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L: Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer at the Jewish News Syndicate conference in Jerusalem, on April 28, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90); R: US envoy Steve Witkoff speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on May 28, 2025. (AP/Evan Vucci)
October 7, 2025, 7:00 pm
PM’s office reports progress in talks on Gaza deal as top negotiators set to join
Israeli official tells ToI there is ‘optimism, but very cautious,’ warns ‘Hamas can add obstacles at any moment and leave’; terror group hails ‘glorious success’ of Oct. 7 two years on
By Lazar Berman, Jacob Magid, Nurit Yohanan and Agencies
People attend a funeral held for those killed by an Israeli attack in Doha, including Corporal Badr Saad Mohammed Al-Humaidi Al-Dosari, a member of the Internal Security Force, at the Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Wahhab Mosque in Doha, Qatar, September 11, 2025, in this screengrab obtained from a video feed. (Qatar TV/Reuters TV via REUTERS)
September 11, 2025, 8:36 pm
Hamas says Israeli strike on Doha was ‘assassination of the entire negotiation process’
Funeral for six killed in airstrike held in Qatar, with a number of Hamas officials spotted alongside Qatari emir, while others conspicuously absent from proceedings
By Agencies and Nurit Yohanan
An aerial view shows security forces uncovering a Hamas tunnel along the northern Gaza border, in an image published by the IDF on August 15, 2022. The fence on the left is Israel's old barrier along the internationally recognized border, and the right fence is the new one, with the underground barrier. (Israel Defense Forces)
August 15, 2022, 5:06 pm
Hamas says Israel using foiled attack tunnel as distraction from its Gaza ‘crimes’
After the IDF announced it had discovered and destroyed the passageway, terror group says Palestinians have ‘full right to act in any way to strengthen their capabilities’
By Ash Obel
Illustrative: A fireball lights up the night sky above buildings near Khan Younis in southern Gaza, as IDF planes hit a Hamas site in the Palestinian enclave, on June 17, 2021. (Screen capture)
June 17, 2021, 11:28 pm
IDF hits targets across Gaza after arson attacks, readies for renewed fighting
Israel threatens fresh campaign as it bombs rocket launchers and Hamas sites after 3rd day of fires sparked by incendiary balloons; Hamas derides ‘theatrics’
By Judah Ari Gross
Smoke rises in the distance after IDF planes carried out airstrikes on Hamas targets near Gaza City on August 28, 2020. (MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)
August 28, 2020, 11:29 am
Hamas: ‘We will exact a heavy price from anyone who lays siege to Gaza’
Terror group issues warning after 6 projectiles launched at south in apparent response to earlier Israeli bombing of terror group’s sites, followed by 2nd wave of strikes
By ToI Staff and Judah Ari Gross
A youth moves debris on a rooftop following an Israeli air strike east of al-Bureij in the central Gaza Strip on August 15, 2020. (MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)
August 15, 2020, 10:37 am
Hamas: Israel will ‘bear consequences’ after 2 kids said lightly hurt in strikes
Terror group says red line crossed in ‘dangerous escalation’; IDF hits sites it says linked to Gaza rulers after balloon-borne incendiary devices spark over 100 fires in past week
By ToI Staff
Hamas Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades' spokesperson Abu Obeida in a speech marking the anniversary of the 2011 kidnapping of Gilad Shalit on June 25, 2020. (Screenshot)
June 25, 2020, 4:51 pm
Hamas: Israeli annexation would be declaration of war
‘We will make the enemy bite his fingers in remorse for this sinful decision,’ official in terror group’s military wing says in speech marking anniversary of Shalit kidnapping
By Aaron Boxerman
A bunch of balloons attached to an incendiary device is prepared to be flown into Israel, near the Israel-Gaza border east of Al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, January 22, 2020. (Ail Ahmed/ Flash90)
February 9, 2020, 8:34 pm
Hamas says PM’s ‘miserable attempt’ to frighten it with military op won’t work
Terror group warns against ‘foolishness’ of Israeli action in Gaza, vows to continue campaign of resistance after PM threatens harsh response to attacks
By ToI Staff
Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum pauses during an interview with The Associated Press in Gaza City, February 7, 2012. (AP/Hatem Mousa)
December 26, 2019, 3:16 pm
Hamas, Israel trade barbs after rocket fire during Netanyahu rally
Terror group blames ‘Zionist enemy’ for escalation, boasts it has caused ‘confusion and despair’ in Israel; ministers warn full-scale Gaza operation could be near
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: An explosion is seen following an Israel airstrike in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip early on November 27, 2019. (SAID KHATIB / AFP)
November 27, 2019, 8:52 am
Bennett threatens response to all rocket fire, whether they hit or not
Defense minister issues warning after attack on south leads to overnight wave of IDF strikes on Hamas targets in Gaza; terror group says strikes won’t change balance of power
By ToI Staff
A picture taken in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 5, 2019 shows an explosion following an airstrike by Israel. (Said Khatib/AFP)
August 17, 2019, 12:31 pm
Hamas: Israeli strikes in Gaza meant to distract from West Bank attacks
Spokesman for terror group says Israeli raids after rocket fire from Strip send a ‘message of escalation and aggression’
By ToI Staff
The wreckage of what was once a building housing the offices of Hamas chairmain Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza City on March 26, 2019, the morning after it was destroyed by Israeli strikes in response to a rocket from the Palestinian enclave that hit a house and wounded seven Israelis. (Israel Defense Forces)
March 26, 2019, 2:22 pm
Gaza groups said to pledge not to escalate as long as IDF halts raids
Weekly protest scheduled for Tuesday at border between Israel and the Strip canceled; schools and businesses reopen in Gaza City
By Adam Rasgon
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah (C) chairs a reconciliation government cabinet meeting in Gaza City on October 3, 2017. (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
February 28, 2019, 10:49 pm
Abbas to appoint PM to lead new government ‘within days,’ Fatah official says
Hussein al-Sheikh says priority will be to put forward ‘a contingency plan to confront’ Israel’s recent move to withhold Palestinian tax funds
By Adam Rasgon
File: Masked operatives from the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas terror group, ride vehicles as they commemorate the 30th anniversary of their group, in Gaza City, December 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
January 17, 2019, 1:02 pm
Hamas military wing says member dies in ‘weapon-related error’
Palestinian terror group fighter killed while ‘taking up a position’ in the border area between Israel and Gaza
By Adam Rasgon
Illustrative: A Palestinian protester uses a slingshot to hurl stones at Israeli forces across the border fence, during clashes following a demonstration along the border with Israel east of Gaza City on January 11, 2019. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)
January 13, 2019, 8:39 am
After Israeli strikes, Hamas warns ‘escalation won’t bring security’
Weekend attacks from Gaza, including a rocket fired on south, prompt bombing of ‘underground structures’ in northern Strip
By ToI Staff
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