Gaza ceasefire and postwar diplomacy

Shiri Bibas and her two young sons, Ariel (age four) and Kfir (age nine months), were murdered by Hamas after being taken hostage during the October 7 attack on Israel.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio imposed financial sanctions against the ICC.

Elliot Malin is president of Stratos Council.

The United States brokered a ceasefire to end Israel's war on Gaza last year.

The World Food Programme says it is forced to cut aid for thousands in Gaza.

The World Food Programme says funding shortages are forcing it to cut back its operations in Gaza.

The World Food Program says it has been providing food to around 1.6 million people every month since last year's ceasefire announcement.

ABC News' Ian Pannell reported on the state of the World Food Program.

Funding cuts are forcing the World Food Program to reduce lifesaving aid in Gaza.

The car Hind Rajab was in was riddled with 335 bullet holes.

The Hind Rajab Foundation said it filed an emergency request for the US Department of Justice to arrest Sean Glass.

Rashida Tlaib posted on social media on Monday pointing to reports that Israeli soldier Sean Glass was present in the US.

Itamar Ben-Gvir is campaigning for Israel's October election.

Itamar Ben-Gvir is Israel's National Security Minister.

Itamar Ben-Gvir posted an AI-generated video mocking the devastation in Gaza.

An estimated 1.4 million people, or 67 percent of Gaza's population, are experiencing acute food insecurity at crisis levels or worse.

More than 74,245 Palestinians have been killed, according to Gaza's health ministry.

The WFP announced cuts to its Gaza response due to a funding shortage.

The World Food Programme announced that funding shortages will force it to suspend food assistance for half a million Palestinians in Gaza.

Gaza's Government Media Office warned of catastrophic consequences due to the food aid cuts.

Gaza's Government Media Office called for the reopening of border crossings to allow the delivery of urgent aid.

The Civil Defence says it believes the remains of another 8,000 Palestinians are still trapped beneath the rubble across Gaza.

The remains were wrapped in Palestinian flags before burial.

The remains were buried at Sheikh Radwan Cemetery on Sunday morning.

Bodybuilders in Gaza are participating in a strongman championship.

Al Jazeera attributes the rubble surrounding the championship to Israel's destruction of the enclave.

The strongman championship in Gaza is surrounded by rubble.

Moumen waited for his family in northern Gaza.

A ceasefire was announced in Gaza.

Moumen's family left the Nuseirat refugee camp.

The remaining accessible area in Gaza is home to 2.1 million people.

Gaza's Health Ministry said 74,469 Palestinians had been killed and 175,492 injured since Israel's war began in October 2023.

Gaza's Health Ministry said 1,511 Palestinians had been killed and 5,375 injured since the United States-brokered ceasefire was announced on October 10, 2025.

The review was ordered in November 2025 following controversy over divestments from some Israeli and American firms.

The committee recommended that the Council on Ethics should no longer advise NBIM on taking action over ethical concerns, but should be limited to delivering analysis on breaches of ethical guidelines.

John Peder Egenæs, secretary general of Amnesty International Norway, said the proposals risk weakening accountability and dismantling key human rights protections.

The UN warning about flooding risks in Gaza was reported on October 16, 2026.

The displaced Palestinians in Gaza also face freezing temperatures and continued Israeli attacks.

The UN warns that nearly one million displaced Palestinians in Gaza face flooding risks as winter approaches.

The halt in commercial goods entering Gaza is due to a tax dispute between local merchants and Hamas.

The halt in commercial goods is fueling fears of rising prices in Gaza.

Gaza is already grappling with hunger and an economic crisis.

Palestinians in the occupied West Bank say they have no say in Israeli elections that shape the reality they live under.

Al Jazeera's Leila Warah reported the story.

Israelis were preparing to vote.

Trump is designated as chair for life of the Board of Peace.

Israel is refusing to allow a military outpost project for Donald Trump's Board of Peace to proceed in Gaza.

The planned outpost site was once part of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation project.

Hamas rejected the Israeli military's claim that a civil defence worker killed near Kamal Adwan Hospital had been a Hamas sniper.

Mahmoud Abbas cited Israeli restrictions on election materials and observers entering Gaza and East Jerusalem, and ongoing settler violence, as reasons for postponing elections.

At least 16 people were wounded during the attack on olive pickers between Burqa and Ramin, according to Wafa.

Sheikh Tamim emphasised Qatar's commitment to finding a solution to crises in Sudan, Libya, Yemen and Somalia.

Sheikh Tamim said Qatar's Palestinian cause remains the highest priority.

Sheikh Tamim said mediation efforts do not hinder Qatar's right to defend its own sovereignty.

Palestinian mother Niyaha al-Masri leaves her tent in Khan Younis every morning to join a line outside a community kitchen.

Niyaha al-Masri's family has 10 members.

On a recent day, after six hours in a queue, Niyaha al-Masri returned carrying four containers of rice, lentils and a small portion of chicken.

Gaza: Still Reporting is a documentary film by Mohammed Sawwaf, Salah Al-Haw and Ibrahim Al-Otla.

Maram Humaid met Palestinians who chose to leave Gaza City and those who chose to stay.

