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IDF searching Gaza City cemetery for body of Ran Gvili

Israel has confirmed that the Rafah Crossing will be reopened when the final hostage’s remains are returned

By Jacob Jaffa

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In the hostage release campaign, Liam Or-Nassar (poster left) was referred to as Liam Or (photo: Getty Image)

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Father concealed his Muslim identity to protect hostage son

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US President Trump shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu during a press conference at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club on December 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida (Getty Images)

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Netanyahu accepts invitation to sit on Board of Peace

By Jacob Jaffa

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French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a meeting on the institutional future of New Caledonia at the Elysee Palace in Paris on January 16, 2026 (Getty Images)

Gaza Board of Peace

Macron declines Board of Peace invitation as signing ceremony set for Davos

By Jacob Jaffa

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US President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu shake hands as they arrive to speak to journalists during a joint press conference at Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on December 29, 2025 (Getty Images)

Gaza Board of Peace

Israel pushes back on Trump’s Board of Peace plan over Qatari and Turkish involvement

By Jacob Jaffa

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Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu pictured together at the White House in September 2025 (Photo: Getty)

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Trump ‘asks Netanyahu to join Gaza Peace Board’ as founding member

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US President Trump speaks during a meeting with oil and gas executives in the East Room of the White House on January 9, 2026 (Getty Images)

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Trump promises ‘comprehensive’ Hamas disarmament in ceasefire Phase Two

By Jacob Jaffa

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US confirms start of Gaza ceasefire Phase Two

Washington will push ahead with the next phase of the truce despite Hamas’ failure to disarm and release all of the hostages

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

January 14, 2026 18:29

US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff delivers a press conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris on January 6, 2026 (Getty Images)

Six killed in Rafah firefight IDF dubbed ‘blatant violation’ of Gaza ceasefire

The latest clashes come amid reports the US is preparing to push on with Phase Two of the truce despite Hamas’ lack of movement on disarmament or the return of the final hostage

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

January 14, 2026 15:42

The rubble of houses in Rafah on January 20, 2025 (Getty Images)

Hamas delays leadership elections amid ‘increasing’ internal divisions

The group was due to select a leader within the first ten days of the year, but is now turning its focus to advancing the ceasefire – potentially without disarming – and addressing the factionalism within

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

January 12, 2026 11:41

Al-Qassam spokesman Abu Obeida (R) makes a statement to the media. In the background are the members of the governing council of Hamas' political wing (Getty Images)

Hamas orders Gaza agencies to cede power to ceasefire government

The military wing is yet to confirm whether it will comply amid long-running reports of significant internal division over ceasefire negotiations

By Jacob Jaffa

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January 12, 2026 11:18

Members of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, take part in the funeral ceremony of Marwan Issa, a top Hamas commander, in the central Gaza Strip, on February 7, 2025 (Getty Images)

By Gideon Falter

UK must stop giving millions to the corrupted fiefdom of Unrwa

No wonder that CAA polling found that 89 per cent of British Jews do not want taxpayers to fund the agency

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January 8, 2026 17:30

An Unrwa facility in Gaza City (Getty Images)

IDF soldier jailed after being filmed randomly firing machine gun in Gaza on New Year’s Eve

The man was handed a 20-day sentence, but the military denied he had fired towards civilian homes

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

January 8, 2026 15:04

An IDF soldier firing his machine gun randomly in Gaza on December 31, 2025 (X/LTC_Shoshani)

US prepared to start Phase Two of Gaza ceasefire before Hamas disarms and returns final hostage

The terror group has refused to lay down its weapons and still holds the remains of police sergeant Ran Gvili three months after it was meant to release them

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

January 8, 2026 10:37

US President Trump welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to his Mar-a-Lago club on December 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida (Getty Images)

Hamas and Red Cross restart search for final hostage Ran Gvili

The terror group was meant to return Ran’s remains three months ago, but claims they are buried under rubble in Gaza

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

January 8, 2026 10:12

Israel bars 37 humanitarian groups from Gaza and West Bank over alleged breaches of anti-terror rules

The Knesset also passed a bill to cut off water and electricity supplies to Unrwa in the territories and strip the agency’s representatives of diplomatic immunity

By Jacob Jaffa

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December 31, 2025 10:53

Storm-damaged tents along the seafront in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on December 28, 2025 (Getty Images)

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Gaza

IDF searching Gaza City cemetery for body of Ran Gvili

Father concealed his Muslim identity to protect hostage son

Netanyahu accepts invitation to sit on Board of Peace

Macron declines Board of Peace invitation as signing ceremony set for Davos

Israel pushes back on Trump’s Board of Peace plan over Qatari and Turkish involvement

Trump ‘asks Netanyahu to join Gaza Peace Board’ as founding member

Trump promises ‘comprehensive’ Hamas disarmament in ceasefire Phase Two

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