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Hamas ‘rebels’ to blame for ceasefire violations, says Trump

The US President suggested that the group’s leadership was not involved in the attacks that killed two IDF soldiers and prompted retaliatory airstrikes over the weekend

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US President Trump listens to other speakers after delivering remarks during an event in the Oval Office of the White House on October 16, 2025 in Washington, DC (Image: Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - Members of the internal security forces loyal to the Palestinian group Hamas are deployed in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, as displaced people return to Gaza City, on October 12, 2025. Israel declared a ceasefire in Gaza and began to pull back its forces on October 10, as tens of thousands of exhausted Palestinians made their way back to their devastated homes. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP) (Photo by EYAD BABA/AFP via Getty Images)

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US President Trump speaks during a meeting with President of Argentina Javier Milei in the Cabinet Room at the White House on October 14, 2025 in Washington, DC (Image: Getty Images)

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Palestinians walk along Al-Rashid road toward Gaza City from Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on October 10, 2025 (Image: Getty Images)

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US recruiting Palestinians for interim Gaza government

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Knesset as US President Donald Trump listens on (Photo: Getty Images)

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US President Trump addresses the Knesset on October 13, 2025 (Image: YouTube/Sky News)

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UK contribution to Gaza peace plan mocked as Starmer heads to Egypt

Keir Starmer has flown to Egypt to join a summit of world leaders, including Donald Trump

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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October 13, 2025 09:56

Sir Keir Starmer arrives in Egypt ahead of a world leaders' summit on ending the Gaza war. (Image: Getty)

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Trump should take Netanyahu to Sharm el-Sheikh on Air Force One – for the future of the Middle East

The Israeli Prime Minister must stand alongside the US President at the summit in Egypt – not as a spectator but as a partner in shaping the post-war regional order

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October 12, 2025 17:10

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with US President Donald Trump prior to the President's departure from Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv on May 23, 2017 (Image: Getty)

Israel rolls out the red carpet ahead of Trump visit

The US president will arrive at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Monday morning

By Lilach Shoval

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October 12, 2025 13:38

Donald Trump delivers remarks during a welcome ceremony upon arrival at Ben-Gurion International Airport on May 22, 2017 (Photo: Getty)

By Andrew Fox

The Gaza cease-fire is built on painful Israeli concessions – not total victory

The deal with Hamas is imperfect – hostages exchanged for killers, the jihadis diminished but not gone. The task now is not to romanticise the bargain, but to use this brittle pause to build a sturdier quiet

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October 10, 2025 15:06

Hamas fighters stand guard near the family home of slain Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar (Image: Getty)

Netanyahu credits himself with securing hostages’ release amid reports of early elections

Taking a leaf out of the Trump playbook, he also took potshots at journalists and analysis who doubted him

By Katie Grant

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October 10, 2025 12:30

Benjamin Netanyahu giving a televised address

By Saul Sadka

The Gaza deal is no ceasefire – it is Hamas’s near-total surrender

Even if the jihadis won’t disarm, they have no meaningful ability to project power at Israel, only at its own long-suffering people. And yet, there is a genuine prospect for regional peace

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October 10, 2025 08:36

Israeli soldiers patrol near the border with Gaza on March (Image: Getty)

By Yossi Melman

How the Israeli air strike on Hamas in Doha helped pave the way for the peace deal

The failed Israeli attack on Hamas pushed Qatar into the hands of Trump, whose price for protection was a demand to help force the terrorists to the table

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October 9, 2025 16:16

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani meets with the US Secretary of State at the Amiri Diwan in Doha on September 16, 2025 (Photo by NATHAN HOWARD/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

By Gerald Steinberg

Trump’s Gaza deal promises hostage release – but the post-war steps are ambiguous

An end to the fighting under these conditions is a major achievement for Netanyahu and Israel and is the result of strong US diplomacy. How to achieve Hamas’s disarmament and self-rule will remain a challenge

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October 9, 2025 12:52

People wave US and Israeli flags at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv on October 9, 2025, following the announcement of a new Gaza ceasefire deal. (Image: Getty)

Starmer welcomes Trump-brokered Gaza peace plan

‘This is a moment of profound relief that will be felt all around the world’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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October 9, 2025 10:32

Sir Keir Starmer (left) in a press conference in Mumbai alongside Indian prime minister Narendra Modi (Image: Getty).

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Hamas ‘rebels’ to blame for ceasefire violations, says Trump

Hamas planning ‘imminent’ attack on Gazan civilians, US says

Trump threatens to ‘kill’ Hamas over Gaza civilian executions

US recruiting Palestinians for interim Gaza government

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Netanyahu rejects offer to attend ‘peace summit’ in Egypt because it clashes with Jewish holiday, PM’s office announces

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