Gaza ceasefire and postwar diplomacy
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Netanyahu claims bombing of Qatar and says Gaza funds used for aid
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called the strikes a flagrant violation of Qatar's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed said claims that Qatar financed Hamas have no basis.
Israel struck Doha on September 9, 2025.
Gaza teams recover remains of 55 people from 2023 Israeli strike
A joint funeral procession is expected to take place next weekend.
The remains of 55 Palestinians have been recovered from the rubble of a residential building in Gaza City destroyed in an Israeli air strike nearly three years ago, according to Gaza’s civil defence.
The overall death toll since October 2023 has risen to 73,470, with at least 174,540 injured, according to the latest available figures.
New flotilla mission sets sail for Gaza
The coalition said the mission would go ahead despite violence Israeli forces inflicted on flotilla volunteers and activists, including documented cases of severe beatings, repeated tasering and sexual assault.
The coalition is calling on governments to guarantee safe passage for the flotilla, press Israel to end its obstruction of food, water and medicine into Gaza, declare that any attack or seizure of the vessels will trigger diplomatic consequences, and use diplomatic and economic measures to end the blockade.
Gaza's Health Ministry has recorded more than 1,300 deaths from Israeli fire since the truce took effect in October 2025.
US rejects Israeli suggestions of removing Palestinians from Gaza
Both Hamas and Israel agreed to Trump's ceasefire deal in October 2025, but Israel has continued its bombardment of the Palestinian territory.
Katz said Trump had only frozen, not cancelled, his support for removing Palestinians from the territory.
A US State Department spokesperson said the United States does not support any plan or proposal for the forced displacement, expulsion, or mandatory transfer of the population of Gaza.
Gaza farmers restore seed bank to preserve local crops
Farmers are rebuilding a seed bank in Gaza that was destroyed during Israel's war on Gaza.
Farmers say the seed bank project remains far smaller than Gaza's agricultural needs.
The seed bank collection has grown to about 32 varieties.
UNRWA vocational college in East Jerusalem under attack and shut down by Israel
Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir accompanied the police during the incursion into the training centre.
UNRWA confirmed damage to the facility when Israeli troops were present and said it received reports of individuals attempting to steal some of its contents.
Itamar Ben-Gvir said he was sitting in the place of the UNRWA director.
Israeli attacks in Gaza kill four, hit hospital supply warehouse
Between 4,000 and 5,000 Palestinians remain missing and are believed to be under rubble in Gaza according to the Palestinian Centre for Missing and Forcibly Disappeared Persons.
Since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect in October last year, 1,313 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli attacks according to Gaza's Ministry of Health.
A strike on a group of Palestinians in Khan Younis killed one person and injured several others, including one in critical condition.
Board of Peace's Mladenov warns Gaza could be 'gone for good'
Nikolay Mladenov is the top envoy for the US-led Board of Peace.
Mladenov said Gaza is at risk of being 'gone for good' without reconstruction, Israeli withdrawal and demilitarisation in the territory.
Mladenov told Al Jazeera that worsening conditions for Palestinians could fuel another security crisis.
US plans to cut off military aid to key Middle East ally, BBC reports
The Peshmerga has approximately 180,000 troops in Iraqi Kurdistan.
The Peshmerga received $61m in fiscal year 2026 for weapons, military training and stipends through the Pentagon's counter-IS programme.
The memorandum of understanding between the Pentagon and the Kurdish Regional Government is set to expire on 30 September.
UN envoy Mladenov warns Gaza ceasefire risks collapse
The Board of Peace has received pledges worth $7 billion for reconstruction.
According to Gaza's Health Ministry, 1,303 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire and 4,336 wounded since the ceasefire took effect in October 2025.
Turkiye will not participate in the International Stabilization Force after Israel vetoed Ankara's involvement.
UNRWA chief says Israel seeks to eliminate agency
UNRWA chief Christian Saunders says the seizure of its training centre in occupied East Jerusalem is part of Israel’s efforts to eliminate the agency.
Christian Saunders tells Al Jazeera that UNRWA is ‘not planning on going anywhere’.
