Militia leader Hossam al Astal tells Sky News that the groups are part of a joint project to remove Hamas from power, and that they have the backing of several Arab and Western states. Israel may have agreed to stop fighting in Gaza, but it is backing armed groups that …

The ceasefire in the Gaza Strip which began on October 10, 2025, provided Hamas with anopportunity to deploy its security forces in areas evacuated by the IDF and to demonstrategovernance, despite the severe damage they suffered during the war. The Hamas security forces focused on fighting local clans accused of …

What’s new? Israel’s far-right government is restructuring the occupation of the West Bank, shifting governing powers from military to civilian agencies in order to gradually institute permanent control. With Israeli law reaching further into the territory and space for Palestinian independence shrinking, much of the territory has, in effect, already been …