The body of a hostage handed over by Hamas on Monday night has been identified as that of Major Tal Haimi, 41, the Israeli military has said. His return means Hamas has handed over 13 out of 28 deceased hostages under the first phase of a US-brokered ceasefire deal that began on 10 October. It … Read more
A 55-year-old Palestinian woman has been taken to hospital after being clubbed over the head by a masked Jewish settler as she was picking olives. The unprovoked attack, which took place on Sunday morning in the Palestinian village of Turmus Ayya in the occupied West Bank, was captured on video by US journalist Jasper Nathaniel. … Read more
Under Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza, the “yellow line” – which Israel withdrew to earlier this month – is the first of three stages of Israeli military withdrawal. It leaves it in control of about 53% of the Gaza Strip. One Israeli newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth, referred to it as “effectively the new border” in … Read more
David Gritten and Jaroslav Lukiv Watch: Vance backs Mid-East leadership from Israel and a reduced focus from US The implementation of a Gaza ceasefire agreement is “going better than expected” and the truce can hold, US Vice-President JD Vance has said during a visit to Israel. Vance also warned that “if Hamas does not co-operate, … Read more
A small number of British planning officers has been sent to Israel to join a US-led multinational taskforce to help monitor the ceasefire in Gaza, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said. The taskforce, called the civil military coordination centre, is also likely to include troops from Egypt, Qatar, Turkey and the UAE, US … Read more
Israel’s military says the bodies of two hostages returned by Hamas on Tuesday have been identified as Arie Zalmanowicz and Master Sgt (res) Tamir Adar. Zalmanowicz , 85, was abducted from his home in Kibbutz Nir Oz during the Hamas-led attack on Israel on 7 October 2023 and killed in captivity on 17 November 2023, … Read more
Sean Seddon, Wahiba Ahmed and Anna Foster Gaza health crisis will last ‘for generations’, says WHO chief Gaza is experiencing a health “catastrophe” that will last for “generations to come”, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that a massive increase in … Read more
BBC The Israeli military says 20 living hostages and the bodies of 15 deceased hostages have been handed over by Hamas and have returned to Israel under the Gaza ceasefire deal. Until 13 October, 48 hostages were still being held in Gaza, 28 of whom were dead. All but one of the hostages were among … Read more
Reuters The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has said Israel has a legal obligation to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip by the UN and its entities to ensure the basic needs of Palestinian civilians there are met. An advisory opinion from the UN’s top court also said Israel had not … Read more
Benedict Garman, Emma Pengelly and Matt Murphy,BBC Verify BBC The Israeli military is exerting control over more of Gaza than expected from the ceasefire deal with Hamas, a BBC Verify analysis has found. Under the first stage of the deal, Israel agreed to retreat to a boundary running along the north, south and east of … Read more