Ismail al-Thawabta, head of Hamas' government media office, addresses a press conference at the Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip on July 6, 2026. (AFP)
The announcement comes amid ongoing efforts to implement a fragile ceasefire that took effect on Oct. 10, halting weeks of intense hostilities between Israel and Hamas. (Photo: AP)
Israeli soldiers carry the coffin of Yona Efraim Feldbaum, a 37-year-old reservist who was killed in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip when his engineering vehicle was hit by enemy fire, during his funeral in Jerusalem, Oct, 29, 2025. (Photo: AFP)