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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

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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)

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)

Gaza

Hamas orders Gaza agencies to cede power to ceasefire government

By Jacob Jaffa

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An Unrwa facility in Gaza City (Getty Images)

By Gideon Falter

UK must stop giving millions to the corrupted fiefdom of Unrwa

3 min read

Gaza

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

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

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

Ceasefire

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

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Hostages

Hamas and Red Cross restart search for final hostage Ran Gvili

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Gaza

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

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

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Trump encourages Gazan emigration amid Netanyahu summit at Mar-a-Lago

A recent poll found that 43 per cent of Gazans would be willing to consider moving following the end of the war

By JC Reporter

1 min read

December 30, 2025 11:51

US President Donald Trump takes questions from the media at his Mar-a-Lago estate on December 22, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida (Getty Images)

Trump calls on Hamas to disarm or face ‘hell’ during Mar-a-Lago summit with Netanyahu

The US president voiced full support for Israel’s action in Gaza, but clashed with Netanyahu over the West Bank

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

December 30, 2025 10:59

Jewish life here exists only behind concrete barriers and armed guards, says German leader in dire warning

Josef Schuster, President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, said the situation is ‘unbearable’

By Rob Hyde

1 min read

December 22, 2025 10:52

Josef Schuster, President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany (Photo by JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images)

By Gary Cohen

The Hamas files: how terrorists captured Western NGOs in Gaza

Be it through intimidation, ideological alignment, convenience or financial dependency, “respected” humanitarian organisations have crossed a red line

4 min read

December 19, 2025 10:22