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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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While the eyes of the world are on Gaza, Israeli settlers in the West Bank still behave with impunity | Ofer Cassif
ByOfer Cassif October 16, 2025

As the harvest season begins, attacks on Palestinian farmers and their land are spiralling. The words of peace following the Gaza ceasefire ring hollowLast Monday, when the US president, Donald Trump, addressed the Knesset alongside the Israeli prime m…

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At 12 an Israeli missile ‘ripped off’ her face. Now Mazyouna is safe in the US – but not all the scars have healed
ByThaslima Begum October 16, 2025

The young teenager’s treatment is a rare story of hope from the two-year war in Gaza. With the ceasefire now in effect, she hopes to see her father againIn June 2024, an Israeli missile struck 13-year-old Mazyouna Damoo’s apartment in Nuseirat refugee …

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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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Mediator in chief: how role of Qatar will be central to Gaza ceasefire holding
ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor October 16, 2025

Its influence over Hamas has been crucial but Doha will want formal multilateral mechanisms for what happens nextAs the world waits to see if the Gaza ceasefire holds, the role of Qatar, one of the four guarantors of the agreement, is absolutely centra…

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Mediator in chief: how role of Qatar will be central to Gaza ceasefire holding
ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor October 16, 2025

Its influence over Hamas has been crucial but Doha will want formal multilateral mechanisms for what happens nextAs the world waits to see if the Gaza ceasefire holds, the role of Qatar, one of the four guarantors of the agreement, is absolutely centra…

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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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