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1 week ago | 
dailyherald.com | Miriam Berger |Heba Farouk Mahfouz |Hazem Balousha |Hajar Harb
JAFFA, Israel — The move by Hamas in recent weeks to try to stop a wave of protests against it in Gaza reflects the group’s determination to continue silencing dissent even as the war with Israel has left the militants badly weakened. The demonstrations, which broke out in late March, represented the boldest challenge to Hamas in years and underscored the desperation among Palestinians in Gaza to end the war.
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1 week ago | 
washingtonpost.com | Miriam Berger |Heba Farouk Mahfouz |Hazem Balousha |Hajar Harb
Hamas seeks to silence Gazans who criticize it over war with Israel (washingtonpost.com) Hamas seeks to silence Gazans who criticize it over war with Israel By Miriam Berger; Heba Farouk Mahfouz; Hazem Balousha; Hajar Harb 2025041606004600 JAFFA, Israel — The move by Hamas in recent weeks to try to stop a wave of protests against it in Gaza reflects the group's determination to continue silencing dissent even as the war with Israel has left the militants badly weakened. The demonstrations,...
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3 weeks ago | 
washingtonpost.com | Miriam Berger |Hajar Harb |Heba Farouk Mahfouz
15 first responders killed in Rafah, U.N. says; IDF orders mass evacuation (washingtonpost.com) 15 first responders killed in Rafah, U.N. says; IDF orders mass evacuation By Miriam Berger; Hajar Harb; Heba Farouk Mahfouz 2025033110233200 JAFFA, Israel — Israel on Monday ordered the evacuation of most of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, warning that the military is "returning to combat in great force" in the area, a day after the bodies of more than a dozen emergency personnel, missing for a...
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1 month ago | 
washingtonpost.com | Claire Parker |Miriam Berger |Heba Farouk Mahfouz |Abbie Cheeseman |Gerry Shih
JERUSALEM — Israel pummeled the Gaza Strip with airstrikes Tuesday, killing more than 400 people, injuring hundreds more and shattering a two-month-old ceasefire that, for a time, brought both a measure of calm to the war-battered enclave and the release of nearly three dozen Israeli hostages held captive by Hamas and other Palestinian militants.
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1 month ago | 
washingtonpost.com | Adam Taylor |Heba Farouk Mahfouz |Gerry Shih
Under the Trump administration, U.S. officials have begun meeting directly with Hamas, breaking a long-standing — although sometimes flexible — U.S. policy against talking with groups Washington has designated as foreign terrorist organizations.
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1 month ago | 
postguam.com | Claire Parker |Heba Farouk Mahfouz |Mustafa Salim
CAIRO - Arab leaders adopted a unified plan for the future of the Gaza Strip at an emergency summit in Egypt’s new administrative capital on Tuesday to counter President Donald Trump’s proposal for the mass displacement of Palestinians and to help salvage a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas that is at risk of collapse.
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1 month ago | 
washingtonpost.com | Claire Parker |Heba Farouk Mahfouz |Mustafa Salim
CAIRO — Arab leaders flocked to Egypt’s new administrative capital Tuesday for an emergency summit that aims to produce a unified stance on the future of the Gaza Strip, in an effort to counter President Donald Trump’s proposal for the mass displacement of Gazans and to help salvage a ceasefire deal at risk of crumbling.
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1 month ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Claire Parker |Susannah George |Heba Farouk Mahfouz
CAIRO — A faltering cease-fire in Gaza and President Trump’s proposal to displace its residents have lit a fire under Arab leaders to come up with a plan for the enclave’s future, one that ensures Palestinians remain there while also sidelining Hamas and empowering a committee of technocrats to oversee reconstruction after a devastating war. The region’s heavyweights, led by Egypt, are racing to finalize a proposal ahead of an emergency summit of Arab League states in Cairo on Tuesday.
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1 month ago | 
msn.com | Claire Parker |Susannah George |Heba Farouk Mahfouz
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1 month ago | 
washingtonpost.com | Claire Parker |Susannah George |Heba Farouk Mahfouz
CAIRO — A faltering ceasefire in Gaza and President Donald Trump’s proposal to displace its residents have lit a fire under Arab leaders to come up with a plan for the enclave’s future — one that ensures Palestinians remain there while also sidelining Hamas and empowering a committee of technocrats to oversee reconstruction after a devastating war. The region’s heavyweights, led by Egypt, are racing to finalize a proposal ahead of an emergency summit of Arab League states in Cairo on Tuesday.
