Hamas suffered a severe blow last fall when Israel killed Yahya Sinwar, the group’s leader and strategist behind the Oct. 7 attacks. But now the U.S.-designated terrorist group has another Sinwa ...

Compromise has nothing on Hamas’ 1/30 Compromise. This morally repugnant facet of the recent deal between Israel and its ...

Since Israel and Hamas went to war, reporters and editors at The New York Times have closely covered the conflict. Our coverage includes the Hamas-led attack on Israel, the plight of hostages ...

Author Seth Frantzman of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies observed that large areas of Gaza remain untouched by the ...

Israel says it has killed thousands of the armed group’s members and destroyed much of its infrastructure, but since the ...

Israel will not return the body of Hamas leader, Yahya Sinwar, as part of a prisoner and hostage exchange agreement, a government source said Monday evening. Earlier in the evening, Saudi media Al ...

Experts discuss how long rebuilding Gaza's $18.5 billion of damaged infrastructure could take after 15 months of conflict.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Crowds of people gathered around vehicles carrying three hostages as they were released by Hamas as part of ...

Israel launched the war after Hamas carried out its unprecedented terrorist attack, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 others hostage. The total number of dead in Gaza represents a little ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he will discuss "victory over Hamas,” countering Iran, and expanding ...

Before the war, Israel believed that Hamas had up to 30,000 fighters arranged into 24 battalions in a structure that loosely resembled a state military. The Israeli military now says it has ...

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