The Latest Breaking News from Hamas

The UN’s chief is at the centre of diplomatic tension with Israel, but all sides have been critical of the global body.

Demonstrations held by the families of those held by Hamas continue to pressure the government to secure their release.

Since Israel imposed a blockade on Gaza in the wake of Hamas’s October 7 terrorist attack, many Gazans in search of medical care for their children have found themselves stuck in Ramallah, in the West Bank. Some have not heard from their loved ones for days or even weeks, and…

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The First Minister’s in-laws are currently trapped in to the Middle East.

Israeli officials are outraged over U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ comment that the deadly Hamas attack on southern Israel “did not happen in a vacuum,” calling it justification for terrorism

UN chief Antonio Guterres said the killing of 1,400 Israelis came after Palestinians had been ‘subjected to 56 years of suffocating occupation’.

The UN agency that provides aid for Palestinian refugees has become embroiled in allegations some staff were involved in the Hamas attacks on Israel

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