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Hamas Committed War Crimes in 2023 Attack on Israel, Amnesty International Says
ByIsabel Kershner December 11, 2025December 12, 2025

The rights group said it had documented atrocities committed by Palestinian armed groups, including murder, imprisonment, torture and sexual violence.

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Jerusalem Authorities Raid UNRWA Compound and Raise Israeli Flag
ByEphrat Livni December 8, 2025

Municipal officials say the action was about unpaid taxes. The U.N. relief agency for Palestinians says it is exempt from taxes and should be immune from such a raid, calling it illegal.

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A Weakened Hamas Still Dominates Gaza, Building Day by Day
ByAdam Rasgon December 8, 2025

A cease-fire after two years of war with Israel has allowed Hamas to tighten its grip on power again. “It’s still standing,” one Israeli official said.

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Netanyahu says first phase of Gaza ceasefire plan nearly complete – video
ByMiddle East and north Africa | The Guardian December 7, 2025

The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has said the first phase of the UN-endorsed Gaza ceasefire plan is close to completion and that the second phase must involve the disarmament of HamasFirst phase of Gaza ceasefire plan nearly complete, sa…

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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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