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Itay Chen smiling in a military uniform.
Bereft families left in limbo over return of hostages’ bodies

Anguished Israeli father whose son’s remains have not been returned from Gaza says militants are testing the limits of peace agreement

Pro-Palestine protesters march through the streets of Birmingham in support of the Palestinian people.
In city where Jewish football fans are banned, some say, ‘let them come’
A member of the security forces at the Supernova Music Festival site after large-scale Hamas attacks.
Hamas fighters may face death sentence at Israeli war crimes tribunal
Giorgia Meloni, Emmanuel Macron, and Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a meeting.
IN DEPTH
What a smoking jibe at Meloni says about Erdogan’s power moves
Palestinian militants of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades guarding a crowd watching the transfer of released Israeli hostages.
AMAL HELLES
Militias, mafias and mayhem: how Gaza has unravelled since the ceasefire
Mourners gathered for the funeral of Tamir Nimrodi.
GABRIELLE WEINIGER
Sensitive and skilled, forensic teams identify bodies of Gaza hostages
Palestinians walk through a heavily damaged street in Khan Yunis with destroyed buildings lining both sides.
US pushing to rebuild Gaza now to stop peace deal collapsing
A member of the security forces at the Supernova Music Festival site after large-scale Hamas attacks.
Hamas fighters may face death sentence at Israeli war crimes tribunal
A member of the security forces at the Supernova Music Festival site after large-scale Hamas attacks.
Hamas fighters may face death sentence at Israeli war crimes tribunal
Giorgia Meloni, Emmanuel Macron, and Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a meeting.
IN DEPTH
What a smoking jibe at Meloni says about Erdogan’s power moves
Giorgia Meloni, Emmanuel Macron, and Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a meeting.
IN DEPTH
What a smoking jibe at Meloni says about Erdogan’s power moves
Palestinian militants of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades guarding a crowd watching the transfer of released Israeli hostages.
AMAL HELLES
Militias, mafias and mayhem: how Gaza has unravelled since the ceasefire
Palestinian militants of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades guarding a crowd watching the transfer of released Israeli hostages.
AMAL HELLES
Militias, mafias and mayhem: how Gaza has unravelled since the ceasefire
Mourners gathered for the funeral of Tamir Nimrodi.
GABRIELLE WEINIGER
Sensitive and skilled, forensic teams identify bodies of Gaza hostages
Mourners gathered for the funeral of Tamir Nimrodi.
GABRIELLE WEINIGER
Sensitive and skilled, forensic teams identify bodies of Gaza hostages
Palestinians walk through a heavily damaged street in Khan Yunis with destroyed buildings lining both sides.
US pushing to rebuild Gaza now to stop peace deal collapsing
Palestinians walk through a heavily damaged street in Khan Yunis with destroyed buildings lining both sides.
US pushing to rebuild Gaza now to stop peace deal collapsing
Itay Chen smiling in a military uniform.
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Inbar Haiman, a woman with long curly brown hair and a light blue lace top, sits with one knee bent, looking at the camera.
Hamas returns body of Israel’s last female hostage
Jewish students call for action after pro-Palestinian protests

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Oct 18, 2025
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JASON COWLEY
Tony Blair is relishing his second act as a prince of influence

Working through his richly funded institute for global change, the ex-prime minister is ready to act as a Gaza peacemaker — if all sides want him

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Putin and Al Sharaa shake hands in Kremlin.
Syrian president Sharaa asks Putin to hand over Assad

Ahmed al-Sharaa expected to push for extradition of former leader, who fled to Russia, and the fate of Kremlin’s airbases is at stake

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Government warns Hamas it must uphold commitments under peace deal as militant group says it needs more time to find remains

The Times
Collage of armed individuals with various weapons, including rocket-propelled grenades.
Will Trump’s deal lead to Hamas disarming in Gaza?

The US president said time was ticking — and he may yet give Israel the green light to continue the war — yet militants are back on the Strip’s streets

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Oct 14, 2025
Trump vows to disarm Hamas as it executes enemies on Gaza streets
Trump vows to disarm Hamas as it executes enemies on Gaza streets

Dozens of suspected collaborators are killed by the militant group after Israeli forces withdraw

The Times
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Clashes in Gaza as Hamas accused of publicly executing ‘rivals’
Clashes in Gaza as Hamas accused of publicly executing ‘rivals’

Militant group and Israel each claim the other has breached terms of ceasefire as Sir Keir Starmer welcomes the end of ‘two years of hell’

The Times
US President Donald Trump greeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House.
Trump hints that Tomahawks could bring Putin to heel

The president has a new-found desire to establish peace after his success in the Middle East

The Times
Illustration of Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu's faces split by a torn paper with the Star of David symbol.
Trump’s plan for Gaza: the potential sticking points of the peace deal

After negotiating a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the president is under pressure to make good on his vision for Palestine

The Times
Videograb allegedly showing a Hamas firing squad executing collaborators, with people kneeling on the ground and others standing, while a person in the foreground records the scene on a phone.
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Violence intensifies as Hamas seeks to maintain control

The militant group is seeking to ‘cleanse’ Gaza of the ‘collaborators’ it has been fighting with since the ceasefire was put in place

The Times
Oct 13, 2025
People embracing and crying in Hostages Square in Tel Aviv.
Two years of torment over as Israeli hostages reunited with families

Hamas returns 20 captives while Israel frees 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, and Trump hails ‘end of an age of terror and death’

The Times

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Oct 18, 2025
JASON COWLEY
Tony Blair is relishing his second act as a prince of influence

Working through his richly funded institute for global change, the ex-prime minister is ready to act as a Gaza peacemaker — if all sides want him

The Sunday Times
Oct 15, 2025
Syrian president Sharaa asks Putin to hand over Assad

Ahmed al-Sharaa expected to push for extradition of former leader, who fled to Russia, and the fate of Kremlin’s airbases is at stake

The Times
Oct 15, 2025
Israel ‘will not compromise on return of dead hostages’ — as it happened

Government warns Hamas it must uphold commitments under peace deal as militant group says it needs more time to find remains

The Times
Oct 15, 2025
Will Trump’s deal lead to Hamas disarming in Gaza?

The US president said time was ticking — and he may yet give Israel the green light to continue the war — yet militants are back on the Strip’s streets

The Times
Oct 14, 2025
Trump vows to disarm Hamas as it executes enemies on Gaza streets

Dozens of suspected collaborators are killed by the militant group after Israeli forces withdraw

The Times
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Oct 14, 2025
Clashes in Gaza as Hamas accused of publicly executing ‘rivals’

Militant group and Israel each claim the other has breached terms of ceasefire as Sir Keir Starmer welcomes the end of ‘two years of hell’

The Times
Oct 14, 2025
Trump hints that Tomahawks could bring Putin to heel

The president has a new-found desire to establish peace after his success in the Middle East

The Times
Oct 14, 2025
Trump’s plan for Gaza: the potential sticking points of the peace deal

After negotiating a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the president is under pressure to make good on his vision for Palestine

The Times
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Violence intensifies as Hamas seeks to maintain control

The militant group is seeking to ‘cleanse’ Gaza of the ‘collaborators’ it has been fighting with since the ceasefire was put in place

The Times
Oct 13, 2025
Two years of torment over as Israeli hostages reunited with families

Hamas returns 20 captives while Israel frees 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, and Trump hails ‘end of an age of terror and death’

The Times