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Tensions in the Middle East escalated on Saturday as Iran and its allies prepared to respond to the death of Hamas’s leadership head, which was attributed to Israel and raised the possibility of a regional conflict....

Senior representatives of the rival Palestinian organizations Fatah and Hamas, which are at war with Israel, have decided to meet in Beijing this month in an effort to restart talks for reconciliation, authorities announced on Monday....

The Islamist organization Hamas, which controls the confined and conflict-ravaged Palestinian region, has come under fire from some Gazans for not putting a stop to the war with Israel that has destroyed their way of life.Umm...

Four captives were reportedly freed on Saturday by Israeli forces from a Gaza refugee camp, where 210 Palestinians were reportedly killed and hundreds more injured in attacks, according to the government media office run by Hamas....

A spokesman for Qatar’s foreign ministry said on Thursday that Hamas has not responded to a plan that has been presented for a truce with Israel in Gaza and an exchange of hostages and detainees. “Mediators...

The proposed ceasefire agreement between US President Joe Biden and Gaza was described by a senior Hamas official as “just words” on Thursday, and the Palestinian organization has not received any formal pledges on a truce....

According to a statement from the Palestinian party that rules Gaza, Hamas declared on Thursday that it has notified mediators that it is prepared to strike a “full agreement,” including a thorough arrangement to exchange prisoners...

Late on Monday, France declared its support for the independence of the International Criminal Court, whose prosecutor has asked for arrest warrants for Hamas, an Islamist organization, and Israeli leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The...

For alleged war crimes, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has requested arrest warrants for prominent Israeli and Hamas figures. Karim Khan, the ICC prosecutor, announced on Monday that his office had requested...

Although it refrained from officially rejecting it, the United States acknowledged on Thursday that Israel’s efforts to defeat Hamas may be jeopardized by a UN peacekeeping force stationed in the Palestinian territories, as suggested by the...