All news on the topic: Hamas

What Hamas did on October 7, butchering 1,400 Israelis and seizing more than 200 hostages, was a war crime. So too is taking the lives of many more Palestinians

Mirror man Andy Lines and photographer Humphrey Nemar report from the Israel-Gaza border as almost 80 seriously wounded Palestinians are given permission to leave, and 335 foreign passport holders are also allowed to flee

Israeli-born Lino Hermesh, who lives in Guernsey, endured an agonising 11-day wait after the mass slaughter on October 7 before Omer, 48, was confirmed dead

The IDF confirmed it was responsible for the outrage at Jabalia, north of Gaza City, which is home to 114,000 people, and said the attack killed a Hamas commander

Bethlehem has changed beyond recognition amid the Israel-Hamas war, with usually busy areas in Jesus Christ's birthplace now empty of tourists as young boys beg for money on the street

More than a dozen demonstrators who surrounded the Labour leader's Land Rover Discovery were pushed back by police following his speech to the Chatham House think tank

During a meeting with his leading military and security henchmen, Russian President Vladimir Putin blamed foreign interference for ugly anti-Semitic scenes at a regional airport

The Labour leader will give a speech reiterating his call for a "humanitarian pause" allowing Palestinians to escape, but will say that a ceasefire would allow Hamas to plan more attacks on Israel

Hamas has released a video of three hostages pleading to be released and begging Benjamin Netanyahu to 'do more' to save them with the Israeli Prime Minister dismissing it as 'cruel propaganda'

Rishi Sunak has sacked one of his parliamentary private secretaries after he wrote a letter to the PM calling for a 'permanent' break in hostilities between Israel and Hamas

Israeli authorities said Private Ori Megidish was abducted during the attacks from the militant group on the morning of October 7, and is 'doing well' after being reunited with her family

Joseph Czuba, the landlord who allegedly fatally stabbed six-year-old Palestinian-American Wadea Al-Fayoume, appeared in court today and pled not guilty to eight charges related to murder, attempted murder and a hate crime

In a video released by Hamas today, three women can be seen sitting next to each other as one of them begs Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to release them 'right now'

Lianne Sharabi and her two daughters Noiya, 16, and Yahel, 13, were killed in the Hamas massacre of October 7 with a soldier finding the family members "cuddled together"

Shani Louk, 22, was kidnapped by Hamas militants on October 7 but her family received a tip-off she was still alive. However, her mum and sister have now confirmed she is dead

Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman are set to meet national security officials and top cops amid fears the conflict in the Middle East has heightened the threat of terror attacks in the UK

Kevin Maguire says Keir Starmer is caught between a rock and a hard place as he could alienate either the Jewish community or the Muslim population with his stance on the war in Gaza

The families of 229 people kidnapped by Hamas have been protesting in Israel and have been urging their Government not to launch a full invasion on Gaza until they are released

In 2010, Paul Martin was held captive as a hostage in Gaza for 26 days. He said he feared he would be executed every day - either by being shot or being thrown from a building

Tel Aviv residents have been staging a vigil pleading for the return of loved ones taken hostage by Hamas, but a memorial wall with touching messages

Layla Moran's relatives, who are Palestinian Christians, are currently stranded with around 100 people in a church in Gaza, , where Israeli forces are expanding attacks

It's understood Benjamin Netanyahu has spoken to the loved ones of those kidnapped by Hamas, with one mother pleading for fighting to stop until her family are freed

Ahmed Alnaouq, the founder of a Palestinian youth advocacy group in London, lost his father, brothers, sisters, cousins, nieces and nephews after an airstrike hit their flats

Musheir El-Farra, a civil engineer from Sheffield, grew up in Gaza and was visiting with his son when war broke out, and has lost family in the bombings

'If this tragedy had taken place in the UK it‘s scale would represent over 10,000 deaths with close to 1,500 kidnapped. Even in absolute terms, the events were shocking'