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Members of the UN Security Council raise their hands to vote in favor of a draft resolution to authorise an International Stabilization Force in Gaza

UN adopts US resolution on Gaza peace plan

The UN Security Council has voted in favour of a US resolution bolstering Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan that includes the deployment of an international force and a path to a future Palestinian state.

Middle East • 18 Nov

Dr Morgan McMonagle operating in Gaza hospital

Gaza now resembles 'Mad Max movie', says Irish surgeon

Gaza resembles "something out of a Mad Max movie", with lawlessness on the streets and amputations carried out on children daily, an Irish surgeon who left Palestinian territory this week has said.

Middle East • 14 Nov

GAZA CITY, GAZA - NOVEMBER 13: Search operations to recover the bodies of Israeli hostages as part of the ceasefire and hostage exchange agreement between Hamas and Israel are conducted by members of Hamas's military wing al-Qassam Brigades, and officials

Israel confirms body returned by Hamas is Israeli hostage

Israel has confirmed that the returned body of one of the last four hostages held in Gaza was an Israeli citizen, identified as 73-year-old Meny Godard.

Middle East • 13 Nov

Palestinians flock to the Zikim crossing to acquire limited food aid

Israel says key crossing to north Gaza opens for aid

Israel has reopened the Zikim Crossing in northern Gaza to allow humanitarian aid trucks into the Palestinian territory, COGAT, the Israeli military's arm that oversees aid flows, said.

Middle East • 13 Nov

Chemi Goldin, brother of Lt. Hadar Goldin whose body is still held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip speaks during an event at Hostages Square

Israel receives remains of officer killed in Gaza in 2014

Israel has said the remains it received earlier today from Hamas were those of Lieutenant Hadar Goldin, an Israeli officer killed in the 2014 Gaza war.

Middle East • 09 Nov

'Fear is always with us' - One month into Gaza ceasefire

'The ceasefire is weak, it could break anytime.' These are the words of emergency care nurse Waleed Rizq, who lives and works in Khan Younis in Gaza.

Ireland • 10 Nov

Young Palestinians are trying to make a living by collecting firewood in dangerous areas after the war in the eastern Gaza Strip, near the Al-Bureij Refugee Camp

Palestinian killed by Israeli firing in Gaza

One Palestinian was killed in Gaza by Israeli firing and another wounded on Saturday, local medics said, as a fragile ceasefire holds between Hamas and Israel.

Middle East • 08 Nov

Palestinians who returned to Khan Younis, a city heavily damaged during Israel's two-year-long attacks on the Gaza Strip, struggle to survive amid the rubble of destroyed buildings and limited resources

Hamas says to hand over another Gaza hostage body

Hamas's armed wing said it would hand over the remains of another hostage as required under the US-brokered ceasefire deal with Israel in Gaza.

Middle East • 07 Nov

A protester holds a sign depicting Itay Chen

Israel says returned hostage remains are those of soldier

Israel has confirmed that the remains handed over by Hamas the day before belonged to Israeli-American soldier Itay Chen, who was seized by Palestinian militants during the October 2023 attacks that sparked the Gaza war.

Middle East • 05 Nov

A vehicle of the International Committee of the Red Cross is seen in Gaza City

Israel receives remains of Gaza hostage - PM office

Israel said its security forces in Gaza had received from the Red Cross the remains of a hostage returned by Hamas as part of a US-brokered ceasefire deal.

Middle East • 04 Nov

Search operations continue in the Gaza Strip to recover the bodies of Israeli hostages as part of the ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement between Hamas and Israel on November 02, 2025. After completing their search in the Shuja'iyya neighborhood in

Israel confirms remains handed over belong to hostages

Israel has confirmed that remains handed over by Hamas yesterday belonged to three hostages seized by Palestinian militants during the 7 October 2023 attack.

Middle East • 03 Nov

a general view shows the destruction of educational institutions in Gaza

Remains of three Gaza hostages received, says Israel army

Hamas' armed wing has handed over the bodies of three Israeli captives this evening as part of the ongoing hostage-prisoner exchange under a ceasefire agreement for Gaza with Israel.

Middle East • 02 Nov

Displaced Gazans find shelter in Yasser Arafat's villa

The Gazan residence of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat stands in ruins, like most other buildings in the devastated territory, but the remains of the once-lavish villa now also host several displaced families.

