A senior Hamas leader has issued a global call to arms in response to US President Donald Trump’s proposal to relocate over two million Gazans to neighbouring countries. In a statement, Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri urged supporters worldwide to take action, warning that Trump’s plan—a combination of “massacres and starvation”—must be resisted at all … Read more
Representative Image (File picture) Hamas is set to release five hostages, including American-Israeli Edan Alexander, in a renewed ceasefire offered by Egypt. The terror group has agreed to release five hostages, abducted during its October 7, 2023, attack, in exchange for a 50-day ceasefire spanning the Eid al-Fitr holiday and continuing through Passover, officials told … Read more
CAIRO: An Israeli air strike in southern Gaza killed a Hamas political member, Salah al-Bardaweel, on Sunday, the militant group said, as Palestinian officials put the death toll from nearly 18 months of conflict at over 50,000. Hamas said the air strike on Khan Younis killed Bardaweel and his wife. The Israeli military confirmed in … Read more
Israel carried out airstrikes in central Gaza, early Tuesday, hitting areas around the urban refugee camp of Bureij. One of the strikes targeted a school serving as a shelter for displaced Palestinians, killing a 52-year-old man and his 16-year-old nephew, according to officials at nearby Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital. Another strike killed three men in Bureij, … Read more
TOI Correspondent from Washington: The Trump administration has a clear message to foreign students and green card holders who espouse views inimical to the security of the United States: expect to be deported to your home country. In a significantly broader interpretation of existing US laws with regards to deportation of legal residents, Senior Trump … Read more
NEW DELHI: Amid its ongoing effort to clear out the Gaza Strip of Hamas, Israel continues to press India for the group’s designation as a terrorist organisation. The immediate provocation on this occasion for seeking its listing as a terror group is the presence of several Hamas leaders in POK last month on “Kashmir Solidarity … Read more
In a rare public reckoning, an internal Israeli military probe has acknowledged its “complete failure” in preventing the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack, which resulted in the deaths of hundreds of Israelis. The report, released Thursday, marks a sobering admission of lapses that allowed over 5,000 militants to breach Israeli defenses.“The IDF failed in fulfilling … Read more
Hamas hands over Israeli hostages over to the Red Cross Hamas has handed over the first two of six Israeli hostages set to be freed on Saturday under the Israel-Hamas ceasefire. The handover took place in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where masked and armed Hamas fighters brought the captives onto a stage before … Read more
Israel is bracing for a distressing moment as Hamas is set to return the bodies of four hostages, including three members of the Bibas family, on Thursday.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged the loss, calling it “a very difficult day for the State of Israel – a heartbreaking day, a day of grief. We are … Read more
Newly uncovered documents show that Hamas tortured and executed members within its own ranks for allegedly engaging in same-sex relationships, the New York Post reported.According to the New York Post, the files recovered by the Israeli defence forces (IDF), outline a “morality check” system used by the Iran-back militant group to identify recruits who failed … Read more