Maram Humaid moved through the evacuated city alongside her family.

The 'Yellow Line' was established under US President Donald Trump's 20-point plan to end the war.

Nearly 1,500 people have been killed across Gaza since the ceasefire was announced.

The UN Satellite Centre found that 82 percent of structures in the Gaza Strip are damaged or destroyed.

The Skydance-Warner Bros Discovery-Paramount deal included taking control of CNN.

Three years after the October 7 attacks, there have been a slew of books, podcasts and media appearances revisiting what happened.

Nigel Farage built his career on hardline anti-immigration rhetoric.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrations were held worldwide to mark one year since the Gaza ceasefire went into effect.

Protesters took to the streets in New York, London, Berlin, Athens, and Dublin, among other locations.

Hamas won the elections in 2006.

Menachem Begin and Yitzhak Shamir, who led the Irgun and the Lehi respectively, eventually became prime ministers of Israel.

Israel's demand for the complete disarmament of Hamas has deadlocked recent ceasefire negotiations.

Palestinians have not held a legislative election since 2006.

Islamic Jihad deputy secretary-general Mohammed al-Hindi said Palestinian factions across the political spectrum met in Cairo for discussions on delaying the vote.

The PLO Executive Committee stated that conditions in East Jerusalem, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip were not conducive to holding elections.

Gaza has no working MRI machine and only one or two CT scanners serve about two million people.

A 65-year-old patient was killed by Israeli military quadcopter fire while seeking treatment at a MAP-supported health centre in Jabalia last month.

According to the World Health Organization, more than 15,000 people in Gaza are still waiting for medical evacuation.

Healthcare and education remain devastated in Gaza as of October 2026.

Aid remains restricted in Gaza as of October 2026.

Israeli attacks killed Palestinians in Gaza on October 10, 2026.

An Israeli strike destroyed a residential building in the Al-Rimal neighbourhood in Gaza City.

The attack occurred one year into a US-brokered ceasefire.

Palestinians continue to face Israeli bombardment despite the ceasefire.

Trump's Board of Peace brokered a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that began on October 10, 2025.

About 1.4 million Palestinians in Gaza will suffer hunger until at least December, according to the IPC.

Since October 10, 2025, more than 1,400 Palestinians, mostly women and children, have been killed.

In the three years since October 2023, more than 74,000 Palestinians have been killed and 175,000 others wounded according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

The ceasefire in Gaza took effect on October 10, 2025.

Since the ceasefire took effect, Israel has killed at least 1,471 Palestinians and injured 5,189.

Demonstrators took to streets across the world to demand an end to Israeli attacks on Gaza and the West Bank.

Activists used the three-year anniversary of the Hamas-led attack on Israel to call for a ceasefire.

An Israeli air strike on a house in central Khan Younis wounded several people, according to Wafa.

Israel has killed at least 74,254 people since October 2023, according to Gaza's Health Ministry.

On Thursday, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian southeast of Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, according to Wafa.

Israel has continued launching strikes in Gaza almost every day during the ceasefire.

14-year-old Ismail al-Bardawil was shot dead in the al-Mawasi area of Rafah on the same day Fida was killed.

The total death toll from Israeli attacks since the start of the war in Gaza stands at more than 74,000, according to the Gaza health ministry.

Al Jazeera published an article about what a year-long ceasefire in Gaza would look like on October 7, 2026.

Jamal Khashoggi was a Washington Post journalist murdered and dismembered by Saudi operatives in Turkey in 2018.

Senator Chris Murphy previously demanded accountability from the Saudi Arabian government over Jamal Khashoggi's slaying.

Senator Chris Murphy met with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Ali Al Thawadi.

The Palestinian Central Elections Commission has prepared contingency plans to produce election materials locally in case Israel restricts the entry of supplies into Gaza.

The November 28 elections would be the first Palestinian legislative election since 2006.

The war in Gaza has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians.

UNRWA acting Commissioner-General Christian Saunders said UNRWA remains an institution of considerable humanitarian and strategic value.

Israel occupies more than 60 percent of Gaza.

Former UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini warned that removing the agency would have a devastating effect on Palestinians.

The Board of Peace was created by the US.

Israeli forces stormed Birzeit University in Ramallah while students sat final examinations.

Philippe Lazzarini led UNRWA until earlier this year.

Over 90 percent of Gaza's working-age population is unemployed.

A World Bank, EU, and UN assessment put Gaza's physical infrastructure damage at $35.2 billion and economic and social losses at $22.7 billion as of early 2026.

The Palestinian Authority's 2025 budget deficit reached 13 percent of GDP.

The meeting between the US and Iran took place on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

Qatar's foreign ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari said Qatar is determined to make diplomacy work to end the US-Iran conflict.

Qatar oversaw the first meeting between the US and Iran in months on Tuesday.

Carney said 20 percent of the funding will be allocated to support peace and security, including training Palestinian police in the occupied West Bank.

More than 73,900 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel's war began in October 2023.

Macron noted France was among a dozen countries that recognised a Palestinian state a year ago.

The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) reported a sharp rise in violence against women and girls in the Gaza Strip.

