Israel-Hamas conflict

Stories relating to the conflict between Israel and Hamas militants

Israel awaits Hamas response to Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal

‘Distinct possibility’ of getting deal done before US president Joe Biden leaves office

Mon Jan 13 2025 - 21:36

High-level Israeli security delegation in Doha for Gaza talks

Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, met Netanyahu on Saturday

Sun Jan 12 2025 - 15:58

Israeli military names hostage killed alongside father in Gaza as forces continue to pound enclave

Israeli defence minister orders military to present plan for total defeat of Hamas in Gaza if it does not release its hostages before Donald Trump’s inauguration

Fri Jan 10 2025 - 16:12

Far-right Zionist leader says Israel is ‘preparing hell for Hamas’

Bezalel Smotrich calls for country to take over ‘entire civil management of Gaza Strip’ and cut humanitarian aid to Palestinians to minimum

Thu Jan 09 2025 - 08:38

President criticises Nato’s ‘appalling’ call for increased military spending

Michael D Higgins implores young scientists to commit to welfare of all global citizens and counter war rhetoric

Wed Jan 08 2025 - 17:56

Israeli strikes ‘kill dozens’ in Gaza amid stepped up ceasefire push

US, Qatar and Egypt make most serious attempt yet to reach deal, source says, as Israeli bombardments continue

Wed Jan 08 2025 - 15:40

International Court of Justice receives Ireland’s intervention in South Africa’s case against Israel

South Africa has alleged genocide by Israel during the war in Gaza

Wed Jan 08 2025 - 13:57

Hamas stands by demands for Israel to end assault on Gaza in ongoing ceasefire talks

Three Palestinians killed in the West Bank as Israeli military operations intensify

Tue Jan 07 2025 - 17:02

Blinken calls for push to get Gaza truce deal over ‘finish line’ before end of Biden presidency

Israel continues intense bombardment of Palestinian enclave, killing at least 48 in most recent attacks

Mon Jan 06 2025 - 18:09

Israeli strikes kill at least 14 in Gaza as mediators step up efforts reach ceasefire deal

Palestinian medics say more than 200 people injured in attacks by Israel in 24 hours

Sun Jan 05 2025 - 16:47

‘I hope that one day I can visit my parents’ graves’: new reality for Gazans with ‘life-changing injuries’

A UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights report found children aged five-nine accounted for the largest number of dead in Israel’s military onslaught, followed by 10-14 year olds and then babies and children aged 0-four

Sun Jan 05 2025 - 15:00

Israeli strike kills 12 in Gaza City as mediators make new push for ceasefire

Sixty-two people killed over the last day amid surge in Israeli operations in Gaza

Sat Jan 04 2025 - 13:34

US maintains support for Israel’s war in Gaza with planned $8 billion arms sale

Biden administration says it is helping its ally defend against Iran-backed militant groups like Hamas

Sat Jan 04 2025 - 09:12

Gaza: Israeli air strikes kill more than 110 in two days amid fresh ceasefire push

Israel’s military claims it hit around 40 Hamas gathering points and command centres while taking measures to reduce harm to civilians

Fri Jan 03 2025 - 16:40

Israeli strikes kill at least 54 across Gaza, including 11 in tent encampment for families, medics say

Israel’s Binyamin Netanyahu approves delegation to resume Gaza ceasefire talks in Doha, PM’s office says

Thu Jan 02 2025 - 19:19

Israeli strikes on Gaza City suburb kill eight, Palestinian medics say

Israeli military tells residents in central Gaza to evacuate from area where militants were firing rockets

Wed Jan 01 2025 - 16:58

‘Everything is gone’: How Israeli forces destroyed Jabaliya refugee camp

Close observers are struggling to understand the intensity of Israel’s focus on Jabaliya, an area that has become an unrecognisable wasteland of rubble

Wed Jan 01 2025 - 11:00

Hundreds take part in Dublin vigil to show support for Palestinian journalists

Members of Irish press gather for Irish Palestine Solidarity Campaign’s New Year’s Eve vigil

Tue Dec 31 2024 - 18:57

Ireland’s most senior Catholic cleric criticises ‘merciless’ Israeli response to Hamas attacks

Archbishop Eamon Martin says he is ‘conscious’ such criticism attracts accusation of antisemitism but Israel’s actions are ‘disproportionate’

Tue Dec 31 2024 - 18:00

Newborn freezes to death in Gaza as thousands of displaced face winter cold and heavy rain

Jumaa al-Batran is one of six Palestinians who have died of exposure and cold in recent days

Tue Dec 31 2024 - 16:26

Israel’s hospital attacks have put Gaza healthcare on brink of collapse, says UN

New report catalogues besieging and targeting of hospitals with explosives and killing of medical staff

Tue Dec 31 2024 - 16:13

Israel warns Houthis they risk sharing same ‘miserable fate’ as Hamas and Hizbullah

UN hears Israel has the ability to strike any target in the Middle East, including Iran

Tue Dec 31 2024 - 13:11

Ten predictions experts made about the world in 2025. All of them are wrong

When it comes to predicting the future, you might as well ask an astrologer as a rational expert

Tue Dec 31 2024 - 07:05

Unstable new world order has frightening echoes of 1930s and 1940s

Trump’s re-election fuels global turmoil in which Putin is the biggest of many autocrats blending kleptocracy and dictatorship. US institutions and international treaties are fading, and Ukraine and Palestine have been betrayed

Tue Dec 31 2024 - 06:45

One of the casualties of 12 months of war in the Middle East was the rule of international law

In the space of a single year, the Islamic Republic of Iran effectively lost three of the key elements in its so-called axis of resistance

Mon Dec 30 2024 - 07:00

Israel orders any remaining residents of Gaza’s Beit Hanoun to leave

Palestinian and UN officials say no place is safe in Gaza and that evacuations worsen humanitarian conditions

Sun Dec 29 2024 - 18:12

Gaza: Israel detains 240 Palestinians including medics after hospital raid

WHO ‘appalled’ by raid that put northern Gaza’s last major hospital out of service

Sat Dec 28 2024 - 19:22

Israeli forces raid northern Gaza hospital, ordering hundreds to evacuate

At least 25 killed in latest strikes by Israel on Palestinian enclave, including 15 in one Gaza City house

Fri Dec 27 2024 - 13:10

Gaza: Five journalists killed in air strike by Israel which it says targeted militants

Hamas and Israel trade blame over failure to conclude ceasefire agreement despite recent reported progress

Thu Dec 26 2024 - 13:27

The Irish Times view on the world in 2024: democracy under strain

A year of terrible wars and the re-invigoration of populist politics which has all underlined deeply worrying trends in international relations

Thu Dec 26 2024 - 06:00

Ajax-Maccabi Tel Aviv: Five men sentenced to up to six months in jail over Amsterdam violence

Series of violent incidents took place between pro-Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli fans around match on November 8th

Tue Dec 24 2024 - 18:41

Israeli troops force evacuation of patients out of north Gaza hospital, ministry says

The Indonesian Hospital is one of the Gaza Strip’s few still partially functioning hospitals

Tue Dec 24 2024 - 16:35

Micheál Martin calls for ceasefires in Sudan and Gaza as regions are threatened by famine

Tánaiste says hunger caused by conflicts is being exacerbated by denial of humanitarian aid by warring parties

Tue Dec 24 2024 - 16:21

Israeli air strikes in Gaza kill at least 20, including eight in designated humanitarian zone

Israel receives major boost as pro-Iranian militias in Iraq announce they are stopping their attacks against Israel

Mon Dec 23 2024 - 18:10