'I can confirm that the return to intense fighting in Gaza has been fully coordinated with Washington. Israel has thanked President [Donald] Trump and his administration for their unyielding support for Israel,' says Israeli government spokesman David Mencer

Israel is due to send a delegation to Doha on Monday for a fresh round of talks on extending a fragile ceasefire in Gaza, after cutting off the electricity supply to ramp up pressure on Hamas

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation on Friday endorsed an Arab League counter-proposal to US President Donald Trump's controversial plan to take over Gaza and displace its residents, two ministers told AFP

Arab leaders are gathering in Cairo on Tuesday to discuss an alternative to a widely condemned plan from US President Donald Trump to assume control of war-battered Gaza and displace its Palestinian population

Talks resume in Cairo Friday on a second phase of an Israel-Hamas ceasefire that mediators hope will bring a lasting end to the Gaza conflict, a day after Israel's military acknowledged its "complete failure" to prevent the 2023 Hamas attack that sparked the war

Rubio was in Israel on his first Middle East trip as President Donald Trump's secretary of state

Gaza fighters handed three Israeli hostages over to the Red Cross on Saturday

The truce that went into effect on January 19 largely halted more than 15 months of fighting in the Gaza Strip

Hamas is set to release three Israeli hostages on Saturday in exchange for 183 prisoners held by Israel in the fifth exchange of a fragile Gaza ceasefire

Israel's defence minister ordered the army on Thursday to prepare for "voluntary" departures from Gaza, as President Donald Trump ruled out sending US troops to the territory

Hamas issued a statement condemning the strike

The agreement, which must now go to the full cabinet for a final green light, would halt fighting and bombardment in Gaza's deadliest-ever war

The release of hostages held in Gaza since Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack on Israel is expected to begin on Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Friday

"If we weren't involved in this deal, the deal would've never happened," Trump said.

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Trump also signaled he would push for an elusive deal to normalize relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia

Says Lancet study; Israeli forces bomb a group of Palestinians in eastern Gaza City

Hamas condemned the decision to ban the network

An Israeli military raid targeting Hamas members has forced a major hospital in northern Gaza out of service and led to the detention of its director, the WHO and health officials said Saturday

Gaza's civil defence agency said that 17 people were killed in an Israeli strike on Friday on a house in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza