant in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, 9 September.
Belgium will recognise a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly and impose sanctions on Israel, joining a growing list of countries pushing for a two-state solution.
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