Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If you value what we do, please support our work with a donation. As an Iranian, I felt a surge of relief — and cautious hope — when I heard news of the ceasefire between Iran and Israel. The bloodshed...
Reuters Over the past three days, there have been a series of deadly incidents on the route to an aid distribution site in Gaza run by a controversial group backed by the US and Israel. The three incidents took place on roads approaching one of the new sites in the extreme south-west of Gaza, which...
Today’s headlines focus on yet another round of the Hamas Hokey Pokey. The real story may be its coming irrelevance. Hamas spent most of the last few days repeatedly claiming to have accepted the terms of a Steven Witkoff cease-fire framework. Twice this week, Hamas tried to game negotiations by declaring support for terms not...
Matt Murphy & Kevin Nguyen BBC Verify BBC The masked and armed security contractor atop a dirt mound watches thousands of Palestinians who have been kettled into narrow lanes separated by fences below. He makes a heart shape with his hands and the crowd responds – the fence begins to bend as they push against...
Hamas says it will release Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander as a part of efforts to reach a ceasefire agreement in Gaza. The 21-year-old soldier is the last living hostage with US nationality being held in the territory. It comes after a senior Hamas official told the BBC that the Palestinian armed group was holding direct...
Hamas says it has “lost contact” with the group of fighters holding an Israeli-American hostage captive in Gaza following an Israeli strike on their location. The 21-year-old soldier, Edan Alexander, has appeared in videos released by the group in recent days. Israel had asked for him to be released on day one of a new...