Two years after the Hamas attack on Israel ignited the war in the Gaza Strip, the militant group is weakened but not defeated, Israel has clobbered its enemies across the region but failed to achieve its main goals, and no one knows how it all will end.
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Israel, Hamas prepare for Gaza truce talks in Egypt ahead of 2-year mark of war
Egypt will host delegations from Israel and Hamas on 6 October 2025 to discuss the proposed exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners, the country’s foreign ministry said. US envoy Steve Witkoff is also joining the talks, according to an Egyptian official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Israel’s goal is not to occupy Gaza but to free it from Hamas, says Benjamin Netanyahu
PM Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said Israel has no plans to occupy Gaza but to free it from Hamas
Trump tariff war: Political motives overwhelm commercial acuity
While many of these new US tariff rates are reciprocal — the United States is raising export barriers for countries that slap a high tariff on US imports into their own territories — many of them are political, with US President Donald Trump using tariffs to settle scores where his political intervention has not made much headway.
Key Arab nations condemn Oct 7 attack on Israel; join call for Hamas to “end its rule in Gaza”
The UN Declaration on the “Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution”, dated July 30, 2025, was a statement presented by the French Republic and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, co-chairs of at the UN High-Level International Conference on the Two-State Solution (July 28-30, 2025).
Israel-Palestine conflict: IDF eliminates Hamas counterintelligence directorate Amjad Muhammad Hassan Shaer
The Israel Defense Forces on Friday confirmed eliminating the head of the counterintelligence directorate of Hamas in the north of the Gaza Strip
Facing USD 400 million funding cuts, Columbia University suspends, expels 80 students for pro-Palestine protests
The disciplinary action comes as the Manhattan-located university is negotiating with President Donald Trump’s administration to restore USD 400 million in federal funding it has withheld from the Ivy League school over its handling of student protests against the war in Gaza.
Nasr Ali Quneita: Hamas terrorist who invaded Israel on October 7 eliminated
A Hamas member, who infiltrated Israel during the October 7 onslaught and held British-Israeli Emily Damari hostage, eliminated
Israel deports Greta Thunberg a day after Gaza-bound ship was seized
Climate activist Greta Thunberg deported by Israel after the Gaza-bound ship in which she was travelling was seized.
Gaza explosion leaves four Israeli soldiers dead
At least four Israeli soldiers died and five others were wounded after an explosion rocked a building in Gaza