Israel-Hamas truce failure called point of no return by envoy
Nickolay Mladenov is the high representative for Gaza on President Donald Trump's Board of Peace.
Hamas agreed on July 30 to the US roadmap aimed at moving the ceasefire plan forward.
Netanyahu said Israel would not withdraw any of its forces until Hamas fully disarms.
UN rejects Israel's threat to expel Gaza residents over kite-flying
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz issued a joint statement on Sunday warning Hamas that Israeli forces would evacuate the population from areas from which kites, drones and balloons are launched.
Gaza's popular committees, coordinating with Hamas authorities, urged parents on Monday to stop children flying kites.
Basem Naim, a member of Hamas's political bureau, rejected the Israeli warning over the kites.
UNRWA chief condemns Israeli seizure of East Jerusalem training centre
Five Palestinians were injured by Israeli gunfire near the site, according to the Jerusalem governorate.
Israeli authorities said the property was owned by the Jewish National Fund and has now been allocated to the Jerusalem Municipality for a planned educational and community complex.
The Qalandiya centre serves about 16,000 refugees from Qalandiya refugee camp and other parts of the occupied West Bank.
“The United Nations is the sum of its member states, and its member states need to have the collective determination to address this issue. And for over seven decades, this has not happened.”
Envoy warns Israel-Hamas truce failure reaches 'point of no return'
The emerging National Committee for the Administration of Gaza would be made up of independent Palestinian technocrats with responsibility for managing day-to-day civil service and humanitarian relief.
Gaza’s Ministry of Health said at least 1,288 Palestinians have been killed and 4,290 wounded since a US-brokered ceasefire came into effect in October.
Mladenov said Hamas has committed to cease all military activities and that commitment is still to be met in full.
Fatah and Dahlan bloc hold reconciliation talks ahead of Palestinian elections
The upcoming Palestinian legislative elections would be the first since 2006.
Marwan Barghouti is imprisoned by Israel.
Abbas postponed elections in 2021.
Israeli protesters block aid trucks from reaching Gaza
The demonstrators said they oppose reconstruction efforts before Hamas is fully disarmed.
Israeli protesters blocked roads at the Kerem Shalom crossing, preventing humanitarian aid trucks from reaching Gaza.
The demonstrators said they reject plans to deploy an international force in Gaza.
Pope Leo Calls for International Assistance in Rebuilding Gaza
Pope Leo XIV appealed to international authorities to support people in Gaza and assist in starting reconstruction efforts.
Palestinian factions explore alliance for November elections
Polling data shows Barghouti leading a hypothetical presidential race with 54 percent support, followed by al-Hayya at 26 percent and Abbas at 14 percent
Fatah spokesperson Munther al-Hayek said Fatah's organisational bases refuse to participate with Hamas in a single list but remain open to alliances with other factions
Mahmoud Abbas issued a decree on July 9 calling for Palestinian legislative elections to be held on November 28
“organisational bases of the Fatah movement refuse to participate with Hamas in a single list while the door remains open to alliances with the rest of the factions”
Analysis: US envoys' limited influence on Israeli leadership
Netanyahu rejected Trump's Gaza peace plan the week before the Kushner visit, after Hamas had accepted it.
The meeting between Kushner and Netanyahu reportedly focused on US President Donald Trump's peace plan for Gaza.
The article states that two-thirds of Israelis want Israeli occupation of parts of southern Lebanon to continue in order to retain a "security belt".
IDF opens criminal investigations into two attacks on Palestinians
The Israel Defense Forces said on Wednesday it would launch criminal investigations into two attacks on Palestinians during the war in Gaza.
Hind Rajab's death drew widespread attention because of her phone call with a Palestinian Red Crescent Society dispatcher while her family came under fire trying to evacuate Gaza City in January 2024.
The IDF said in a statement that it examines exceptional incidents that occurred during combat as part of its obligations under international law and Israeli domestic law.
“obligations under international law and Israeli domestic law.”
Israeli strike on Gaza City police headquarters kills women's police chief
Jared Kushner's trip to the region failed to push forward the Gaza ceasefire.
