Hamas is rushing to reassert control over the territory it has ruled since 2007. Its leaders sound exuberant—at least in public. In private, they are arguing bitterly. The war has deepened a longtime struggle between the group’s political and military leaders and has saddled it with enormous challenges.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi made the suggestion in response to President Donald Trump's "clean out" Gaza proposal.

Iranian Army Chief Maj. Gen. Abdolrahim Mousavi mocked Israel following the ceasefire in Gaza, stating that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to achieve any of his declared goals. He emphasized that Hamas members were returning home with "victory and pride" and declared that resistance would ultimately prevail against any power.

Iran is expected to directly attack Israel in response to the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on Wednesday morning, according to a New York Times report citing three sources.

The sources said that while Hamas has successfully recruited new members, many are young and untrained and are being used for simple security purposes.

US President Joe Biden called the issue of arrest warrants “outrageous” and stressed “there is no equivalence — none — between Israel and Hamas. By TOVAH LAZAROFF US President Joe ...

Hamas faces an uncertain future post-ceasefire, grappling with leadership losses, declining foreign support, and strained relations with Palestinian factions. Amid pragmatic concessions and resistance rhetoric,

Nicole Grajewski is a Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and an Associate with the Project on Managing the Atom at the Harvard Kennedy School. She is the author of Russia and Iran: Partners in Defiance From Syria to Ukraine.

For the Islamist militant group, armed struggle now looks like a dead end. Its future in Gaza depends on the civilian politburo.

US President Joe Biden maintains that the deal was finally reached because of the US-backed Israeli military pressure on Hamas and Iran’s other proxies. In his first remarks following the implementation of the deal’s first three hostage releases,

Hamas freed four female soldiers on Saturday ... Israel seems ready to respond in a much more forceful and public way with Iran after Tehran launched its second massive missile attack on Israel ...