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People attend a mass funeral for members of the Abu Sharia and Al-Hasayna families, whose remains were recently recovered from the rubble of their homes after an attack earlier in the war, on Aug. 4, 2026 in the Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza.

Gaza family buries 112 recovered from war rubble after Israeli strike

In early July, Gaza’s Government Media Office said that more than 2,700 families have been erased from the civil registry after all their members were killed by Israeli military action.

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Analysis

Netanyahu’s Gaza double game: Back Trump, reassure Israel’s right

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to both give the impression that Israel retains total freedom of action in Gaza while allowing the Board of Peace to move ahead with President Donald Trump’s peace plan.

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

Palestinian Hamas militants arrive to secure the area as Egyptian workers accompanied by members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), search for the last two remaining bodies of hostages -an Israeli soldier and a Thai national- from under the rubble of the Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern of Gaza Strip on Dec. 1, 2025.

Analysis

How Hamas disarmament deal may test Iran's regional strategy

A possible Hamas decision to disarm would represent more than a Gaza development, testing Iran's decades-old strategy of projecting power through regional allies.

A correspondent in Tehran

By A correspondent in Tehran

In Tehran, reporting on politics

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Culture

How Argentina-Spain World Cup final became debate over Israel, Palestine

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Explainer

What does Hamas' move to dissolve its Gaza government mean?

Government Media Office Director Ismail Thawabteh (R) and Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem (L) speak at a press conference.

Beatrice Farhat

Associate Editor (Lebanon)

In Beirut, reporting on regional news, culture, conflict

Daoud Kuttab

Palestine Columnist

In Amman, reporting on Palestinian politics

Rasha Abou Jalal

In Gaza City, reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Abeer Ayyoub

In Istanbul, reporting on Palestine

Naima Morelli

In Rome, reporting on Middle East culture

Fatima AbdulKarim

In Ramallah, reporting on the West Bank

US Prof. Richard Falk addresses the participants during the Istanbul session of The World Tribunal on Iraq. U.S. Professor Richard Falk, UNESCO peace prize holder and Professor of International Law, addresses the participants during the Istanbul session of The World Tribunal on Iraq June 24, 2005. The World Tribunal on Iraq is a worldwide initiative that works together in a non-hierarchical system as a horizontal network of local groups worldwide. The project consists of commissions of inquiry and sessions

Richard Falk Will Not Be Another Richard Goldstone

UN human rights investigator Richard Falk suggests that UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has joined pro-Israel UN Watch in defamatory remarks against him.

Ran Cohen, (L), Haim Oron, (C), and Amnon Rubinstein, (R), of the left-wing Meretz Party leaving a seaside hotel near Tel Aviv where they held coalition talks with representatives of Prime Minister-elect Ehud Barak's One Israel alliance. Meretz was the first of 14 political parties to discuss a governing partnership with One Israel and negotiations are expected to last well into next week. Barak has 45 days to form a new government under Israeli law.

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Former Meretz Leader: Time Against Israel, Two-State Solution

Former Meretz leader Chaim Oron is calling for settin aside the social justice struggle in favor of the fight over the "two-state solution."

Palestinian women hold pictures of their sons during a protest calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners inside Israeli jails, in the West Bank city of Ramallah December 3, 2005. Candidates began signing up on Saturday for a Palestinian legislative election next month at which the ruling Fatah of President Mahmoud Abbas will face its first major challenge from powerful Islamist faction Hamas. REUTERS/Loay Abu Haykel - RTR1A0J5

Pre-Oslo Prisoners Still Obstacle To Palestinian-Israeli Talks

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has rejected an Israeli offer to release 50 of an estimated 107 prisoners detained before the signing of the Oslo Accords, an issue that continues to stall negotiation efforts.

The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict In Russian

Jewish immigrants, Palestinians and Israeli-Arabs from Russia keep up their passion and links to the Russian language and culture.

Palestinian couples participate in a mass wedding in the West Bank city of Nablus May 12, 2011. A group of 22 couples, some disabled, participated in the wedding ceremony which was sponsored by the United Arab Emirates. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini (WEST BANK - Tags: SOCIETY) - RTR2MBU0

Travel Restrictions Take Toll On Palestinian Relationships

Gazan filmmaker Abu Sido thought that his six-year relationship with a girl from the West Bank could work, but travel restrictions proved to be stronger.

A Hamas militant teaches young Palestinians on how to use an rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) launcher at a military-style exercise run by Hamas during summer vacation in Gaza June 10, 2013. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA - Tags: SOCIETY MILITARY) - RTX10ITJ

Hamas Considers New Blend Of Resistance, Politics

In the last of a three-part series on Hamas, its leaders seek to balance their tradition of uncompromising resistance to Israel with more nuanced considerations of governance.

Israeli lawmaker Danny Danon (L), a deputy parliament speaker, stands near an Israeli police officer in front of the Dome of the Rock on the compound known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City July 20, 2010. Danon, a lawmaker of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing party, on Tuesday visited the flashpoint religious site in Jerusalem revered by Jews and Muslims, a move that has sparked violence in the past. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLIT

Netanyahu Not Really Considering Two-State Solution, Says Danon

Israel's Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon lets the cat out of the bag.

Hamas militants stand for prayer before a protest in the northern Gaza Strip April 2, 2013. Israeli prison guards fired tear gas to quell disturbances by Palestinian inmates on Tuesday after a prisoner serving a life sentence over an attempt to bomb an Israeli cafe died of cancer. Maysara Abu Hamdeya's death threatened to raise tensions in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, where Palestinians, who view jailed brethren as heroes in a fight for statehood, have held several protests in recent weeks in support of

Hamas' Iranian Stockpiles Falling

By supporting the Syrian rebels, Hamas might have jeopardized for good its relations with its main weapon supplier Iran.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (front row R) stands next to Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah (C) and other ministers as they pose for a group photograph during a swearing-in ceremony of the new government in the West Bank city of Ramallah June 6, 2013. Hamdallah and his West Bank-based government were sworn in on Thursday and one of their main challenges will be reaching a power-sharing deal with the Islamist Hamas movement ruling Gaza. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS) - RTX10E4P

New Palestinian Prime Minister Faces Old Problems

Reconciliation and the fight over representation from the city of Hebron complicate the agenda of newly sworn-in Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah.

A Palestinian worker organizes containers of green wheat, also know as Freekeh, that are meant for export, at a factory in the West Bank village of Ajja village near Jenin August 25, 2009. The economy of the West Bank and Gaza is forecast by the World Bank to grow by 5 percent this year, 6.5 percent in 2010 and 7.5 percent in 2011. Picture taken August 25, 2009. To match feature PALESTINIANS/ECONOMY
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Are Palestinian Industrial Parks Illusion or Real Development?

While the Palestinian Authority and others push plans for West Bank industrial parks, critics say the projects give the illusion of economic growth while entrenching Israeli occupation.

A Palestinian boy cries during the demolition of his house in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Beit Hanina February 5, 2013. A statement from the Jerusalem Municipality said there was a court order for the demolition of the house, which was built without a permit in an open landscape area where construction is forbidden. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION) - RTR3DDR4

Palestinian Children Traumatized After House Demolitions

A new study reports that Israeli demolitions of Palestinian houses in east Jerusalem are having a detrimental effect on the mental health of children who have lost their homes.

Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meets with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Jerusalem May 23, 2013. REUTERS/Jim Young (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS) - RTXZXGE

US Still Believes 'Business With Bibi Is Possible'

The US seems to believe that Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not the main obstacle to peace.