Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz have quietly given the go-ahead for rehabilitation work to begin in southern Gaza, despite vowing that reconstruction would only take place once the Hamas group was disarmed, Army Radio reported.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel will not withdraw from its current lines in Gaza until Hamas has completely disarmed and pushed back on a recent deal announced by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel has not agreed to the Board of Peace’s disarmament plan, which was accepted by Hamas last week.
Turkish National Intelligence Organization Director Ibrahim Kalin met with the new head of the radical movement Hamas’s Politburo, Khalil al-Hayya, in Ankara to discuss a roadmap for transiting to the second stage of U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza.
Hamas has called on mediators to pressure Israel into agreeing to a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
According to Hamas, it will not initiate disarmament until certain conditions are fulfilled.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that an agreement on the full disarmament of Hamas had been reached.
Khalil al-Hayya has been appointed as the new head of Hamas's Politburo, replacing Yahya Sinwar, who was killed in October 2024.
Hamas has asked Iran for more funding, according to Arab sources.
The Israeli military reported the elimination of two Hamas Nuhba unit commanders in northern Gaza, noting they had posed a threat to Israeli forces.
Israel has wiped out a Hamas weapons production site in the city of Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said.
The Israeli military has confirmed the death of a Hamas commander in Gaza, describing him as a participant in the October 2023 assault on Israel.
Hamas has announced its intention to hand over governing authority in Gaza after two decades in power, and has invited a US-backed interim administration to take over the running of the Palestinian territory.
The Hamas government in Gaza has resigned, and authority will now be transferred to a newly created national committee to administer the Strip.
Several thousand Israelis took part in anti-government rallies across all major cities on Saturday evening.
Israeli forces, in coordination with the Shin Bet intelligence agency, eliminated Ismail Masri, head of Hamas's military security service.
An Israeli strike in the Gaza Strip this week killed two Hamas officials who were reportedly responsible for transferring funds to the group's armed wing.
Earlier, the Israeli military had killed the organization's chief financier
Türkiye's intelligence chief held a meeting with a Hamas delegation, focusing on the situation in the Gaza Strip, including matters related to maintaining the ceasefire.
The Israeli Navy launched an operation to intercept the latest Global Sumud Flotilla vessels attempting to breach the naval blockade of the Gaza Strip, the Ynet news outlet reported.
