Gaza

Guardian: "Israel-Hamas war" — (LINK)

Al Jazeera: "Israel-Hamas war live": now "Israel War on Gaza" — (LINK)

Hamas hands over six hostages but Israel delays release of 600 Palestinians. Ceasefire in jeopardy as Israel waits for meeting of security cabinet under pressure from right wingers — 22 February 2025 (LINK)

Israel claims Hamas killed Bibas children with their 'bare hands' — contradicts Hamas claim the family was killed in an airstrike. — 21 February 2025 (LINK)

Arab leaders gather in Saudi Arabia to hash out alternative to Trump's plan for Gaza. — 21 February 2025 (LINK)

Netanyahu decries release of wrong body as a ceasefire violation, as Hamas pledges to investigate. — 20 February 2025 (LINK)

— A body that Hamas released as part of the deal was found to not be that of an Israeli mother of two young boys, as the militants had promised. Six more living hostages are scheduled to be released Saturday as part of the tenuous ceasefire that has paused over 15 months of war.

Israel defence minister orders military to 'intensify operations' in West Bank after three empty buses explode in Israel in 'suspected terror attack'. — 20 February 2025 (LINK) — ground.news: 49 media reports (LINK)

Hamas releases the bodies of four Israeli hostages killed in Gaza, including mother and young sons, in latest ceasefire exchange. — 20 February 2025 (LINK) — ground.news: 342 media reports (LINK)

Trump's plan for Gaza: 'Ethnic cleansing is not acceptable,' UN chief Guterres says. — 16 February 2025 (LINK)

Three Israeli hostages and hundreds of Palestinian detainees freed after dispute threatened Gaza ceasefire. — 15 February 2025 (LINK)

— The Gazan militants have now released a total of 19 Israeli hostages as part of the first phase of the ceasefire agreement, of a total of 33 promised at staggered intervals during this stage. Eight of those 33 are dead, according to the Israeli government.

— The hostages — American-Israeli Sagui Dekel-Chen, Russian-Israeli Alexandre Troufanov and Argentinian-Israeli Iair Horn — were released in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, in the sixth such exchange under the truce.

— A spokesperson for the Israeli Prison Service said 369 Palestinian prisoners and detainees were released on Saturday, the largest number yet under the truce. The Palestinian Prisoners Society said that 333 Palestinians arrested in Gaza after the October 7 attack had arrived in the enclave Saturday. Buses carrying the detainees entered Gaza from Kerem Shalom into Rafah, and headed to a hospital in Khan Younis where large crowds were waiting. Elsewhere, 36 Palestinians were released to the occupied West Bank, including 24 who were later exiled to Egypt.

— All three men released on Saturday from Gaza were kidnapped from the kibbutz Nir Oz during the October 7 attack, and had been held captive for almost 500 days. Troufanov was 27 years old when he was kidnapped by Palestinian Al-Quds Brigades, a militant group allied with Islamic Jihad, along with his grandmother, Irena Tati, his mother Lena Troufanov and girlfriend Sapir Cohen, who were all released in a previous deal. His father Vitaly was killed during the attack. Dekel-Chen was 35 years old when he was kidnapped by Hamas while trying to defend the kibbutz from attackers. His wife Avital was pregnant with their third child during the attack, and gave birth to Dekel-Chen's daughter while he was in captivity. She turned one in December. Dekel-Chen's family said that he will meet his daughter for the first time.

Fox: Israel releases Palestinian prisoners linked to suicide bombings, attempted murder. Multiple prisoners connected to Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, a foreign terrorist organization. — (14 February 2025 (LINK) — ground.news: 165 media reports (LINK)

Trump faces showdown with Jordan over Gaza plan. — 11 February 2025 (LINK)

Hamas suspends hostage releases after Trump statement, alleging ceasefire violations — Israel says military now on 'highest alert'. — 10 February 2025 (LINK)

Trump says Palestinians would not have a right to return to Gaza under his redevelopment plan. — 10 February 2025 (LINK)

— Afterward, some Trump aides sought to soften or clarify aspects of the plan. Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said Trump was proposing only a temporary relocation of Palestinians while Gaza was being rebuilt. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who was traveling in Latin America when Trump revealed his idea, suggested the resettlements from Gaza would be only on an interim basis.

— Yet Trump himself, in comments afterward, did anything but retreat. He told reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday that he viewed the war-torn region as a "big real estate site". "I think that it's a big mistake to allow people — the Palestinians, or the people living in Gaza — to go back yet another time, and we don't want Hamas going back. And think of it as a big real estate site, and the United States is going to own it and we'll slowly — very slowly, we're in no rush — develop it. We're going to bring stability to the Middle East soon," Trump told reporters as he traveled to the Super Bowl.

— He added during his interview on Fox — taped on Saturday but aired Monday morning — that it would take years before anyone could consider living in Gaza given the destruction of the war.