Incidents of sexual violence accounted for 2.7% of total reported gender-based violence incidents from April to June 2026, up from 2.1% the previous quarter.

The number of reported early and forced marriage cases increased by 123% from the first quarter to the second quarter of 2026.

The leaders of the United Kingdom, France, and Canada criticised Israel for blocking a two-state solution through illegal settlement in the West Bank.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reaffirmed Turkey's commitment to the Gaza ceasefire agreement as a signatory.

The full cost of Gaza reconstruction is expected to be about $35bn over the medium term and an additional $71.4bn in the next 10 years, according to the Board of Peace plan.

At least 1,381 Palestinians, including 300 children, have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza since the US-brokered ceasefire began, according to Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry.

The Board of Peace was created as part of Donald Trump's 20-point Gaza peace plan, unveiled alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in September last year.

Netanyahu rejected Hamas's disarmament acceptance, saying the military would stay in Gaza until Hamas is genuinely disarmed.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres described Israel's response in Gaza as a scale of killing and destruction unlike anything he had witnessed in all his years as Secretary-General.

President Donald Trump repeated the mantra that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon from the UN dais.

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee reposted Israel's Minister of Diaspora and Combating Antisemitism Amichai Chikli in response to Macron's comments.

Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani told the UN General Assembly that Qatar is more than a mediator in the US-Israeli war on Iran.

Sheikh Tamim said Qatar will continue pursuing diplomacy while providing humanitarian support to people impacted by the conflict.

The match was the first organised competition Palestinian clubs had played in nearly three years.

Firas Abu Hilal is the secretary-general of the Palestinian Football Association.

In 2015, soldiers shot Mohamed El-Zgairy twice in the leg, shattering a bone.

Rana Totah walked her two sons to school in al-Katiba, Gaza City on a Saturday morning.

Nesma Nahid Abu Asim was teaching mathematics to sixth-grade students inside a tent.

The Gaza Municipality school was set up in about 10 tents in the western Gaza City neighbourhood as a temporary space for a return to face-to-face education.

Al Jazeera reported that Israeli settlers and soldiers continue pogroms across the occupied West Bank.

Marah Rayan is a reporter for Al Jazeera.

It was the first official day back to school for children in Gaza.

No Israeli officials face equivalent US travel restrictions despite an International Criminal Court arrest warrant issued against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The US State Department accused the PA of violating US law by bypassing direct negotiations to seek international recognition of Palestinian statehood.

The US State Department cited the PA's decision to take its dispute with Israel to international courts as a reason for the visa sanctions.

Two tech incubators in Gaza resumed operations since the October 2025 ceasefire but their capacity has not exceeded 20 percent of pre-2023 levels.

Prices of some technical equipment used in Gaza's IT industry have increased by more than 600 percent.

Before the war, Gaza had several incubators that supported technology projects and startups.

Palestinian officials and UN human rights experts said the visa bans breach the US's obligation to allow individuals invited by the UN to travel to its New York headquarters.

The US State Department announced it will extend visa sanctions on officials of the Palestinian Authority and members of the Palestine Liberation Organization.

The State Department accused the PA of providing payments to people the US and Israel label as convicted attackers and their families.

The $2.8bn deal is funded through US Foreign Military Financing and covers 20,000 MK-84 bombs, 20,000 BLU-117 bombs and 20,000 I-2000 penetrator warheads.

The state department in 2024 flagged at least five Israeli units under the Leahy laws before the war in Gaza began.

Meeks said the Trump administration has not provided sufficient assurances that the weapons will be used in accordance with US law and with appropriate protections for civilians.

Haaretz reported that the anti-Qatar campaign abruptly ended just weeks after it began.

Days after October 7, some of Israel's leading political strategists and influence experts began building a global campaign to pressure and isolate Qatar.

At least 20 people were killed in the building collapse.

Dozens of people were trapped in the building collapse.

The apartment building had previously been bombed by Israel.

More than 1,100 students have enrolled in the Elyaa’ School.

Doaa Qdeih is the director of Abdul Aziz Private School.

The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics said Gaza’s GDP contracted by 84 percent in 2025 compared with 2023.

Palestinians in Gaza are using mud bricks, salvaged wood, and sheets of fabric and plastic to rebuild homes and shops.

Gaza authorities say more than 90 percent of the Gaza Strip has been destroyed since October 2023.

Palestinian health authorities and Gaza's Government Media Office say Israel has killed at least 73,658 Palestinians, including more than 21,500 children.

Qatar labelled Netanyahu's comments a 'smear campaign'.

The article was published on 8 September 2026.

Qatar responded to Benjamin Netanyahu's claims that Qatar is a 'hostile state'.

Families in northern Gaza held funerals on Sunday for around 100 people, including 60 children, whose remains were pulled from the rubble of Gaza City's Zeitoun neighbourhood.

The US State Department said it does not support any plan or proposal for the forced displacement, expulsion, or mandatory transfer of the population of Gaza.

An Israeli special forces raid near Gaza City's American hospital on Tuesday killed at least four Palestinians, including two children and a woman, ending with the capture of Moin al-Arabeed, described by Israel as the head of Hamas's internal security.