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Israel's restraint in Gaza may give Hamas the opening it needs to take its power back - analysis

Shortly after criticism emerged from within the defense establishment over the pragmatism the government showed toward Trump's peace plan, a decision was made to completely halt targeted killings.

 Palestinians walk next to a destroyed Mosque from an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip, on September 9, 2024
 Palestinians gather near a building damaged in an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip March 9, 2024

Netanyahu, Katz silently approved reconstruction effort in Gaza Strip inside Yellow Line - report

 TRUCKS CROSS at Kerem Shalom, the main passage point for goods entering the Gaza Strip from Israel.

Nukhba terrorist who participated in Oct. 7 arrested while driving humanitarian aid truck

An Israeli tank patrols inside the Gaza Strip, as seen from the Israeli side of the border, June 21, 2026.

Are officials exaggerating Hamas threat to impact elections, push for new invasion? - analysis


Turkey hopes US stabilization force in Gaza will keep ceasefire in place - analysis

The US-backed International Stabilization Force will be authorized to disarm Gaza's military infrastructure. Turkey says its main expectation is for the force to guarantee the ceasefire holds.

US President Donald Trump welcomes Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House in Washington, D.C., US, September 25, 2025.

WATCH: Israeli soldiers exchange fire with terrorists who emerged from tunnel in south Gaza

The IDF assessed that the four Gazans they identified are part of the approximately 200 terrorists that remain in the “terror pocket” in Rafah.

The IDF strikes terror targets in Rafah in the Gaza Strip on November 12, 2025.

Israel, US reach deal to deport 200 terrorists from beyond Yellow Line in Gaza

Notably, no country has agreed to take the Hamas terrorists in after they are deported.

A Hamas terrorist gestures as people gather around an ambulance carrying a body retrieved from a tunnel in an area north of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 28, 2025

Matan Zangauker's account: Inside the brutal reality of Hamas' Gaza tunnel captivity

In his first interview since being freed, Matan Zangauker recounts his harrowing kidnapping, brutal captivity, and the inspiring fight of his mother to secure his release.

Former Gaza hostage Matan Zangauker with his girlfriend Ilana Gritzewsky at Tel Aviv's Hostage Square, November 1, 2025.

Trump admin urging Israel to allow terrorists free passage past IDF-controlled Gaza - US official

According to a report by the Saudi outlet al-Hadath, Kushner told the prime minister that the US would like Hamas terrorists to leave for areas under Hamas control or depart to another country.

Concrete blocks demarcate Gaza's Yellow Line, November 4, 2025; illustrative.

US offered Hamas safe passage to return Hadar Goldin - report

Sources say Washington proposed safe passage for Hamas terrorists in Rafah in exchange for the return of Lt. Hadar Goldin’s remains.

A poster of Hadar Goldin hanging among cards with messages for Gaza hostages, Hostage Square, Tel Aviv, October 28, 2025.

US likely to pressure Israel to ease stance on terrorists in Rafah tunnels, official tells 'Post'

US President Donald Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, are expected to arrive in Israel on Monday to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other senior officials.

 Israeli soldiers walk out from a tunnel underneath the European Hospital in Khan Yunis, in Gaza, June 8, 2025

Why it took 11 years to return deceased hostage Hadar Goldin from Gaza? - explainer

After 11 years, Hamas has returned Lieutenant Hadar Goldin. His story reveals how Israel’s policy on hostage deals changed after the Schalit exchange.

Activists gather outside Lt. Hadar Goldin's home, hoping for the return of his remains from Gazan terror captivity, Kfar Saba, Israel, November 8, 2025.

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.

Israel sees delay in return of Hadar Goldin's remains as serious, demands immediate return - source

The IDF was prepared to receive the remains of a deceased hostage, with the possibility that it is those of Goldin, who was killed in Operation Protective Edge in 2014.

Hostage remains arrive in Israel on October 20, 2025.