Despite its potentially historic nature, the rushed Gaza deal signed in Egypt on Thursday leaves a host of unresolved issues that could still trip up implementation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/world/politics/gaza-deal-tough-questions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #us #donaldtrump #benjaminnetanyahu
Israel has begun implementing a ceasefire deal in Gaza, after it reached an agreement with Hamas for the Palestinian militant group to release all the hostages it holds. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/world/politics/gaza-ceasefire-hostage-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #us #donaldtrump #benjaminnetanyahu
Seeking an unlikely Nobel Peace Prize and keen to bolster his legacy, Trump's approach to Gaza has been different to the blank check he has previously been regarded as giving key ally Israel. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/world/politics/how-trump-gaza-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #us #donaldtrump
Nearly 1 in 6 children in Gaza are acutely malnourished after two years of war that has caused severe food shortages in the Palestinian territory, according to a study. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/world/society/children-gaza-children-malnourished/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #famine #children #unrwa #un #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians
Israel and Hamas have signed off on the first phase of the U.S.-proposed Gaza deal, Donald Trump announced on Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/world/politics/trump-israel-hamas-gaza-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #us #donaldtrump
Talks to end the war in Gaza were bolstered by the arrival of senior figures from Israel and the United States on Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/world/politics/gaza-talks-progress/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu
Italy will submit a proposal for a worldwide ceasefire to the United Nations ahead of next year's Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/10/08/winter-olympics-truce-italy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #2026milanocortinaolympics #italy #russiaukrainewar #israelhamaswar
Hamas is looking to secure a "fair hostage exchange” as part of a deal with Israel to end the two-year war that’s devastated Gaza and destabilized much of the Middle East. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/08/world/politics/hamas-israel-talks-hostages/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu
Israel is marking the second anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, attack as Hamas and Israeli negotiators hold indirect talks to end the two-year war in the Gaza Strip under a U.S.-proposed peace plan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/07/world/society/israel-october-7-anniversary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu
Since being born in Gaza less than a month after the conflict began on Oct. 7, 2023, Palestinian twins Uday and Hamza Abu Odah have known nothing but war. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/07/world/gaza-twins-lives-war/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians
Delegations from Israel and Hamas have begun indirect negotiations in Egypt on U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to halt the war in Gaza. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/07/world/politics/gaza-talks-sticking-points-israel-hamas/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #egypt #us #donaldtrump
In a move criticized by rights groups, U.K. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will give police new powers to place limits on repeated protests, after weeks of demonstrations have strained law enforcement. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/06/world/uk-limits-protests-synagogue-attack/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #uk #terrorism #censorship #religion #israel #israelhamaswar
Hamas on Sunday called for a swift start to a hostage-prisoner exchange with Israel, as negotiators from both sides headed to Egypt for crucial talks aimed at ending the nearly two-year war in Gaza. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/06/world/hamas-israel-gaza-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israel #hamas #israelhamaswar #middleeast #benjaminnetanyahu #gaza #palestinians #donaldtrump #us
Huge numbers turned out at pro-Palestinian rallies in Europe on Saturday, calling for an immediate end to the war in Gaza and the release of activists on board a flotilla carrying humanitarian aid. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/05/world/europe-palestinian-marches/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #europe #eu #palestinians #middleeast #israelhamaswar #israel #hamas #gaza
Israel killed dozens in Israeli strikes on Gaza on Saturday, despite U.S. President Donald Trump demand that Israel stop bombing after Hamas declared it was ready to free hostages under his plan to end the war. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/05/world/politics/gaza-trump-israel-bombing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #israel #hamas #israelhamaswar #middleeast #donaldtrump #us #gaza #benjaminnetanyahu
Hamas agreed to release the last of the hostages from its 2023 attack on Israel, but said the rest of U.S. President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan would be subject to negotiation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/04/world/hamas-trump-gaza-plan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israelhamaswar #gaza #israel #us #donaldtrump
The emergence of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has fueled a growing debate over the privatization and militarization of aid, and the future of the U.N.-led humanitarian aid system in the face of massive funding cuts. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/03/world/gaza-humanitarian-aid-future/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israelhamaswar #aid #food #us #palestinians #gaza
Israel's military has intercepted almost all of about 40 boats in a flotilla carrying aid to the Gaza Strip and taken captive more than 450 foreign activists, sparking international condemnation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/03/world/politics/israel-boat-intercept-protests/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #israelhamaswar #israel #hamas #aid #gaza #palestinians
Israeli forces have boarded several boats carrying foreign activists and aid bound for Gaza, disrupting a protest that has become one of the most high-profile symbols of opposition to Israel's blockade of the enclave. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/02/world/society/israel-intercepts-gaza-aid-boats/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #israel #israelhamaswar #aid #gretathunberg
Arab and Muslim national leaders are pushing Hamas to accept the Gaza plan unveiled by U.S. President Donald Trump, saying the need to end the fighting surpasses concern about the details. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/02/world/hamas-arab-muslim-pressure/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israelhamaswar #hamas #gaza #us #qatar #turkey