Middle East Situation

Resolution authorizes transitional authority and international stabilization force; Hamas rejects resolution, insists it will not disarm; Russia and China abstained from vote.

A trapped Hamas unit in Gaza’s tunnels is testing the viability of the U.S.-backed ceasefire plan. Their fate, and how both Hamas and Israel respond...

The Trump-brokered ceasefire in Gaza is hanging by a thread, as local officials say that nearly 100 Palestinians have been killed and some 230 wounded overall since the ceasefire's start on October 10.

With the return of hostages, the illusion of ‘total victory’ has passed. Calls for elections in Israel may grow, but Netanyahu will be keen to delay. 

Israeli tanks, boats and jets pounded parts of Gaza on Tuesday, giving Palestinians no respite on the anniversary of the Hamas attack that led to two years of war and underlining the challenges at talks on Donald Trump's plan to halt the conflict.

Palestinian health authorities say Israel's two-year-old ground and air campaign against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip has killed more than 67,000 people, with nearly a third of the dead under the age of 18.

Israeli forces block road for those returning to Gaza City; Defence Minister Katz: 'last opportunity' for those wishing to leave; Israeli fire kills 77 people in the enclave in the past 24 hours, medics say; Hospitals scale back services.

Other Palestinian groups reject Trump plan as favouring Israel; Hamas keen to end war, but plan is a 'disaster', Palestinian official says; Israel intensifies bombing of Gaza City; Evacuees barred from returning north.

Benjamin Netanyahu struck a defiant tone in his speech to the United Nations General Assembly, vowing to continue Israel’s war in Gaza until Hamas is destroyed and slamming Western countries that recognized Palestinian statehood in recent days.