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Palestinian militant group Hamas handed over two bodies of deceased Israeli hostages on Thursday, a day after the tenuous Gaza ceasefire was shaken by a series of deadly Israeli strikes across the enclave. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/31/world/hamas-hostage-handover/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israelhamaswar #israel #gaza #palestinians

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Hamas hands over bodies of two Israeli hostages

The bodies of hostages Amiram Cooper and Sahar Baruch were returned to Israel for burial after an identification process was completed.

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 6 hours ago

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan — at a joint news conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz — criticized Germany over what he said was its ignorance of Israel’s “genocide” and attacks in the Gaza Strip. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/31/world/politics/turkey-germany-gaza-criticism/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #turkey #germany #israelhamaswar

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Turkey's Erdogan to Merz: Does Germany not see Israeli ‘genocide’ in Gaza?

The Turkish president criticized Germany over what he said was its ignorance at a joint news conference with the German chancellor.

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · yesterday

Gaza’s fragile ceasefire was back on track Wednesday, after Israel said it would halt a series of airstrikes that briefly raised doubts about whether the U.S.-brokered deal would hold. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/30/world/israeli-army-ceasefire-gaza-strikes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #us #donaldtrump

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 3 days ago

Israeli planes launched strikes in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday after Israel accused the militant group Hamas of violating a ceasefire in the Palestinian territory. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/29/world/politics/israel-gaza-hamas-us-ceasefire/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas

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Israel strikes Gaza after accusing Hamas of violating U.S.-brokered ceasefire

The development is the latest test of the fragile deal brokered earlier this month.

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 3 days ago

The Gaza ceasefire faces a myriad of disputes, but many Israelis and Palestinians are finding a common cause: locating, identifying and burying their dead. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/28/world/gazans-rubble-unmarked-graves/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 3 days ago

The United Nations and France condemned Israeli fire near U.N. peacekeeping troops in southern Lebanon, after an incident during which peacekeepers neutralized an Israeli reconnaissance drone. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/28/world/un-france-israel-peacekeepers-lebanon/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #lebanon #drones #un #france #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar

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U.N. and France slam Israel after attack on U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon

The incident 'shows disregard for safety and security of the peacekeepers implementing Security Council mandated tasks in southern Lebanon,' the U.N. peacekeeping force said.

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 4 days ago

Persuading Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to help fund Gaza's reconstruction is unlikely to be as easy as U.S President Donald Trump has claimed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/27/world/politics/trump-gulf-rebuild-gaza/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 5 days ago

Benjamin Netanyahu says that Israel would determine which foreign forces it would allow to help secure Gaza under Donald Trump's plan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/27/world/politics/netanyahu-israel-foreign-troops-gaza/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · last week

U.S. President Donald Trump warned Israel over annexing the West Bank while visiting Secretary of State Marco Rubio voiced confidence that a U.S.-backed ceasefire in Gaza would hold. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/24/world/us-pressure-west-bank/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #westbank #jdvance #donaldtrump

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U.S. pressures Israel on West Bank as Rubio voices confidence in Gaza truce

Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned before his arrival in Israel that the annexation moves were 'threatening' to the fragile ceasefire in Gaza.

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · last week

The United States is considering a proposal for humanitarian aid delivery in Gaza that would replace the controversial U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/24/world/ghp-aid-operation-replacement/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israelhamaswar #gaza #aid #food #us #un

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U.S. mulls Gaza aid plan that would replace controversial GHF aid operation

Washington is seeking to facilitate having more deliveries of assistance in the Palestinian enclave under a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · last week

Clearing the surface of Gaza of unexploded ordnance will likely take between 20 to 30 years, according to an aid group official who described the enclave as a "horrific, unmapped minefield." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/24/world/gaza-mine-clearing-30-years/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israelhamaswar #gaza #palestinians #landmines

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Clearing Gaza's surface of bombs will take up to 30 years, aid group says

'If you're looking at a full clearance, it's never happening, it's subterranean. We will find it for generations to come,' said Nick Orr of Humanity & Inclusion, however.

