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Hamas’s aim to retain authority in Gaza involves keeping the guns
ByJason Burke International security correspondent October 17, 2025

With no law, order or any alternative administration under the ceasefire, the group is using violence to deter rivalsThroughout Israel’s two-year war in Gaza, aid officials working in the territory avoided naming Hamas in conversations they suspected m…

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‘I can breathe again’: Israel’s Zikim beach open for first time since 7 October attack
ByDaniel Boffey in Zikim October 16, 2025

Sunbathers return to sands immediately north of Gaza with feelings of relief and loss after killings here two years agoGaza ceasefire – live updatesFrom the clean soft sands of Zikim beach or its sky-blue and turquoise waters, where on Thursday waves g…

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In Gaza, we are picking up our lives amid the remnants of war, fear of Israel’s return haunting every step | Sondos Sabra
BySondos Sabra October 16, 2025

There is a continuing trauma and new threats to our safety from gangs who terrorise us. Our ordeal has changed, but it’s far from overThe war has ended, and it’s time for me to return to my coffee, my bread and my poetry. Yet I don’t know what it means…

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We are told the ‘war’ against Gaza is finally ‘over’. Is it? | Arwa Mahdawi
ByArwa Mahdawi October 16, 2025

I am not celebrating the end of the ‘war’ because this was not a war – and it’s not over, eitherThank you, Donald Trump. Thank you, Benjamin Netanyahu. Thank you, Jared Kushner. Let’s all pause, shall we, and have a moment of appreciation for these th…

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Hamas says all reachable hostage bodies recovered amid Israel threat to resume Gaza fighting
ByGuardian staff and agencies October 16, 2025

Israel’s defence minister has said the country could resume fighting if Hamas does not honour the terms of the ceasefire dealPalestinian leader Marwan Barghouti assaulted by Israeli prison guards, son saysHamas has announced that the remains of all the…

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Israel and Hamas trade accusations as tensions rise over hostages’ remains
ByGuardian staff and agencies October 16, 2025October 16, 2025

Militant group says it needs specialist equipment to recover bodies as Netanyahu says fight ‘is not over yet’Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti assaulted by Israeli prison guards, son saysIsrael and Hamas have traded accusations of ceasefire violation…

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Challenges remain for aid distribution in Gaza City despite ceasefire with Israel
ByJason Burke October 15, 2025

Destruction or ongoing control by Israeli forces means roads to areas worst hit by hunger are virtually impassableEven if the Rafah crossing from Egypt to Gaza opens on Thursday, NGOs face big challenges distributing supplies to Gaza City and its surro…

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Body handed over by Hamas is not hostage, says Israel, as Palestinian dead ‘arrive back in cuffs’
ByDaniel Boffey in Jerusalem October 15, 2025

Israel says one of four bodies handed over by Hamas on Tuesday night is not a missing hostageGaza ceasefire – live updatesOne of the four bodies handed over by Hamas is not a missing hostage, Israel has said.Meanwhile a hospital in Gaza said the 45 ano…

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Gaza humanitarian aid trickles in as ceasefire comes into effect – video
ByMiddle East and north Africa | The Guardian October 15, 2025

The UN’s World Food Programme said it has dispatched more than 130 trucks of aid to the Gaza Strip since Hamas and Israel agreed to a ceasefire on Saturday. The fragile agreement faced its first test when Israel said on Tuesday the flow of vital humani…

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‘They will disarm or we will disarm them,’ Trump warns Hamas as Gaza ceasefire unfolds – video
ByMiddle East and north Africa | The Guardian October 15, 2025

Donald Trump suggested he might resort to violent methods to disarm Hamas after it was agreed in a ceasefire deal that the militant group would give up its weapons. Hamas released the bodies of a further four deceased hostages on Tuesday as part of the…

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