Hamas disarmament in Gaza comes with ‘some sort of amnesty’: US official
Official’s comment on amnesty for Hamas members seen as ‘significant step’, as focus moves to next stage of ceasefire.

Official’s comment on amnesty for Hamas members seen as ‘significant step’, as focus moves to next stage of ceasefire.









South Africa’s government is facing backlash from the US and from within its own administration for hosting Iran’s navy.
School superintendent says the child was ‘essentially’ used ‘as bait’ to apprehend his father, who is seeking asylum.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani says pro-Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil ‘deserves to stay’ in New York City.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s flip-flop is part of disruption tactics to stall any peace in Gaza, say analysts.
Rights groups condemn trial of three activists accused of ‘inciting subversion of state power’.
Countries say board aims to support reconstruction in the Gaza Strip and advance a ‘just and lasting peace’.
The ‘Butcher of Hama’ and former Syrian vice president dies in exile at age 89.
A Yemeni man Ali Hassan Ali who spent more than two years in detention in secret prisons seeks justice.
In exclusive interview from hiding, main opposition presidential candidate blasts gov’t’s ‘crackdown to silence’ critics.
B’Tselem’s latest report sounds alarm on abuse, dozens of deaths of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.