First major winter rains pummel Gaza, destroying makeshift shelters The first heavy rainfall of the season has sent water cascading through the Muwasi tent camp in the Gaza Strip The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2025
It ain't no joke: Putin and Trump caricatures win top prizes at World Press Cartoon awards The World Press Cartoon 2025 awards have given pride of place to Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin with caricatures of the two leaders earning top prizes. Global warming and the war in the Gaza Strip also featured heavily on press pages this year. Euronews · Nov 13, 2025
How wars ravage the environment – and what international law is doing about it People across the Gaza Strip have been returning to towns and cities badly damaged by the war after a fragile ceasefire took effect in October. Eventually, their lives will be restored and their homes will be built back. But the climate consequences of the war will remain for years to… The Conversation · Nov 4, 2025
Trump’s ability to counter Netanyahu’s spoiler tactics in public may have been key to advancing a ceasefire in Gaza After two years of devastating war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas forces in the Gaza Strip, President Donald Trump declared an end to the war on Oct. 14, 2025. The peace plan includes a Hamas commitment to return all hostages and a withdrawal of Israeli forces. The Conversation · Oct 31, 2025
Israeli military launches fresh strikes on ‘terrorist infrastructure’ in Gaza as ceasefire continues to falter Latest attacks will put further pressure on a two week ‘ceasefire’ that has already seen scores of deaths The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2025
Hamas expands search for hostage bodies in Gaza as Egypt joins effort The widespread destruction across the Gaza Strip has made it difficult for Hamas to locate and recover the bodies of the remaining Israeli hostages, who may be buried beneath the rubble. Euronews · Oct 26, 2025
Hamas expands search for hostages' bodies in Gaza as Egypt joins effort Hamas has expanded its search for the bodies of hostages in new areas of the Gaza Strip The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2025
Five Things To Know About Gaza's Rafah Border Crossing The reopening of the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, part of US President Donald Trump's plan for the Palestinian territory, remains on hold despite calls from the UN and aid groups. International Business Times · Oct 20, 2025
Israeli military bomb Gaza as IDF and Hamas accused of breaking ceasefire Less than a week since the ceasefire came into effect, thick plumes of smoke can be seen rising from Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, October 19. The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2025
Trump says ceasefire to hold after Israel airstrikes on Hamas in Rafah Trump says the ceasefire is still in place after Israel conducted airstrikes in Rafah, stating Hamas was violating the truce. Euronews · Oct 19, 2025
Why haven't Uefa and Fifa suspended Israel from international competitions? Pressure is mounting on international football authorities to exclude the Israeli national team from their tournaments, following the United Nations declaration that Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip. But despite protests by fans and players, governing bodies show few signs of taking a stand. Radio France Internationale · Oct 18, 2025
UN Aid Chief Foresees 'Massive Job' Ahead On Tour Of Ruined Gaza The United Nations' aid chief took stock of the monumental task of restoring basic necessities in the devastated Gaza Strip on Saturday, and Israel received the remains of another October 7 hostage as a ceasefire entered its second week. International Business Times · Oct 18, 2025
Gaza awaits the reopening of the Rafah border crossing, its link to the outside world Palestinians and aid workers are eagerly awaiting the reopening of the Rafah border crossing, which is the Gaza Strip’s lifeline for food and other aid and its only gateway to the outside world that wasn’t controlled by Israel before the war The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2025
Gazans Return To Damaged Mosques For First Post-truce Friday Prayers Thousands of worshippers returned on Friday to the Gaza Strip's few intact and many damaged mosques, where for the first time in months loudspeakers blared the Islamic call to prayer. International Business Times · Oct 17, 2025
The Conversation · Oct 16, 2025 With 83% of its buildings destroyed, Gaza needs more than money to rebuild The Gaza Strip is a tortured piece of land that is about 40km long and 11km wide. Some 2.3 million souls are crammed into a space of around 360 square kilometres. This is barely larger than central Sydney.
The Independent UK · Oct 15, 2025 Photos show Gaza’s destruction as families return to what's left of their homes Two years of war between Israel and Hamas have left the Gaza Strip in shambles.
The Conversation · Oct 15, 2025 Hamas is battling powerful clans for control in Gaza – who are these groups and what threat do they pose? Despite the euphoria surrounding the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, Gaza is still wracked with violence.
The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2025 Drone footage shows Gaza before and after war in shocking scale of destruction Drone footage shows the devastating extent of destruction the Gaza Strip with pre and post-conflict images of the besieged city.
The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2025 Voices: Sorry, Donald Trump, but that’s not what I call a peace deal COMMENT: No other world leader could have brought about this sequence of events to end the war in Gaza – but what happens when the US president’s boastful speeches stop, asks former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert
Euronews · Oct 14, 2025 Peace in Gaza: What does the road ahead look like and will Europe remain 'irrelevant'? Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently told Euronews that Europe had become "irrelevant" in the Middle East peace process. Now that reconstruction and stability in Gaza are on the agenda, can Europe regain some leverage?
The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2025 From a hilltop village and across Israel: Tears of joy as the living hostages are returned Across Israel, it's a day of joy and tears with families, loved ones and friends waiting anxiously as Hamas began releasing the last living hostages held captive for over two years in the Gaza Strip
The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2025 What to know as Israel and Gaza await the release of hostages, prisoners, aid -- and Trump's visit Anticipation built across Israel, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank Sunday as the ceasefire held into a third day
Euronews · Oct 12, 2025 Who are the hostages Israel believes are still alive? Hamas is due to release the 48 hostages still being held in Gaza, most of them kidnapped during their 7 October 2023 attack on Israel. 20 of them are believed to be alive, with the fate of two more still unknown.
International Business Times · Oct 10, 2025 'Full Of Sorrow': Gazans Trek Home As Truce Begins Full of grief after two years of war but glad to be going home, thousands of displaced Palestinians set off across the Gaza Strip on Friday, as a truce between Israel and Hamas took hold.
The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2025 Israeli Cabinet approves 'outline' of deal to release hostages held by Hamas Israel’s Cabinet has approved President Donald Trump’s plan for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of all the remaining hostages held by Hamas, a key step toward ending a ruinous two-year war that has destabilized the Middle East