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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 622

postwar Gaza

Palestinians move with their belongings as they flee the northern cities of Jabalia and Beit Lahia Gaza Strip towards Gaza City amid continuous Israeli strikes in the besieged Palestinian enclave on May 17, 2025. (Bashar Taleb/AFP)
May 18, 2025, 9:59 am
US embassy in Libya denies report of plans to relocate Gazans to country
Mission rejects NBC report US is in ‘serious’ talks to move up to 1 million Palestinians to war-torn North African country
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Palestinians inspect the rubble following an Israeli strike on a fishing harbor in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, March 22, 2025. (Eyad Baba/AFP)
March 22, 2025, 6:48 pm
Fatah urges Hamas to cede power in Gaza to safeguard ‘Palestinians’ existence’
Hamas spokesman says terrorist organization has ‘no aspiration to govern Gaza’; group’s control of enclave remains major obstacle in negotiations over permanent ceasefire
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Palestinian Hamas fighters and people gather in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip, as preparations take place for the release of three Israeli hostages as part of the seventh hostage-prisoner swap on February 22, 2025. (Bashar Taleb / AFP)
March 19, 2025, 7:16 pm
Hamas squandered the few chances it had left. Will Netanyahu do the same?
Even after Trump took office, Hamas had opportunities to move toward the 2nd phase of the ceasefire deal. That window has closed, but will Israel now pursue a clear plan for victory?
By Lazar Berman
Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Damascus, on March 10, 2025. (SANA via AP)
March 17, 2025, 7:28 pm
US, Israel see Syria as possible home for relocated Gazans, says report
Sources tell CBS that new government in Damascus has been approached as part of Trump’s Gaza plan, alongside Sudan and Somalia; Netanyahu’s office declines to comment
By Lazar Berman
A youth pushes a bicycle loaded with filled-up water containers outside the Southern Gaza Desalination plant, which stopped working after Israel cut off electricity to the Gaza Strip, in Deir el-Balah in the center of the Palestinian territory on March 10, 2025. (Eyad BABA/AFP)
March 11, 2025, 11:32 am
Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan condemn Israeli electricity cut to Gaza water plant
Arab states call for immediate resumption of aid and power amid Israeli pressure campaign to free hostages, as Rubio discusses Strip’s reconstruction in Riyadh
By AFP
Palestinians refill on water next to a destroyed mosque at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on March 3, 2025. (Eyad BABA / AFP)
March 4, 2025, 9:17 am
Arab leaders set to huddle in Cairo over alternative to Trump’s Gaza plan
Proposal would see interim international rule of Strip in place of Hamas and PA, wouldn’t require displacement of Palestinians
By Agencies and ToI Staff
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, center, walks with United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan as they meet at ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, February 19, 2025. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)
February 19, 2025, 2:38 pm
UAE tells Rubio it rejects displacement of Palestinians from Gaza
Emirati president meets US secretary of state in Abu Dhabi, links two-state solution for Israeli-Palestinian conflict to rebuilding of war-ravaged enclave
By Agencies and ToI Staff
An aerial photograph taken by a drone shows tents amidst the destruction from war in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, on February 17, 2025. (Mohammad Abu Samra/AP)
February 18, 2025, 9:08 am
Egypt developing plan to rebuild Gaza as counter to Trump’s call to depopulate area
Scheme envisions establishing ‘secure areas’ where Palestinians can live, and an administration not aligned with either Hamas or PA to oversee territory during reconstruction
By AP and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a joint news conference with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (not in picture) at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, February 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg,Pool)
February 17, 2025, 6:04 pm
Hamas said to agree to cede Gaza governance to PA; Netanyahu: ‘Not going to happen’
PM also reiterates he’s ‘committed’ to Trump’s Gaza plan; Hebrew media says Ramallah’s ‘pay-to-slay’ stipends to terrorists ongoing despite Abbas’s decree canceling them
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan, hosting a meeting of top diplomats from the Middle East and Europe to discuss Syria, poses for a picture with the participants in Riyadh on January 12, 2025. (Fayez Nureldine/AFP)
February 14, 2025, 5:46 pm
Arab countries scramble to offer Trump an alternate proposal for post-war Gaza
Egyptian plan would see terror group Hamas sidelined in governance of coastal enclave; issue to be discussed at end of month in Riyadh
By Pesha Magid, Samia Nakhoul, Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Ahmed Mohamed Hassan
US President Donald Trump arrives on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, February 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
February 10, 2025, 2:58 pm
Moscow doesn’t reject Trump’s Gaza plan outright; Turkey, Hamas say it’s doomed
Kremlin says it’s awaiting details, 2.2 million ousted Palestinians would be ‘probably the main issue’; Erdogan: Instead of ‘2nd Nakba,’ Israel should pay for damage to Strip
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference with President Donald Trump in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
February 10, 2025, 10:01 am
Netanyahu believes he’s Israel’s man of destiny. Now is his moment of truth
The PM argues only he can destroy Hamas, stop Iran, make peace with the Saudis, and ensure Israel’s survival. He will either prove that claim — or show it was just a ruse to cling to power
By Lazar Berman
People walk past an electronic billboard that shows US President Donald Trump, left, shaking hands with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman with the pro-normalization message 'We are ready,' in Tel Aviv, February 3, 2025. (AP Photo/ Ariel Schalit)
February 9, 2025, 12:13 pm
Netanyahu panned for saying Palestinians could have state in Saudi territory
‘They have a lot of land,’ PM tells right-wing Channel 14; Riyadh decries Israel’s ‘extremist, occupying mentality’; Arab League says remarks are a ‘complete detachment from reality’
By ToI Staff and Reuters
Model illustration of a new Gaza Strip, from the X account of Dr. Kobby Barda; inset: Professor Joseph Pelzman (courtesy)
February 7, 2025, 5:47 pm
The man with the plan: DC prof sent Trump study on Gaza relocation, development in July
GWU economics professor Joseph Pelzman wrote detailed proposal for Trump’s team; says ‘you have to destroy the whole place, restart from scratch’
By Tal Schneider
US President Donald Trump (center) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu look to Vice President JD Vance in the Oval Office of the White House, February 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP/Evan Vucci)
February 6, 2025, 2:21 pm
Report: Trump held no meetings on Gaza takeover plan before announcement
New York Times says president did not explore ‘feasibility’ or outline any details; George Washington University prof says he presented Trump’s campaign with similar plan last year
By ToI Staff
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