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Disarming Hamas should not be first task of Gaza stabilisation force, Turkey says
ByPatrick Wintour in Doha December 7, 2025

Ankara’s foreign minister suggests international partners should start by separating Israeli troops from Hamas The international stabilisation force (ISF) in Gaza should make its priority the separation of Israeli troops and Hamas rather than the disar…

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Israel Backed Gazans to Oppose Hamas. For One, It Ended Violently.
ByAaron Boxerman December 6, 2025

Officials said Israel helped arm and back Yasser Abu Shabab’s Popular Forces, part of a strategy against Hamas, before a local clan killed him this week.

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Deadly Attacks in Gaza Test Cease-Fire as Body of Another Captive Is Returned
ByAdam Rasgon and Natan Odenheimer December 5, 2025

Israel launched a military strike after it said Hamas militants attacked its soldiers, the latest clashes in the two months since a truce was signed.

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Yasser Abu Shabab, Militant Leader Backed by Israel, Is Killed in Gaza, Official Says
ByAdam Rasgon and Natan Odenheimer December 4, 2025

Yasser Abu Shabab, a Bedouin man in his 30s, was at the center of an Israeli project in Gaza to build up anti-Hamas militias.

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Hamas Returns Body of Last Thai Hostage in Gaza
ByJohn Yoon December 4, 2025

The militant group took more than 250 hostages from Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, including 31 from Thailand. The remains of all but one other hostage, an Israeli, have been recovered.

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Gaza death toll surpasses 70,000, says health ministry
ByAssociated Press November 29, 2025

Two Palestinian children reportedly killed on Saturday as Israel continues its strikes after latest ceasefireThe Palestinian death toll has surpassed 70,000 since the Israel-Gaza war began, Gaza’s health ministry said on Saturday, while a hospital repo…

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Gazans Say Israeli Forces Killed Two Children, Amid Persistent Violence
ByAaron Boxerman and Rawan Sheikh Ahmad November 29, 2025

The Israeli military said it had fired on two “suspects” on Saturday who had crossed cease-fire lines in southern Gaza and did not comment on reports that they were young children.

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Gazans Say Israeli Forces Killed Two Children, Amid Persistent Violence
ByAaron Boxerman and Rawan Sheikh Ahmad November 29, 2025November 29, 2025

The Israeli military said it had fired on two “suspects” on Saturday who had crossed cease-fire lines in southern Gaza and did not comment on reports that they were young children.

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Israeli Hostage Recounts Beatings and Starvation During Hamas Captivity
ByNatan Odenheimer, Isabel Kershner and Avishag Shaar-Yashuv November 29, 2025November 30, 2025

Segev Kalfon said he endured physical abuse and mind games during 738 days in the hands of Hamas. Now, he asks why it took so long for Israel to bring him home.

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Hundreds of Israeli soldiers raid Palestinian town in West Bank
ByJason Burke Jerusalem November 26, 2025

Israeli military and security service say ‘broad counter-terrorism operation’ in Tubas to continue for several daysHundreds of Israeli soldiers supported by armoured vehicles have conducted raids in the Palestinian town of Tubas near Nablus in the bigg…

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