Al Jazeera aired unseen footage of late Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar directing operations in Gaza, shown in Rafah with a military outfit and in a residential apartment over a map. Sinwar, a key figure in the October 7 attacks on Israel,

As the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas held into its sixth day, the U.S.- and Israeli-designated terrorist group released the names on Friday of the next four Israeli hostages it says it will release on Saturday,

Israel says it has killed thousands of the armed group’s members and destroyed much of its infrastructure, but since the cease-fire started Hamas has shown it still holds power in the enclave.

Israeli troops have pulled back to the edges of Gaza, the first hostages have been released and many Palestinians have returned to what remains of their homes in the first few days of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal.

Israel has confirmed that it will maintain control over the Rafah border crossing, the key passage between Egypt and the Gaza Strip.

Israel will maintain control of the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza during the initial ceasefire phase with Hamas. The Palestinian Authority will not manage the crossing, and vetted Palestinians will stamp passports.

"It is striking that Israel was not mentioned in the president's inauguration speech," a senior Hamas official told Newsweek.

US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said that Blinken will “discuss the need to ensure the defeat of Hamas, including in Rafah, in a way that protects the civilian population ...

Rafah was home to over a million Palestinians displaced from the Israel-Hamas war. Now, Palestinians in Gaza wade through rubble to see what remains.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested Friday that his county’s military might not withdraw all of its forces from Lebanon by this weekend’s deadline set in its ceasefire with Hezbollah.

One shot shows Sinwar on battlefield, another shows him looking at a map on floor of apartment; terror group confirms deaths of top officials months after Israel said they were killed