Israel-Hamas War

Businessman Steve Witkoff stands onstage with Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump during a campaign rally at Atrium Health Amphitheater in Macon, Georgia, US, November 3, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
USA

Steve Witkoff: The real estate investor who sealed the Gaza ceasefire

Trump's Middle East envoy epitomises the president-elect's disdain for policy wonks and international relations experts

Palestinians gather to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen, before a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel takes effect, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, January 17, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Hatem Khaled
Hamas-Israel war

Flooding Gaza with aid might lessen security challenge: UNRWA chief

Buildings lie in ruin in North Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, as seen from Israel, January 13, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Hamas-Israel war

Israeli cabinet approves Gaza ceasefire accord, due to take effect Sunday

Buildings lie in ruin in the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, as seen from southern Israel. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Hamas-Israel war

Gaza ceasefire appears close as US, Egyptian leaders put focus on 'coming hours'

Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a tent camp for displaced people, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, January 14, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ramadan Abed
Hamas-Israel war

UN lays groundwork for Gaza aid surge under ceasefire but still sees challenges

Buildings lie in ruin in North Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, as seen from Israel, January 13, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Hamas-Israel war

Gaza ceasefire talks resume in Doha, deal seen close after 'breakthrough'

A Palestinian carries an aid box distributed by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Deir Al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, November 4, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Ramadan Abed/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

With UNRWA fate unclear, UN and Israel argue over who's responsible for Palestinians

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken boards a plane, en route to the Middle East, as he departs Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, October 21, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Nathan Howard/Pool
Hamas-Israel war

Blinken calls for push to get Gaza truce deal over 'finish line'

Palestinian women react at the site of an Israeli strike on a house, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, January 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
Hamas-Israel war

Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza Strip as new ceasefire talks begin

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk appears in a video link to brief the first meeting of the UN Security Council of 2025 on the situation in the Middle East including the Palestinian question at UN headquarters in New York City, US, January 3, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mike Segar
Hamas-Israel war

Israel defends Gaza hospital raid, UN rights chief says its explanation is vague

An Israeli soldier holds a weapon in a military vehicle, during an Israeli raid in Tulkarm, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, October 31, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta/File Photo
USA

US plans $8 billion arms sale to Israel: US official

A Palestinian girl stands near the site of an Israeli strike on a house, amid the Israel-Hamas war, in Al Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip January 3, 2025. REUTERS/Abd Elhkeem Khaled
Hamas-Israel war

Israeli airstrikes push up Gaza death toll amid new truce push

Yahya Al-Batran, the father of Palestinian infant Jumaa Al-Batran, who died of hypothermia after living in a tent with his displaced family, reacts as he embraces his body at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, December 29, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Ramadan Abed
Hamas-Israel war

Displaced Gaza newborn freezes to death and twin fights for his life as rain floods tents