scorecardresearch
Friday, August 1, 2025
TopicHamas

Topic: Hamas

Hamas confirms death of military leader Mohammed Deif months after Israeli airstrike

In August 2024, Israel announced that it had killed the Hamas leader in a July 13 air strike in the Khan Younis area. Hamas also confirmed the deaths of Ghazi Abu Tama’a and Raad Thabet.

90 Palestinian prisoners released on day 1 of Gaza ceasefire, Hamas releases 3 Israeli hostages

The truce calls for fighting to stop, aid to be sent in to Gaza & remaining hostages to go free in the first phase in return for nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails.

‘Gaza ceasefire will not begin until Hamas releases hostage list,’ says Israel PM Netanyahu

Hamas said it could not do so for ‘technical’ reasons.

Israeli cabinet approves deal with Hamas, to release Palestinian detainees in exchange for hostages

Israeli cabinet in early hours of Saturday ratified agreement that could pave the way for an end to 15-month war with Hamas. The deal is expected to come into effect Sunday.

Hamas expected to release first round of Israeli hostages on 19 January in Gaza ceasefire deal

Despite Israel’s delays and reluctance, Hamas said it was committed to the deal. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said the cabinet would meet to give final approval to the accord.

Israel set to approve Gaza ceasefire, hostage deal, Netanyahu’s office says

With longstanding divisions among ministers, Israel had delayed meetings expected on Thursday when the cabinet was expected to vote on the pact.

Airstrikes on Gaza after Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal, residents say

The complex accord emerged Wednesday after months of mediation by Qatar, Egypt & the US. Israeli bombardment, especially in Gaza City, killed 32 people hours later, medics say.

Gaza ceasefire appears close as US, Egyptian leaders put focus on ‘coming hours’

Qatar's foreign ministry spokesperson Majed Al-Ansari earlier told a news conference that both sides were presented with a text and talks on the last details were under way.

US envoys present final draft of Gaza ceasefire deal to Israel & Hamas after ‘breakthrough’ in Doha

If successful, the ceasefire deal would cap over a year of start-and-stop talks & lead to the biggest release of Israeli hostages since the early days of conflict.

IDF confirms elimination of Hamas commander Abd al-Hadi Sabah in Gaza drone strike

IDF, in a statement, said Sabah, who led the October 7 attack on Kibbutz Nir Oz, was killed in a drone strike in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza.

On Camera

Trump tariff forces India to shed illusion. Stop conflating status with power

India’s future lies in pragmatism. Protectionism must be phased out gradually, not in disruptive shocks.

Over six-fold spike in digital transactions since 2019-20, govt informs Parliament

Govt says digital payments also uplift under-served communities by providing them financial footprint that can be used to assess credit worthiness in absence of traditional documents.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.