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Hamas operatives ostensibly searching for the remains of Israeli hostage Ran Gvili in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, January 7, 2026. (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)
January 27, 2026, 3:14 am
Trump: Hamas ‘worked hard’ to return body of last hostage; now it must disarm
US official argues recovery of Ran Gvili’s remains demonstrates benefits of cooperation between Israel, Qatar, Turkey and Egypt; says over 25 countries have joined Board of Peace
By Jacob Magid and Nava Freiberg
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walks outside his office at the Knesset in Jerusalem on January 26, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 27, 2026, 1:03 am
PM after Gvili’s return: Next phase in Gaza is not reconstruction, it’s demilitarization
Trump too says, ‘Now we have to disarm Hamas’; despite skepticism that terror group will agree, both leaders note that all hostages have returned, a result once seen as unlikely
By Nava Freiberg, Lazar Berman and Jacob Magid
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 20, 2026, 6:51 pm
Trump’s Gaza push is a recipe for Hamas’s revival, but Netanyahu is unwilling to stir the pot
As phase 2 coalesces with Turkey and Qatar in key positions, disarming the Gaza terror group seems increasingly unlikely, but the PM is betting it’s smarter to go along than go against the US president
By Lazar Berman
US special envoy Steve Witkof (2nd-L) reacts while Jared Kushner (C) and CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper (L) look on as US Vice President JD Vance speaks during a press conference, following a military briefing at the Civil-Military Coordination Center in southern Israel on October 21, 2025. (Nathan Howard/Pool/AFP)
December 16, 2025, 1:19 pm
US hosts forum in Qatar on international Gaza force, with Turkey left out
Over 45 countries, from major European and Middle Eastern powers to tiny states, convene in Doha, as proposed stabilization force continues to faces major challenges
By Lazar Berman
Hamas operatives search for the bodies of Israeli hostages in the Shejaiya neighborhood of Gaza City, November 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
December 14, 2025, 3:36 am
US State Department said to ask 70 countries to contribute to Gaza stabilization force
19 nations have expressed willingness to provide troops or logistical support, The Wall Street Journal reports, but deployment appears far off as details yet to be hammered out
By Lazar Berman
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at a donors conference in Cairo, Egypt, to help rebuild Gaza after the damage caused during Operation Protective Edge, Sunday, October 12, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Ahmed Foad, MENA)
October 13, 2014, 8:51 am
Abbas calls Cairo conference a ‘great success’
Palestinian leader says Gaza may disarm after PA elections, Hamas unable to launch new conflict with Israel
By Stuart Winer
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri (photo credit: YouTube screen capture)
September 29, 2014, 2:05 pm
Egyptian FM says demilitarizing Gaza not for discussion now
Sameh Shukri says Cairo is focused on promoting a lasting ceasefire, but hopes for international push for accord
By Spencer Ho
Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman speaking at a meeting in the Knesset to discuss Operation Protective Edge, on August 4, 2014. (photo credit: Flash90)
September 7, 2014, 5:14 pm
Gaza demilitarization demand unrealistic, FM admits
But Israel should continue to stress the point so the idea becomes accepted by the world, Liberman says
By Raphael Ahren
Finance Minister Yair Lapid speaks to reporters at the Government Press Office in Jerusalem on Sunday, August 31, 2014. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 31, 2014, 7:37 pm
Lapid calls for regional summit, Hamas demilitarization
Finance minister says Gaza operation costs will be covered by yearly budget, calls for PA control over border crossings of the Strip
By Marissa Newman
Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri. (AP/Hatem Moussa)
August 30, 2014, 11:53 pm
Hamas: Any attempt to disarm Gaza is ‘worthless’
Terror group’s spokesman says world should disarm Israel to stop it from killing ‘children and women’
By ToI Staff
Palestinian gunmen from the military wing of Hamas during what they termed a 'victory rally' amid the debris of destroyed houses in Shejaiya, a Hamas stronghold of Gaza City, Wednesday, August 27, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Adel Hana)
August 29, 2014, 1:00 pm
US reportedly pushing Gaza demilitarization at UN
Proposal calls for destruction of tunnels between Strip and Israel; will be presented to Security Council after Cairo next month
By Adiv Sterman
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