Gaza ceasefire

IDF strikes Gaza, Palestinian reports say at least 30 people dead

The recent IDF airstrikes in Gaza killed 32 people, according to Hamas-run health authorities cited by Reuters.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
Plumes of smoke rise after the IDF carried out house demolitions in the northern Gaza Strip in January. It is believed that between 80,000 and 200,000 tons of munitions were fired or dropped on Gaza over two years of war.
A Hamas policeman keeps guard at destroyed Hamas police headquarters, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, January 22, 2025.

How Hamas plans to survive Phase II of Gaza ceasefire with Turkey's help - analysis

This idea would seem to be an obvious non-starter for how to proceed in Gaza, especially as Israel and the Trump administration want to see Hamas disarmed.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A vehicle carries Egyptian soldiers near the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, in Rafah, Egypt, August 6, 2025

Rafah Border Crossing will be test for Gaza’s next stage - analysis

Regional expectations are growing that the Rafah crossing will reopen this week, but doubts remain over how fully Israel will allow movement, as the ceasefire enters a critical stage.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reacts at a joint press conference with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (not pictured) at the Prime Minister's Office, during Rubio's visit, in Jerusalem, September 15, 2025

Phase II runaway train: Gaza peace plan moves ahead, but Israel is being left behind - editorial

Netanyahu and his government should have devised a “day after” proposal that made Israel an integral partner, instead of kowtowing to Trump’s whims and the Board of Peace’s dictates.

|ByJPOST EDITORIAL

US tells UNSC diplomats to accept Trump's plan for Gaza or watch war return - New York Times

The report by the New York Times cited seven diplomats saying that US officials offered President Trump's Gaza deal as the only way to a peaceful solution for the situation in the Strip.

NOVEMBER 7, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Members of the United Nations Security Council meet on the day of a vote on a Gaza resolution that demands an immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan. March 25, 2024

Donald Trump's Gaza plan inverts the Abraham Accords formula - analysis

The Abraham Accords offered prosperity through peace; rehabilitating Gaza demands peace through prosperity.

NOVEMBER 6, 2025ByNAJWA ALSAEED
Gaza’s decades-long isolation, economic deprivation, and rule by militant factions has created a perpetual cycle of despair that fuels extremism.

Israel’s triumph amid tragedy: Why October 7 strengthened, not shattered, the nation - opinion

Thousands of wounded face months, years, perhaps lifetimes of rehabilitation. 

NOVEMBER 6, 2025ByAVI WEISS
FREED HOSTAGE Matan Angrest attends the funeral of Capt. Daniel Perez, his commander whose body had just been returned, at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem last month. Matan found the strength to eulogize Daniel, the writer notes.

IDF kills two terrorists trying to cross Yellow Line in central Gaza Strip

The military said that the terrorists were killed while attempting to cross the Yellow Line and approach troops stationed in the area.

NOVEMBER 5, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF troops operate in southern Gaza, November 4, 2025.

The dilemma of victory: Israel, Hamas, and Trump's role in Mideast peace - opinion

Despite the heavy blows it has sustained, Hamas is far from accepting unconditional surrender.

NOVEMBER 5, 2025ByZAKI SHALOM
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the Knesset last month: Israel’s relationship with the United States now depends, to a great extent, on Hamas’s conduct, according to the writer.

WATCH: IDF destroys hundred-meter long tunnel, rocket depot in northern Gaza

Two operations in northern Gaza were conducted and dismantled Hamas infrastructure, while undercover operations in the West Bank managed to detain Hamas operatives in Nablus.

NOVEMBER 4, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF troops under the Southern Command continue to operate in the vicinity of the Yellow Line.

Hostage remains identified as Itay Chen, last Israeli-American hostage held in Gaza

Notably, this leaves Hadar Goldin as the last remaining murdered hostage who was taken during active IDF service.

NOVEMBER 4, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Staff-Sergeant Itay Chen.

Turkey signals Hamas could hand over power in Gaza, as Turks seek influence in Strip - report

Emirati newspaper Al-Ain pointed out that recent actions taken by the Turkish government might indicate point to Hamas adharence to the ceasefire, while the Turks seek to gain influence in the Strip.

NOVEMBER 3, 2025BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A Hamas terrorist stands guard as workers search for hostage remains.

Senior Qatari diplomat warns that Gaza could end in a 'no war, no peace' situation

“We don’t want to reach a situation of no war, no peace,” Majed al-Ansari, adviser to Qatar’s prime minister and spokesperson for the foreign ministry warned.

NOVEMBER 2, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
View of destroyed buildings following an Israeli military operation in Gaza City, October 25, 2025

Omer Neutra's parents: Facing the impossible struggle for closure and certainty - opinion

In an op-ed written for the 'Post,' Omer Neutra's parents Ronen and Orna speak on fighting with everything they have for something no parent should ever have to fight for.

OCTOBER 31, 2025ByRONEN, ORNA NEUTRA
THE WRITERS take part in a vigil and news conference marking two years since the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas on Israel, at the Kennedy Center in Washington this month. ‘We are fighting with everything we have for something no parent should ever have to fight for,’ they assert.