Gaza, May 7 (IANS) The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on Tuesday called on the US administration and the international community to put pressure on Israel to stop the storming of the Rafah border crossing

Tel Aviv, May 5 (IANS) Amid ongoing talks for a 'pause' and mounting demands for the release of hostages, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday asserted that his country will not accept Hamas's d

Tel Aviv, May 4 (IANS) Hamas has agreed to release 20 Israeli hostages in its custody instead of the 33 proposed by Israel.A delegation of Hamas leaders led by Khalil al-Hayva has reached the Egyptian capital o

Gaza/Tel Aviv, April 29 (IANS/DPA) At least 27 Palestinians have been killed in fresh Israeli attacks on the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, the territory's Hamas-controlled Health Ministry said on Mo

Tel Aviv, March 30 (IANS) The indirect ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas are set to resume from Saturday in the Qatar's capital of Doha and the Egyptian capital of Cairo.Sources in the Israeli Prime Mini

Gaza, February 23 (IANS) At least 40 Palestinians were killed and 100 others injured in Israeli airstrikes on the central Gaza Strip, the media office of the Hamas-run government in Gaza has said in a press sta

Gaza, February 16 (IANS) The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry says 112 people were killed in the Strip in the last 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian death toll in the war to 28,775, media reports said.These figu

Tel Aviv, February 3 (IANS) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has said that its troops have destroyed a rocket-making unit of Hamas in central Gaza.The IDF in a statement on Friday night said that its 646th Briga

Tel Aviv, February 2( IANS) Israel Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has said that the Israel forces would soon reach Rafah border and eliminate Hamas units in the border areas.In a statement late Thursday night, G

Tel Aviv, January 23 (IANS) At least 21 Israeli soldiers have been killed in Gaza while fighting Hamas, the Israel Defense Forces said on Tuesday.Addressing a press briefing, IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari said so

New Delhi, January 22 (IANS) Israeli Major General Noam Tibon has said that time has come to negotiate with the Hamas group over a possible hostage deal to bring back the Israelis, media reports said.“It’s

Tel Aviv, January 20 (IANS) The Hostages and Missing Families Forum of Israel have staged a demonstration outside the residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Caesarea, demanding the return of their lo

Gaza, January 5 (IANS) As the fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas in Gaza has intensified, the number of people killed in the besieged enclave since the war began in October 2023 has increased to 22,438,

Tel Aviv, January 3 (IANS) Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Wednesday condemned the death of Saleh al-Arouri, the Hamas deputy chief who was killed in an Israeli strike in Lebanon, and terme

New Delhi, December 28 (IANS) Israel has proposed a new prisoner exchange deal to mediator Qatar, media reports said on Thursday.“The deal was offered to Qatar via the U.S,” media reports from Israel said.R

Cairo, December 21 (IANS) The US has said that "serious negotiations" are on in Cairo for a new Gaza ceasefire and release of Israeli hostages, the media reported.However, during talks in Cairo on Wednesday, Ha

Tel Aviv, December 19 (IANS) The Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health in Gaza on Tuesday said the situation of hospitals in southern Gaza is catastrophic and complex amid the raging war in the besieged enclave.I

Tel Aviv, December 10 (IANS) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Sunday said dozens of Hamas men have surrendered before it in South Gaza.Sources in the IDF told IANS that the Hamas men, during interrogation, re

United Nations, December 9 (IANS): Brushing aside an impassioned plea by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, a diplomatically isolated United States has again vetoed a Security Council resolution calling for an

Tel Aviv, December 3 (IANS) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Sunday warned the Shejaya Battalion of Hamas to surrender or face the fate of Wissam Farhat, the slain commander of the battalion.“This is a fina