The US Justice Department charged Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, ex-leader Ismail Haniyeh and former military chief Mohammed Deif, both of the latter killed in July, for perpetrating the October 7 attacks on Israel. Hamas launched an unprecedented attack that killed over 1,200 people in Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that the phase of intense fighting against Hamas in the Gaza Strip was coming to an end but that the war would not end until the Islamist group no longer controls the Palestinian enclave.
The bodycam footage from the attackers showed five female army conscripts who were taken hostage by Hamas militants during the October 7 attack. One of the terrorists describes the hostages as “women who can get pregnant" as some hostages were seen with bloodied faces.
The World Health Organisation said 21 patients perished during Israel's two-week-long raid in Al-Shifa hospital and hundreds of others were put at risk. The Israeli military claimed to have killed and detained several Hamas militants along with seizing weaponry and valuable intelligence.
Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA Commissioner-General, said Israeli authorities provided evidence about the alleged involvement of the agency's staffers in the Hamas' October 7 attacks on Israel. The US State Department said at least 12 UNRWA employees are involved in the brutal attacks.
Arouri, one of the founders of Hamas’ military wing, had headed the group’s presence in the West Bank. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had threatened to kill him even before the Hamas-Israel war began on October 7.
Three Hamas members were detained in Berlin, three in Denmark and another Hamas member was detained in the Netherlands. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said the threat was "as serious as it gets" as the EU warned of an increase in terrorist attacks around Christmas earlier this month.
Louk's body was found in Gaza after she was abducted and taken there by Hamas militants following their deadly attack on October 7. A video surfaced on social media showing Hamas militants parading her naked body and chanting 'Allahu Akbar' slogans.
The Nir Oz kibbutz in southern Israel previously housed 400 people and was ambushed by roughly 200 Hamas militants. Two dozen people are confirmed to be killed and a dozen of the residents have been captured and held hostage in Gaza.
Israel-Hamas War: Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Malki accused Israel of “intentionally” bombing a hospital in Gaza and said the strip’s residents are being subjected to genocide. He alleged the Israeli military had attacked the same hospital two days earlier and warned doctors there.
The aircraft was originally scheduled to return to the national capital on Monday morning but it faced a technical snag on its arrival in Tel Aviv on Sunday and was taken to Jordan to rectify the problem.
Hamas has taken nearly 200 people hostages since the recent war that broke out on October 7, the highest in the history of the Israel-Palestine conflict. It has now reportedly demanded the release of 6,000 Palestinian prisoners lodged in Israeli jails.
Nofal is the most high-profile Hamas commander to be killed in Israel's airstrikes in the Gaza Strip. He reportedly participated in several armed attacks against Israeli civilians and was involved in the kidnapping of IDF soldier Gilad Shalit, who was released in 2011 in a prisoner exchange deal.
Qadhi is the second senior leader of the Hamas group to be eliminated by Israeli forces within 24 hours. Earlier, the Israeli Air Force said they killed Murad Abu Murad, the head of Hamas' aerial wing who was "largely responsible" for last week's attack, in overnight strikes on the Gaza Strip.
The Air Force said that Abu Murad was "largely responsible" for the unprecedented attack on Israel by Hamas militants that killed hundreds of civilians and soldiers. Israeli retaliatory strikes have killed 1,900 people in Gaza.
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) have confirmed that at least 120 civilians, including those of different nationalities, have been held hostage by Hamas. The militant group said on Friday that 13 hostages were killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza.
The 36-year-old Ma'ayan Adam anchors a news program at a popular Israeli TV station. She said that her sister Mapal had just moved in with her boyfriend and was playing dead when Hamas militants attacked the Tribe of Nova music festival near the Israel-Gaza border.
Mohammed Deif came was born and raised among an impoverished family in Gaza's Khan Younis Group. He joined Hamas in his 20s and rose through the ranks by orchestrating a series of suicide bombings and kidnappings, becoming Israel's most wanted man.
As the war entered its fourth day, over 1,600 people have been killed in Israel and Gaza. Questions have emerged on whether Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu would launch a ground attack on Gaza after the devastating Hamas incursion on Saturday.
The Saudi-based Organization of Islamic Cooperation said that it is “greatly concerned about the developments on the ground and the dangerous Israeli escalation in the occupied Palestinian territory.”
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