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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 343

Hamas-Israel relations

In this picture released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry on Dec. 20, 2023, Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, left, welcomes Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian for their meeting in Doha, Qatar. (Iranian Foreign Ministry via AP)
December 21, 2023, 7:26 pm
Hamas says no hostage negotiations unless fighting in Gaza stops; Israel: No chance
Terror group says it won’t take part in talks as it sends Ismail Haniyeh to Cairo; Herzog to French official: Israel has ‘made it clear it is prepared for a humanitarian pause’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
IDF artillery fires shells at targets in Lebanon on April 25, 2022, after a rocket was fired into Israel (IDF Spokesperson)
April 18, 2023, 3:13 am
Israeli politics are in chaos. Are its enemies poised to take advantage?
For Hamas and Iran, Israel’s domestic strife is a sign of the Jewish state’s imminent collapse. As they seek new avenues for confrontation, the likelihood of war is rising
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal waves during a visit to the Islamic University in Gaza City, Dec. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
August 24, 2022, 3:18 pm
Begging royal mercy: How Israel recovered from the botched Mashaal hit, 25 years ago
Efraim Halevy, who handled the crisis with Jordan after the failed Mossad attempt to kill Hamas leader, recalls tense negotiations with King Hussein, with agents’ lives on the line
By Amir Bar Shalom
Palestinian supporters of Hamas, gather to celebrate the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel on May 21, 2021, in the West Bank town of Hebron. (HAZEM BADER / AFP)
August 1, 2021, 2:53 am
Hamas intensifies efforts to launch West Bank terror attacks — report
Kan news says key Gaza recruiter has contacted dozens in past few months to try and enlist them to carry out assaults
By ToI Staff
Rockets from Gaza, on right, are seen in the night sky fired towards Israel from Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on May 14, 2021, while Iron Dome interceptor missiles, on left, rise to meet them. (Anas Baba/AFP)
July 8, 2021, 8:35 am
Israel, Hamas on path to more violence, warns official familiar with Cairo talks
Israel’s conditioning of Gaza rehabilitation on return of captives and Hamas’s emboldening since May war have hampered progress in indirect negotiations
By Jacob Magid
Palestinians inspect destroyed buildings following overnight Israeli airstrikes in Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip, May 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
May 16, 2021, 1:35 am
While all eyes are on Gaza, Gaza is only half the story
The terror group fired its first massive rocket volley on Monday hoping for a quick, decisive exchange. Instead, it dragged beleaguered Gaza into the next Hezbollah war
By Haviv Rettig Gur
The Qatari envoy to the Gaza Strip, Mohammed al-Emadi, speaks during an interview in his office with AFP in Gaza City on August 24, 2019. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)
September 1, 2020, 5:37 pm
Qatari envoy said to meet Israeli gas company to discuss pipeline to Gaza
After Hamas-Israel ceasefire takes hold, Mohammad al-Emadi, credited with mediating truce, to also hold discussion with UN envoy Mladenov
By Aaron Boxerman
Palestinian men prepare to release balloon-borne explosive and incendiary devices toward Israel near Rafah, along the Israel-Gaza border, on August 21, 2020 (Fadi Fahd/Flash90)
August 27, 2020, 10:19 pm
Hamas: Truce talks have failed, Israel will receive ‘messages’ within hours
Report cites source in terror group saying Qatari envoy has left Gaza, ceasefire efforts collapsed due to Israeli insistence on ‘calm in return for calm’
By ToI Staff
A fireman seeks to put out a blaze caused by an arson balloon lofted from Gaza toward Israeli border communities on August 26, 2020. (Eshkol Regional Council)
August 26, 2020, 7:47 pm
Gaza arson balloons spark 33 fires in south while Qatar envoy still in Strip
Two incendiaries land inside communities, one near a playground where children were playing
By ToI Staff
An Israeli soldier extinguishes a fire in a field close to the southern kibbutz of Nir Am, near the border with the Gaza Strip on August 25, 2020, after it was set off by incendiary balloons launched from the Palestinian enclave. (Menahem KAHANA / AFP)
August 26, 2020, 4:58 am
IDF strikes Hamas targets in southern Gaza after continued arson balloon attacks
Strikes come hours after Qatari envoy arrives in Strip bringing $30 million in cash, seeking to ease Israel-Hamas tensions
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Palestinians receive financial aid from Qatar at a post office in Gaza City, November 27, 2019. (Hassan Jedi/Flash90)
August 26, 2020, 2:54 am
Qatar envoy arrives in Gaza with $30 million in cash seeking to placate Hamas
Arson balloons from Gaza spark 29 fires in Israel Tuesday; airborne bomb launched by terrorists explodes in basketball court in Netivot, as escalation continues
By ToI Staff and Agencies
View of a fire near kibbutz Be'eri, caused by incendiary balloons launched from the Gaza Strip, on August 13, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 25, 2020, 10:14 pm
Arson balloons from Gaza spark 29 fires in Israel Tuesday
Airborne bomb launched by terrorists explodes in basketball court in Netivot, as escalation continues
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Smoke and flames rise in the distance after war planes belonging to the Israeli army carried out airstrikes over Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, on August 20, 2020. (SAID KHATIB / AFP)
August 25, 2020, 5:17 am
IDF strikes Hamas targets in southern Gaza after continued arson balloon attacks
Hamas warns no end to Gaza violence until Israel completely lifts blockade; dozens of airborne devices cause at least 36 fires in southern Israel
By ToI Staff
A volunteer attempts to extinguish a fire started by an incendiary device launched from the Gaza Strip, on the Israeli side of the border between Israel and Gaza, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
August 25, 2020, 1:29 am
Four Palestinian Islamic Jihad members killed in apparent bomb-making accident
Hamas warns no end to Gaza violence until Israel completely lifts blockade; dozens of arson balloons cause at least 36 fires in southern Israel
By ToI Staff
A suspected balloon-borne explosive device lands outside a community in the Hof Ashkelon region of southern Israel on August 24, 2020. (Israel Police)
August 24, 2020, 8:10 pm
Suspected Gaza bomb lands in air force base as Israel threatens to up reprisals
At least 36 fires sparked in southern Israel by airborne arson attacks from the Strip as tensions rise along the border
By Judah Ari Gross
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