Israel-Palestine

Top Hamas leader rejects disarmament and ‘foreign rule’

Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal said the Palestinian Islamist movement would neither surrender its weapon nor accept foreign intervention in Gaza.

Indonesia warns it will walk away from Trump’s Board of Peace if Palestine goals fail

US President Donald Trump (L) shakes hands with Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto at the "Board of Peace" meeting during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 22, 2026. US President Donald Trump will show off his new "Board of Peace" at Davos on January 22, 2026 burnishing his claim to be a peacemaker a day after backing off his own threats against Greenland. Originally meant to oversee the rebuilding of Gaza after the war between Hamas and Israel, the board's charter does not limit its role to the Strip, and has sparked concerns that Trump wants it to rival the United Nations. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

Australia charges teenager over alleged death threats to Israeli President Herzog

A man holds a placard during a protest on Feb 1 against Israeli President Isaac Herzog's upcoming visit to Australia.

Donors reluctant to fund US-led Gaza plan as Hamas disarmament push stalls: Sources

One senior European diplomat said that no European or Western country had yet committed funds to Gaza's recontstruction.

Tearful Gazans finally reunite after limited Rafah reopening

Palestinians coming from the Rafah crossing from Egypt arrive at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on February 2, 2026. Sick and wounded Gazans began crossing into Egypt to seek medical treatment after Israel permitted a limited reopening of the Palestinian territory's Rafah border post. Around 150 people were due to leave the territory, and 50 to enter it, according to Egyptian officials, more than 20 months after Israeli forces fighting in Gaza closed the crossing.

WHO says first five patients evacuated via Gaza’s Rafah crossing

A Palestinian man waves from a window as war-wounded people and patients, accompanied by relatives, get ready to leave Gaza for treatment abroad through the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, after it was opened by Israel on Monday for a limited number of people, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, February 3, 2026.

What’s next for Trump’s Gaza plan after Rafah reopening?

Ambulances waiting at the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Palestinian Gaza Strip on Feb 2.

Israeli air strikes kill 27 in Gaza, say Palestinian health officials

An Israeli air strike targeting the Ghaith camp, which shelters displaced people, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Jan 31.

Gaza’s Rafah crossing with Egypt to reopen on Feb 1, said Israel

A gate at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on Jan 29. The crossing will reopen on Feb 1.

Israel military reported to accept death toll of around 70,000 in Gaza

Palestinians walk surrounded by the rubble of houses destroyed in Israeli strikes during the war, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, January 22, 2026. REUTERS/Ramadan Abed

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