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Hamas fighters patrol a street in Gaza. AFP

ExclusiveHamas secretly elects new Gaza chief and fills political bureau vacancies

Names of those elected to be withheld until the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement begins

Israel says Bulgarian diplomat set to head US-proposed Gaza Board of Peace

Students in a UNRWA temporary school, Gaza 2025. Photo: UNRWA

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The ruins of a collapsed house in the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza. AFP

Four Palestinians killed in Israeli strike in southern Gaza

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Doctors Without Borders urges Israel to let it operate in Gaza

US pledges $2 billion for UN humanitarian aid as Donald Trump warns agencies must 'adapt or die'

Gaza’s medical system ‘in freefall’ as Israeli restrictions persist despite ceasefire

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