Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A hostages-and-prisoners exchange and armistice to end the Gaza war were agreed to by Israel and Hamas on 15 January 2025, and came into effect on 19 January. The proposal was first drafted by mediators from the United States, Egypt, and Qatar, accepted by Hamas on 5 May 2024 and presented by U.S. president Joe Biden on 31 May. [1]
Israel occupied the Gaza Strip during the Six Day War, capturing it from Egypt along with the Sinai peninsula.In 1970, the first Israeli settlement was built. In 1993, as part of the Oslo Accords, the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel agreed to an outline for Palestinians to self-govern in the Palestinian territories.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Gaza war Part of the Gaza–Israel conflict, the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, and the Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present) Gaza Strip under Palestinian control Furthest Israeli advance in Gaza Strip Evacuated areas inside Israel Maximum extent of the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel Areas of ...
6 November: Palestinian death toll tops 10,000. More than 10,000 in Gaza are killed in the first month of war, according to Gaza’s health ministry.
An end of 2024 estimate puts the population of the Strip at 2.1 million. [11] Gaza is bordered by Egypt on the southwest and Israel on the east and north. Its capital is Gaza City and its largest city is currently Rafah. [d]
The Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip is a major part of the Gaza war. Starting on 7 October 2023, immediately after the Hamas-led attack on Israel, Israel began bombing the Gaza Strip. On 13 October, Israel began ground operations in Gaza, and on 27 October, a full-scale invasion was launched.
A protester in Israel called for an end to the conflict in early January 2025 [Reuters] Israel and Hamas have agreed to a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal, the US and mediators Qatar have said.
JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Hamas stood by its demand on Tuesday that Israel fully end its assault on Gaza under any deal to release hostages, and said U.S. President-elect Donald Trump was rash to ...