Under Hamas, Gaza has been in a state of conflict with Israel. ... an underground barrier to prevent and detect tunneling, and a naval barrier to prevent naval frogman infiltration.

Israel says it killed Hamas leader as desperation grows in Gaza 02:52. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that the de facto leader of Hamas, Mohammed Sinwar, has been killed.

The White House denounced Hamas’s response on Saturday to a new American cease-fire proposal as totally unacceptable and said it “only takes us backward” after the group sought firmer ...

As Hamas struggles to maintain control in Gaza, new aid mechanisms expose its governance failures, increasing public calls for an end to the war and for hostages' return.

Middle East conflict . Israel’s military launched a large-scale bombing campaign on the Gaza Strip on March 18, breaking the fragile ceasefire with Hamas that had been in place since late January.

Hamas said it has submitted a response to the latest ceasefire proposal by U.S. Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff to mediators on Saturday, reiterating its key demands.

Israel Katz, the Israeli defense minister, threatened Mr. Haddad on Saturday night as well as Khalil al-Hayya, one of Hamas’s leaders in exile, saying they would share a similar fate to Mr. Sinwar.

The head of Hamas and younger brother of Oct. 7 mastermind Yahya Sinwar has been killed in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed Wednesday. Mohammed Sinwar, who became Hamas ...

President Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff said he received a response to the hostage proposal from the Palestinian militant group Hamas, slamming it as “totally unacceptable” and ...

That’s the game Hamas is playing in Gaza. A new aid facility opened in Rafah on Tuesday, the launch of a plan to distribute meals in safe locations rather than send aid trucks across Gaza for ...

Hamas on Saturday said it had responded to a U.S. ceasefire proposal, saying in a brief statement that the group sought a permanent ceasefire, “a comprehensive withdrawal from the Gaza Strip ...

The Hamas response is similar to an earlier proposal to release 10 hostages, as well as a number of hostages' remains during the cease-fire in exchange for 1,100 Palestinian prisoners.