Middle East • 01 Nov

Israel army says Gaza bodies received not hostages

Israel said that three bodies it received from Gaza last night were not hostages held in the Palestinian territory, as a Hamas security source reported fresh strikes in the south.

Middle East • 01 Nov

Smoke rises in the background as vehicles of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) drive through Khan Yunis

Israel confirms identities of two deceased Gaza hostages

Palestinian militant group Hamas has handed over two bodies of deceased Israeli hostages, a day after the tenuous Gaza ceasefire was shaken by a series of deadly Israeli strikes across the enclave.

Middle East • 30 Oct

GAZA CITY, GAZA - OCTOBER 29: Smoke rises from the area following the Israeli army's attack on the Al-Shati refugee camp despite the ceasefire in Gaza City, Gaza, on October 29, 2025. More than 100 Palestinians, including 46 children, have lost their live

IDF says it conducted targeted strike in northern Gaza

The Israeli military has said it has conducted a "targeted" strike in the area of Beit Lahia in northern Gaza targeting an infrastructure site where weapons were stored.

Middle East • 29 Oct

Palestinians try to clear the remains of buildings destroyed by Israeli attacks with limited resources i Khan Yunis, Gaza on October 28, 2025. (Photo by Mohammed Eslayeh/Anadolu via Getty Images)

At least eight killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza

Israeli planes launched strikes in Gaza after Israel accused the militant group Hamas of violating a ceasefire in the Palestinian territory, the latest test of a fragile deal brokered earlier this month by US President Donald Trump.

Middle East • 28 Oct

Former hostage Yossi Sharabi's coffin is carried from a van to his funeral as IDF soldiers look on

Israel says received body of Gaza hostage from Red Cross

Israel said its security forces in Gaza received the remains of a hostage from the Red Cross returned as part of a US-brokered ceasefire deal.

Middle East • 28 Oct

US President Donald Trump during a Diwali celebration in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. Trump said Tuesday he did not want to have “a wasted meeting” with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the latest s

Israel would 'lose all US support' if West Bank annexed

US President Donald Trump has said Israel would lose its crucial backing from the United States if it annexes the occupied West Bank.

Middle East • 23 Oct

THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS - OCTOBER 22: International Court of Justice (ICJ) gathers to issue an advisory opinion assessing the legal consequences of Israeli restrictions on United Nations (UN) agencies in the Hague, Netherlands on October 22, 2025. (Photo b

Israel must ease Gaza aid passage, provide 'basic needs'

The International Court of Justice has said that Israel is obliged to ease the passage of aid into Gaza, stressing it had to provide Palestinians with "basic needs" essential to survival.

Middle East • 22 Oct

'Great optimism' Gaza ceasefire will hold, says Vance

US President Donald Trump has said that allied nations in the Middle East are prepared to send troops into Gaza, at his request, to confront Hamas if the group does not cease its alleged violations of his peace plan.

Middle East • 21 Oct

Simon Harris is to attend a meeting that is set to focus on the Middle East and Russia's war in Ukraine

Call for EU to play greater role in increasing Gaza aid

Tánaiste Simon Harris is expected to call for the EU to play a greater role in increasing humanitarian aid to Gaza and for more sanctions on Russia at a meeting of EU foreign ministers today.

Politics • 20 Oct

Israel receives Gaza hostage body through Red Cross

Israel has said it has received the remains of another Gaza hostage handed over as part of a US-brokered ceasefire deal.

Middle East • 21 Oct

Smoke rises after Israeli airstrike hit al-Bureij camp despite ceasefire in Gaza

Israel says returning to ceasefire after 'violation'

The Israeli military said it is reinforcing the Gaza ceasefire after it was "violated" by Hamas, signaling an end to strikes on the enclave that it claimed were carried out in response to earlier attacks on its forces.

Middle East • 20 Oct

KHAN YUNIS, GAZA - OCTOBER 17: Teams from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Palestinian rescue crews carry out excavation work after the ceasefire to recover the bodies of Israeli hostages killed during the attacks in Khan Yunis, Gaz

Israel receives body of hostage returned by Hamas

The Israeli army said the remains of a hostage had been handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza, after Hamas said it would return the body as part of a ceasefire deal.

Middle East • 18 Oct