Gaza ceasefire

The 60,000 rifle mirage: Gaza’s Board of Peace risks a strategic catastrophe - opinion

Phase two of the ceasefire rests on a dangerous misreading of how wars in the Middle East actually end.

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a press conference after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, US, December 29, 2025.
 IDF soldiers operate in southern Gaza on September 7, 2024.

IDF kills Hamas terrorists breaching ceasefire after Phase II announced

IDF troops operate in Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip, January 4, 2026.

IDF kills Hamas commander who played 'significant role' in planning Oct. 7 massacre

Relatives, friends and supporters of St.-Sgt.-Maj. Ran Gvili, whose remains are held by Hamas, at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, call for his return while holding an Israel flag with his picture and captioned "we are waiting for you at home!" January 9, 2026.

Israel cannot heal from war with Hamas while Ran Gvili remains in Gaza - editorial


Hamas says terrorists holed up in Rafah will not surrender

"The enemy must know that the concept of surrender and handing oneself over does not exist in the dictionary of the Izzedin al-Qassam Brigades," the group said.

Palestinian Hamas terrorists stand guard on the day of the handover of hostages held in Gaza since the deadly October 7 2023 attack, as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, February 22, 2025.

Gaza border communities fear 'return to October 6 policy' as Hamas violates ceasefire - N12

In an online forum, citizens of the Gaza Envelope are concerned that the situation will grow worse, and are demanding a discussion in the Knesset.

Homes in kibbutz Nir Oz, southern Israel, which were burned and runied during the October 7 massacre, August 7, 2025.

Israeli forces kill several terrorists who crossed Yellow Line in Gaza

Incidents were reported in the northern, southern, and central Gaza Strip.

A yellow mark indicates the Yellow Line under the ceasefire deal, in Gaza City, November 2, 2025.

US tells UNSC diplomats to accept Trump's plan for Gaza or watch war return - New York Times

The report by the New York Times cited seven diplomats saying that US officials offered President Trump's Gaza deal as the only way to a peaceful solution for the situation in the Strip.

Members of the United Nations Security Council meet on the day of a vote on a Gaza resolution that demands an immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan. March 25, 2024

Donald Trump's Gaza plan inverts the Abraham Accords formula - analysis

The Abraham Accords offered prosperity through peace; rehabilitating Gaza demands peace through prosperity.

Gaza’s decades-long isolation, economic deprivation, and rule by militant factions has created a perpetual cycle of despair that fuels extremism.

Israel’s triumph amid tragedy: Why October 7 strengthened, not shattered, the nation - opinion

Thousands of wounded face months, years, perhaps lifetimes of rehabilitation. 

FREED HOSTAGE Matan Angrest attends the funeral of Capt. Daniel Perez, his commander whose body had just been returned, at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem last month. Matan found the strength to eulogize Daniel, the writer notes.

IDF kills two terrorists trying to cross Yellow Line in central Gaza Strip

The military said that the terrorists were killed while attempting to cross the Yellow Line and approach troops stationed in the area.

IDF troops operate in southern Gaza, November 4, 2025.

The dilemma of victory: Israel, Hamas, and Trump's role in Mideast peace - opinion

Despite the heavy blows it has sustained, Hamas is far from accepting unconditional surrender.

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the Knesset last month: Israel’s relationship with the United States now depends, to a great extent, on Hamas’s conduct, according to the writer.

WATCH: IDF destroys hundred-meter long tunnel, rocket depot in northern Gaza

Two operations in northern Gaza were conducted and dismantled Hamas infrastructure, while undercover operations in the West Bank managed to detain Hamas operatives in Nablus.

IDF troops under the Southern Command continue to operate in the vicinity of the Yellow Line.

Hostage remains identified as Itay Chen, last Israeli-American hostage held in Gaza

Notably, this leaves Hadar Goldin as the last remaining murdered hostage who was taken during active IDF service.

Staff-Sergeant Itay Chen.