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      Hamza Hendawi

      Hamza Hendawi

      Foreign Correspondent
      Location
      Cairo
      Hamza joined The National in Cairo in February 2019. A native of Egypt, he's covered the news from nearly 30 countries across the Middle East, Asia and Europe. He's worked for Reuters and The Associated Press, covering nearly every recent Middle East conflict, including Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, South Sudan’s civil war and the US invasion of Iraq.

      Articles

      Palestinians leave Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza on Wednesday, fearing more Israeli bombardment. Bloomberg
      Gaza truce talks collapse as Israel recalls its negotiators

      Hamas feeling betrayed after agreeing to unconditional release of Edan Alexander

      MENAMay 22, 2025
      Elie Cohen, far left, head of an Israeli spy ring, listens as he is sentenced to death by a special military court in Damascus, Syria, on May 8, 1965. AP
      Israel's retrieval of Eli Cohen items revives dispute over super spy unmasking

      Egypt's influential media figures boast about role of country's own spy in exposing one of Israel's most valuable assets in Syria 60 years ago

      MENAMay 20, 2025
      Relatives mourn Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes, at Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al Balah, central Gaza. AFP
      Israeli strikes kill more than 130 in Gaza as Qatar talks focus on 70-day truce

      Israel says it will not fully withdraw from enclave but proposes 'renewable' ceasefire not permanent one, sources say

      NewsMay 18, 2025
      Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El Sisi receives Massad Boulos, senior advisor to the US President for Arab, Middle Eastern and African Affairs, in Cairo. AFP
      El Sisi appeals to Trump to push for a Gaza truce as negotiations resume

      Egyptian leader delivered his most scathing criticism of Israel during the Arab summit meeting in Baghdad

      MENAMay 17, 2025
      US Middle East special envoy Steve Witkoff in Doha. AP
      US official denies meeting between Witkoff and Hamas

      US-led negotiations on Gaza are continuing to clinch a ceasefire deal

      MENAMay 14, 2025
      Displaced Sudanese in a shelter after being evacuated by the Sudanese army in Omdurman, as fighting rages in the city. AFP
      Sudan's army and RSF in fierce fighting near Omdurman

      Army allies claim hundreds of RSF fighters were killed

      MENAMay 14, 2025
      Steve Witkoff, US envoy to the Middle East, visits Hostages Square in Tel Aviv. He is to travel to Qatar for ceasefire talks. Reuters
      US-led Gaza truce talks 'make progress'

      Talks are being held simultaneously in Cairo and Doha to push for end to war, sources say

      MENAMay 13, 2025
      Displaced Palestinians flee Gaza city as Israel's war on the enclave rages on. EPA
      ExclusiveGaza truce close to being finalised in US-led talks with Hamas

      Officials continue direct negotiations in Qatar to reach 21-day agreement with Israel

      MENAMay 12, 2025
      Large plumes of smoke rise from a fuel depot in Port Sudan, Sudan. Reuters
      Drone attacks blamed on RSF take Sudan's war to new and dangerous level

      The strikes are meant to shatter the army's sense of security and devalue significance of RSF setbacks, analysts say

      MENAMay 11, 2025
      Palestinians check the destruction at a UNRWA school housing displaced people, following an Israeli strike in the Bureij refugee camp in the centre of the Gaza Strip, on May 7, 2025. AFP
      Hamas rejects latest US proposals for a Gaza truce and distribution of aid

      Sources say Israel and the US continue to pursue voluntary or forcible eviction of Palestinians in Gaza

      MENAMay 10, 2025
      The aftermath of an RSF drone strike in Port Sudan on Tuesday. AP
      Sudan's RSF expands drone offensive and attacks fuel depots in south

      Naval base in Port Sudan also hit in fifth day of strikes by paramilitary

      MENAMay 08, 2025
      Palestinians at a school used as a shelter by displaced people that was hit twice by Israeli army strikes on Tuesday, killing at least 25 people, in Bureij, central Gaza Strip, on May 7. AP
      US proposes 21-day Gaza truce, release of six hostages and resumption of aid

      Israeli and Hamas negotiators expected in Egypt on Thursday to discuss proposal with mediators

      MENAMay 07, 2025
      Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, right, welcomes Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El Sisi in Athens, where a series of agreements was announced and a 'strategy partnership' cemented. AFP
      Egypt and Greece aim to turn historic ties into 'strategic partnership'

      Announcement was made during Egyptian President El Sisi's visit to Athens

      MENAMay 07, 2025
      Since Sunday, drones launched by the RSF have been aimed at key sites in Port Sudan. AFP
      RSF targets naval base in fourth day of attacks on Port Sudan

      Army chief delivers defiant message in the face of the attacks by rival paramilitary force

      MENAMay 07, 2025
      Smoke rises after drone strikes by the RSF hit the northern port in the Red Sea city of Port Sudan on Tuesday. AP
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      RSF drone strike hits Port Sudan in third day of attacks

      Airport, port and military base among sites hit as two-year civil war escalates

      MENAMay 06, 2025
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