Some Israeli officials believe the military assault on Gaza City will deliver a decisive blow to the group, which continues to stage ambushes and guerrilla attacks.

Hamas issued its strongest messaging about the Israeli hostages in Gaza Thursday night, saying that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Gaza City ground incursion means that Israel has lost any chance of getting its hostages out of the territory – dead or alive.

Mosab Hassan Yousef is an unlikely Israeli hero. As the oldest son of Hassan Yousef, a co-founder of Hamas and its spiritual leader in the West Bank, Mr Yousef rose through the ranks of the terror group as a child and saw the militants’ atrocities first-hand.

Ghazi Hamad’s first public appearance since the Doha strike signals Hamas wants to show its leadership survived — and may still be open to negotiations. Hamas leader Ghazi Hamad appeared for the first time on in an interview,

A prominent Jewish advocacy group filed a lawsuit on Thursday against Hamas and other armed groups, as well as Iran, Syria and North Korea, seeking billions in damages over the October 7 attacks in Israel.

Netanyahu accused the foreign leaders of giving a prize to Hamas. It will not happen, he said. A Palestinian state will not be established west of the Jordan River. Netanyahu said he would announce Israel's response after a trip next week to the US, where he is to meet President Donald Trump at the White House.

THE Prime Minister has confirmed the UK will recognise a Palestinian state. Sir Keir Starmer risks a major diplomatic row with the US by going ahead with the move. Other countries

The director of Gaza’s Shifa’s hospital dismisses the Israeli claim that his brother was a Hamas sharpshooter as “a lie, slander and an unacceptable justification for targeting civilians with direct missile strikes.”