Akiva van Koningsveld

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Hamas dissolves Gaza government in preparation for peace plan handover

The move means the Strip is, technically, not under the terror group’s control for the first time in 20 years, but an Israeli official accused it of ‘buying time and engaging in spin’

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Ismail al-Thawabta, head of Hamas' government media office, addresses a press conference at the Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, on July 6, 2026 (Getty Images)

IDF soldiers dismantle Hezbollah tunnels in southern Lebanon (IDF)

IDF dismantles Hezbollah terror tunnel complex near Israeli border

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A supporter of Hezbollah holds a machine gun while celebrating the ceasefire with Israel as it takes effect in the southern suburbs of Beirut early on April 17, 2026 (Photo by ibrahim AMRO / AFP via Getty Images) /

Lebanon agrees to disarm Hezbollah in ‘historic’ framework peace deal

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Screenshot of a video posted by one of the flotilla activists in which he complains about the IDF jamming their radio (Image: X)

Oops! … I Did It Again: IDF jams Gaza flotilla radios with Britney Spears song

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Iran will face unprecedented force if it attacks Israel, warns Netanyahu as IDF readies for ‘surprise war’

The Israeli prime minister guaranteed in a Knesset address that Iran ‘will not return to being what it was’ in the wake of mass anti-regime protests

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January 20, 2026 13:59

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a 40 signatures debate in the plenum hall of the Knesset on January 19, 2026 (Flash90)

More than half of Palestinians still back October 7 massacre, survey finds

Gazans' support for the attacks, which claimed over 1,200 lives, rose to 44%, up by seven percentage points since May.

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November 3, 2025 11:58

Palestinian Hamas militants, along with members of the International Red Cross (ICRC), watch as heavy equipment supplied by Egypt resumes the search for the bodies of killed Israeli hostages, in Gaza City on November 2, 2025 (Getty Images)

Israeli defence minister says Doha strike shows Hamas can be hit anywhere

The results of what the IDF dubbed "Operation Summit of Fire" were not immediately clear

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September 10, 2025 09:50

The aftermath of strikes on Doha (Getty)

Hostage families sue ICC prosecutor over alleged Hamas support

The $5.83million lawsuit accuses Karim Khan of levelling false accusations against Israel, as well as providing services to terror groups.

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August 17, 2025 12:39

The families of three hostages have sued ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan in Jerusalem (Image: Getty)

US pulls out of Gaza ceasefire talks after Hamas refused ‘to act in good faith’

Washington’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, said his team would now examine ‘alternative options’ to secure the return of the remaining hostages

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July 25, 2025 10:25

US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff has confirmed that Washington's negotiators have withdrawn from ceasefire talks with Hamas (Image: Getty)

Far-right Israeli minister calls for assassination of Syria’s President al-Sharaa over Druze persecution

Itamar Ben-Gvir urged the IDF to ‘eliminate’ the militant-turned-leader, while opposition member Benny Gants said ‘any option should be on the table’

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July 22, 2025 11:07

Itamar Ben-Gvir has called for the assassination of Syria's president, Ahmed al-Sharaa (Image: Flash90)

Israel to reconnect Gaza power supply four months after cutting it off

A power line will be reactivated to serve a water treatment plant in the Strip

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July 18, 2025 16:04

Israel has confirmed that it will reactivate a single electrical line into Gaza to power the Strip's only seawater desalination plant (Image: Getty)

Germany designates BDS movement as a ‘proven extremist endeavour’

The country’s intelligence service labelled the group as ‘hostile to the constitution’

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May 21, 2025 12:43

German intelligence has designated the country's BDS movement as 'extremist' and 'hostile to the constitution in its annual report (Image: Getty)

Ben-Gvir’s Otzma Yehudit rejoins Israeli government

The right-wing party resigned from the government in January in protest against the ceasefire in Gaza

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March 18, 2025 16:34

Ben Gvir and Netanyahu in the Knesset (Flash90)

Police decline Nova survivors’ party permit, citing Egyptian military buildup in Sinai

The Purim party was scheduled to take place some nine miles from the border with Egypt over the weekend

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March 12, 2025 15:39

The Nova music festival memorial site (Photo: Getty Images)

Three buses explode near Tel Aviv, bombs found on two others

There were no reported injuries in the explosions, which the Israeli defense minister said was a "serious attempted terrorist attack"

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February 21, 2025 07:15

Israeli security forces at the scene of a possible bus bombing in Bat Yam, central Israel, Feb. 20, 2025. Photo by Flash90. | Flash90

Hostage deal moved Trump to tears, says new US Middle East envoy Witkoff

Washington’s man in the Middle East said the agreement, which he helped broker, was the ‘most worthy thing’ he could do in his lifetime

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January 27, 2025 11:01

Steve Witkoff, the US' new special envoy to the Middle East, revealed that the recent hostage releases moved President Trump to tears (Image: Getty)

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Latest from Akiva van Koningsveld

Hamas dissolves Gaza government in preparation for peace plan handover

IDF dismantles Hezbollah terror tunnel complex near Israeli border

Lebanon agrees to disarm Hezbollah in ‘historic’ framework peace deal

Oops! … I Did It Again: IDF jams Gaza flotilla radios with Britney Spears song

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