UN investigator: Trump's Gaza Plan amounts to illegal 'ethnic cleansing'. — 9 February 2025 (LINK)

— "Forcible displacement of an occupied group is an international crime," said Navi Pillay, chair of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

Israeli forces withdraw from a key Gaza corridor under deal: the 6-km Netzarim corridor, a strip of land that bisects northern Gaza from the south that Israel used as a military zone during the war.s — 9 February 2025 (LINK)

3 more Israeli hostages released by Hamas as ceasefire deal continues to hold. — 8 February 2025 (LINK)

'The first good idea I've heard': Netanyahu endorses scaled-backed version of Trump's Gaza plan. — 6 February 2025 (LINK)

Trump's press secretary won't rule out US troops in Gaza after president saying the U.S. would “take over” Gaza and “own” the territory. — 5 February 2025 (LINK)

Trump restates plan for US takeover of Gaza, with Palestinians 'resettled in the region': Writing on social media, Trump says Gaza "would be turned over to the United States by Israel at the conclusion of fighting". — 5 February 2025 (LINK)

Congress puts hold on Trump’s $1 billion arms sale to Israel. — 4 February 2025 (LINK)

— Two congressional aides told The Hill on Tuesday that a hold has been placed on the arms sale package. The Wall Street Journal first reported the hold, saying Democratic lawmakers had exercised a hold. The four top lawmakers on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee have the power to individually block arms sales orders when over a certain dollar amount.

British-Israeli hostage says Hamas held her at UN facilities. — 31 January 2025 (LINK)

2 killed as Israel says it struck 'multiple' Hezbollah targets in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. — 31 January 2025 (LINK) — ground.news: 24 media reports (LINK)

UNRWA reiterates determination to continue providing humanitarian assistance in the occupied Palestinian territories, despite the enactment of two Israeli laws that prohibit its operations. — 30 January 2025 (LINK) — ground.news: 92 media reports (LINK)

Israel releases Palestinian prisoners after delay over chaotic hostage handover. — 30 January 2025 (LINK) — ground.news: 154 media reports (LINK)

Report doesn't show $50m for condoms in Gaza as Trump spokeswoman claimed — but does show Trump shipped condoms worldwide in first Presidency. — 29 January 2025 (LINK)

Displaced Palestinians begin return to Northern Gaza after ceasefire agreement. — 27 January 2025 (LINK) — ground.news: 470 media reports (LINK)

Israel says eight of the 33 remaining hostages to be released by Hamas in phase one of deal are dead. — 27 January 2025 (LINK) — ground.news: 34 media reports (LINK)

Israel releases 200 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for four Israeli hostages. — 25 January 2025 (LINK)

Yemen's Houthi rebels unilaterally release 153 war detainees, Red Cross says. — 25 January 2025 (LINK) — ground.news: 113 media reports (LINK)

— The Houthis' release comes just after they detained another seven Yemeni workers from the United Nations, sparking anger from the world body. Abdul Qader al-Murtada, the head of the Houthis' Committee for Prisoners' Affairs, said in a statement carried by Houthi media that those released were "humanitarian cases" that included the sick, wounded and the elderly.

Four injured in suspected terror knife attack in Tel Aviv. — 21 January 2025 (LINK) — ground.news: 111 media reports (LINK)

Hamas released three Israeli hostages and Israel released 90 Palestinian prisoners, the first day of a ceasefire suspending ^the 15-month-old war. — 19 January 2025 (LINK)

Netanyahu says Israel has retained 'right to return to fighting if needed'. — 19 January 2025 (LINK) — ground.news: 140 media reports (LINK)

Israel to obliterate Hamas if hostages not released before Trump's inauguration: Minister Katz. — 10 January 2025 (LINK) — ground.news: 24 media reports (LINK)

Ending a two-year vacancy, Lebanon picks US-backed Aoun as President in shift from Iran. — 10 January 2025 (LINK) — ground.news: 359 media reports (LINK)

U.S. House of Congress passes sanctions bill against International Criminal Court officials in response to Netanyahu warrant. — 9 January 2025 (LINK) — ground.news: 86 media reports (LINK)

— 45 Democrats joined 198 Republicans in backing the bill, with no Republican opposition. The bill will now be considered by the Senate, which is under Republican control.

UAE, Israeli foreign ministers meet to discuss Gaza humanitarian crisis. — 7 January 2025 (LINK) — ground.news: media reports (LINK)

Hamas says it has approved list of 34 hostages requested by Israel for release in possible deal. — 5 January 2025 (LINK)

— However, the unnamed Hamas official reiterated that any deal is contingent upon the complete withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza and a permanent ceasefire. He says that there has been no progress from the Israeli side in this regard.

Israeli military enlists first group of ultra-Orthodox recruits into brigade. — 5 January 2025 (LINK)

Israel launched airstrikes on defence facilities located east of Aleppo, Syria. — 2 January 2025 (LINK) — ground.news: 80 media reports (LINK)

Israel's former defence chief Gallant quits parliament. — 1 January 2025 (LINK) — ground.news: 61 media reports (LINK)

— Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had sacked Gallant, saying there was a "breakdown in trust" amid disagreements between the two on several issues, notably the exemption of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men from military service.

— In November, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant over alleged war crimes in Gaza.