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          Hamas is a militant group that controlled the Gaza Strip for decades

          An elderly Palestinian woman casts her vote at a polling station during municipal elections in the village of Deir Al Hatab, east of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus. Getty Images

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          Yair Lapid has accused Qatar of 'acting in a systematic manner against the security and political interests' of Israel. EPA

          Israel's opposition leader Yair Lapid seeks to declare Qatar 'enemy state'

          MENAFebruary 01, 2026
          Rafah crossing reopens

          Israel reopens Rafah crossing for passage of Gaza residents from Monday

          MENAFebruary 01, 2026
          Rafah gif 31 Jan

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          MENAJanuary 31, 2026
          Jared Kushner presented the US vision for a 'New Gaza' at the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 22.

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          USJanuary 22, 2026
          Egypt's intelligence chief Hassan Rashad, centre, with members of the Palestinian committee that will temporarily run Gaza's day-to-day affairs. AFP

          Palestinian committee pledges to work towards lasting Gaza prosperity

          MENAJanuary 18, 2026
          Mahmoud Khalil attends a pro-Palestinian protest outside Columbia University in October 2025. Reuters

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          USJanuary 15, 2026
          Palestinian children stand at the site of an Israeli strike on a house in the central Gaza Strip on January 9, 2026. Reuters

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          MENAJanuary 15, 2026
          Egyptian authorities holding talks with a Hamas delegation and representatives of various Palestinian factions, in Cairo, on Wednesday, to select a technical committee for Gaza. EPA

          Palestinian factions agree on formation of 12-man committee to run Gaza

          MENAJanuary 14, 2026
          Palestinians look at the damage inside a war-damaged building, parts of which collapsed on a windy winter day in Gaza City on January 13, 2026. Since October 10, a fragile US-sponsored truce in Gaza has largely halted the fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas, but both sides have alleged frequent violations. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

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          MENAJanuary 13, 2026
          The ruins of a collapsed house in the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza. AFP

          Four Palestinians killed in Israeli strike in southern Gaza

          MENAJanuary 05, 2026
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          This picture taken from west of Jabalia in the Gaza Strip shows smoke rising after explosions carried out by the Israeli army inside the Green Line, northeast of Beit Lahia on Wednesday. AFP

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          MENADecember 24, 2025
          Sudanese human rights activist Munib Abdelaziz has been arrested by the government. Photo: handout

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          MENADecember 24, 2025
          Members of the Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, and a Red Cross team search for the bodies of Israeli hostages in Jabalia refugee camp, northern Gaza. Bloomberg

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          MENADecember 05, 2025
          Militia leader Yasser Abu Shabab was shot and killed in an internal dispute in Gaza. Photo: Yasser Abu Shabab

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