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Palestinian gunmen from Hamas and Islamic Jihad gather next to Eid al-Fitr prayers in Gaza City, Friday, March 20, 2026. (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)
May 14, 2026, 2:48 am
Board of Peace envoy: Hamas tightening its grip on Gaza, taxing those with nothing left
Mladenov says disarmament plan wouldn’t force the terror group to disappear as political movement, stresses Hamas would hand over weapons to technocratic government and not Israel
By Jacob Magid
IDF troops operate at a cemetery in Gaza City during a search for the body of Master Sgt. Ran Gvili, in a handout photo issued on January 27, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
May 5, 2026, 11:28 pm
Board of Peace won’t hold Israel to truce terms if Hamas doesn’t okay disarmament offer
In letter obtained by ToI, US-led body indicates Israel not adhering to key parts of ceasefire’s 1st phase, but says it won’t have to if Hamas doesn’t accept decommissioning framework
By Jacob Magid
Top Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya delivers a speech marking the 38th anniversary of the terror group's establishment, December 14, 2025. (Screen capture: X/Al Jazeera)
April 16, 2026, 3:19 pm
US, Hamas reportedly hold direct talks, as Board of Peace disarmament plan stalls
Senior Trump official Lightstone meets with Hayya, as Hamas bucks ceasefire’s 2nd phase requirement that it give up weapons, arguing that Israel violating truce’s first phase
By ToI Staff, Jacob Magid and Emanuel Fabian
US President Donald Trump (left) greets Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a summit to support ending the more than two-year Israel-Hamas war in Gaza after a breakthrough ceasefire deal, October 13, 2025, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. (AP/Evan Vucci, Pool)
January 17, 2026, 9:28 pm
Netanyahu fumes at Gaza oversight panel makeup as Trump invites Erdogan to peace board
PM’s office says it was left out of talks on makeup of executive board, which includes top officials from Turkey, Qatar; American official retorts: ‘This is our show, not his show’
By Jacob Magid, Lazar Berman and Nava Freiberg
US President Donald Trump speaks at a dedication ceremony for a portion of Southern Boulevard, which the Town of Palm Beach Council recently voted to rename,"President Donald J. Trump Boulevard," January 16, 2026, at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
January 17, 2026, 4:53 am
US unveils key Gaza panel, with prominent roles given to Israel critics Qatar, Turkey
Gaza Executive Board responsible for overseeing postwar management of Gaza also includes Witkoff, Kushner, Blair, representatives from UAE, Egypt and pair of prominent businessmen
By Jacob Magid
A bulldozer deployed by the Gaza Municipality clears building rubble from streets in Gaza City, October 14, 2025. (AFP)
November 26, 2025, 10:22 am
Construction of first US-backed housing compound said to begin this week in Rafah
NY Times report outlines American eagerness to move ahead with plan to build ‘alternative safe communities’ of temporary structures on Israeli side of Yellow Line dividing Gaza
By ToI Staff
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