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · last week

A bill applying Israeli law to the occupied West Bank, a move tantamount to annexation of land that Palestinians want for a state, has won preliminary approval from Israel's parliament. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/23/world/politics/israel-parliament-west-bank-annex/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #westbank

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Israel's parliament gives initial nod to occupied West Bank annexation

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party did not support the bill put forth by lawmakers outside his ruling coalition.

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · last week

By persuading Hamas to accept U.S. President Donald Trump’s Gaza deal, Turkey has reasserted itself on the Middle East chessboard, to the dismay of Israel and Arab rivals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/22/world/politics/erdogan-trump-gaza-turkey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #receptayyiperdogan #turkey #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #us #donaldtrump

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Erdogan turns Trump's Gaza deal into a power play for Turkey

Initially resistant to Trump's ultimatum, Hamas leaders relented only when Turkey, a country they view as a political patron, urged them to agree to the plan.

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · last week

The U.S. increased pressure on Hamas to disarm in the next phase of an already fragile Gaza ceasefire as President Donald Trump pushed to cement an end to the devastating conflict. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/22/world/politics/trump-hamas-gaza-truce/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #us #donaldtrump

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Trump threatens Hamas amid push toward next steps of Gaza truce

With the existing truce already shaky, the U.S. and mediators Egypt, Qatar and Turkey are trying to move toward the far more complicated second phase of talks.

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · last week

Israeli settler violence has "skyrocketed” in the West Bank as extremists again disrupt the economically vital olive harvest in Palestinian communities, a United Nations official said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/22/world/israeli-settler-violence-olive-harvest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #westbank

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Israeli settler violence skyrockets in West Bank amid olive harvest, U.N. says

While the nearby Gaza Strip has been engulfed by war over the last two years, the West Bank has seen a steady rise in violence.

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · last week

U.S. envoys met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with the aim to corral Israel and Hamas to get the Gaza ceasefire plan back on track after violence over the weekend threatened to derail the week-old truce. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/21/world/politics/us-diplomacy-gaza-truce/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #republicans #jdvance #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu

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U.S. steps up diplomacy after Gaza truce shaken

The weekend violence reflected the stumbling blocks to keeping the long-sought ceasefire from unraveling and securing a lasting peace in Gaza.

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

Relatives of the last Israeli hostages released from Gaza after two years in captivity have said their loved ones endured harrowing conditions, with some reportedly held in cages, pits or underground tunnels. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/20/world/relatives-gaza-hostages-conditions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu

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Relatives of Gaza hostages recount dire conditions in captivity

One former hostage's mother said her son had been flogged and beaten between April and July 'with objects I won't even mention.'

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

Israel said it had resumed enforcing a Gaza ceasefire after carrying out strikes on Hamas positions Sunday, having accused the group of targeting its troops in the most serious violence since the 9-day-old truce began. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/20/world/israel-gaza-strikes-hamas-ceasefire/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israel #hamas #israelhamaswar #gaza #palestinians #middleeast #donaldtrump

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Israel says halting Gaza strikes after accusing Hamas of violating truce

An Israeli security official also said the country was suspending the entry of aid into Gaza due to ceasefire violations.

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt will remain closed until further notice, Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/19/world/politics/israel-hamas-border-us-ceasefire/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas

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Border crossing to stay closed, Israel says, as U.S. alleges Hamas ceasefire violation

Its reopening will depend on Hamas handing over bodies of deceased hostages as the two sides continued to trade blame over ceasefire violations.

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

The United Nations' aid chief took stock of the monumental task of restoring basic necessities in the devastated Gaza Strip on Saturday, as Israel and Hamas exchanged more human remains. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/18/world/gaza-un-aid-chief/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #hamas #un

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U.N. aid chief foresees 'massive job' ahead on tour of ruined Gaza

The densely packed cities of the Gaza Strip, home to more than 2 million Palestinians, have been reduced to ruins by two years of bombardment and intense fighting.