A 13-year-old girl was killed in the strike.
An Israeli strike hit Gaza City's police headquarters.
Israel orders inquiry into killing of 6-year-old Hind Rajab in Gaza
Hind Rajab was killed with six of her relatives in January 2024.
Hind Rajab's grandmother said she does not trust Israel's judiciary.
Hind Rajab was killed in her family's car by Israeli forces in Gaza.
Deadly Israeli strikes in Gaza kill at least 10
The strikes came after a ceasefire agreement.
Hamas condemned the strikes as a new war crime.
Israeli strikes killed at least 10 Palestinians in Gaza on Wednesday.
“deliberately undermining these efforts and dangerously pushing towards reigniting the war of extermination against our people in the Gaza Strip”
Senior Israeli official calls for nightly killings in Gaza
Israeli national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called for targeted assassinations killing 30 to 40 people per night in the Gaza Strip.
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway and the United Kingdom sanctioned Ben-Gvir for inciting violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.
Ben-Gvir said he sees all of Gaza as Israel's and called for settlements throughout Gaza and encouraging Palestinian emigration.
“Settlements not just in Gush Katif but throughout Gaza, encouraging as much emigration as possible, sending them to their countries. And for the terrorists, no emigration, nothing, just to kill them one by one.”
Kushner says Gaza reconstruction conditional on Hamas disarmament
US envoy Jared Kushner said the Trump administration will not allow Gaza to be rebuilt until Hamas disarms
Al Jazeera reported that the US has given Israel about $25bn in military aid over the past three years
Kushner made the remarks in an interview with Fox News
“For Israel, we think this is a win-win situation, because if Hamas actually gives over the weapons and the tunnels willingly over the next 60 to 90 days, that obviously would be the elimination of a huge security threat for Israel, almost an unthinkable achievement,”
Jared Kushner meets Middle East regional leaders
US Central Command Chief Adm. Brad Cooper said in a statement Sunday that the USS Abraham Lincoln "currently has among the lowest number of cases related to mental health" out of the Navy's 11 active carriers
Trump said he asked the President of South Korea to join the US in the "Denuclearization of the Islamic Republic of Iran" and was told "No thanks!"
Yemen's military has ramped up its campaign against the Houthi rebels
“While somewhat unrelated (?), I recently asked the President of South Korea if they would like to join us in the Denuclearization of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and they said, ‘No thanks!’”
Israel rejects Trump's 15-point plan for Gaza, stoking tensions with US
Netanyahu vowed that no Palestinian state will arise as long as he is prime minister.
Netanyahu said Israel rejects the 15-point plan for Gaza.
Trump announced an agreement on July 30 that entailed the complete disarmament of Hamas and all other armed groups in Gaza.
Netanyahu and Board of Peace say no Israeli withdrawal from Gaza before Hamas disarms
The Hamas-led militant attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killed around 1,200 people and saw 251 taken hostage.
Netanyahu said the Trump administration sent Israel a draft that Israel did not agree to, and that Israel sent its comments back.
Netanyahu faces a tough battle for reelection in October.
“Contrary to inaccurate reports, we note that the withdrawal of the [Israeli military] beyond the Yellow Line will take place only once decommissioning is complete, as Hamas committed to the mediators,”
Israel expresses serious concerns with Hamas disarmament deal
A process to decommission and store heavy weapons and dismantle military production sites and tunnels will begin after the arrival of the Palestinian committee and deployment of international forces.
The White House did not provide additional comments on Sunday when asked about Israel's assessment that Hamas remains committed to rebuilding its military.
The decommissioning process will be linked to a phased Israeli withdrawal.
Trump announces Board of Peace agreement on Hamas disarmament in Gaza
The agreement states that no weapons should be handed over to Israel or any non-Palestinian body.
Mladenov said implementation and verification have to be real and that withdrawal must move in lockstep with decommissioning.
Trump said Israel would withdraw from Gaza and be replaced by an International Stabilization Force working with a new Palestinian police force once disarmament was complete.