#Israel-Palestine

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APTOPIX Israel Palestinians Gaza
Red Cross receives remains of two more Hamas hostages to be given to Israel
The confusion added to tensions over the fragile truce that has paused the two-year war

Wed, 15 Oct, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
Tensions rise as Israel says body released by Hamas was not that of a hostage
Gaza’s health ministry said it received 45 additional bodies of Palestinians from Israel

Wed, 15 Oct, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
Israel says one of four bodies handed over by Hamas is not that of a hostage
Four bodies were handed over by Hamas on Tuesday evening to ease pressure on the fragile ceasefire, following the first four on Monday – when the last 20 living hostages were released

Wed, 15 Oct, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
Israelis identifying second group of bodies from Hamas as fragile truce holds
Three of four bodies handed over on Tuesday night were identified as Israeli hostages, but the identity of the fourth remained in question

Wed, 15 Oct, 2025

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Israel will allow Gaza's Rafah crossing to open, ramp up aid, broadcaster Kan reports
Israel will allow Rafah border crossing with Egypt to open on Wednesday and increase the amount of humanitarian aid coming into the enclave, public broadcaster Kan reported, after Hamas handed over more bodies of deceased hostages.

Wed, 15 Oct, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
Hamas hands over hostage bodies after Israel threatens aid cut
Israeli officials said Israel had decided to restrict aid and delay plans to open the southern border crossing to Egypt because Hamas had violated the ceasefire deal by failing to turn over bodies of hostages

Tue, 14 Oct, 2025

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Returning hostage bodies from Gaza may take time, Red Cross says
Hamas freed the last living Israeli hostages from Gaza on Monday under a ceasefire deal and Israel sent home busloads of Palestinian detainees as Donald Trump declared an end to the war

Tue, 14 Oct, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
No aid scale-up yet in Gaza, aid agencies say
Three Israeli officials said Israel had decided to restrict aid and delay plans to open the border crossing to Egypt at least through Wednesday, because Hamas had been too slow to turn over bodies of dead hostages

Tue, 14 Oct, 2025

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Dorcha Lee: Implementation of Gaza ceasefire deal gets off to shaky start
Hamas has consolidated its control over areas of Gaza and a security vacuum has developed

Tue, 14 Oct, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages
The ceasefire plan introduced by Donald Trump called for 'all hostages, alive and deceased' to be returned within 72 hours of the agreement’s acceptance

Tue, 14 Oct, 2025

Two people from protest supporting Palestine charged with causing damage at Cork firm
Two people from protest supporting Palestine charged with causing damage at Cork firm
Collins Aerospace has been targeted by pro-Palestine protesters as its parent company, RTX, supplies defence systems to Israel

Tue, 14 Oct, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
Missing bodies of hostages top list of uncertainties as Gaza ceasefire holds
Separately, the Israeli military said troops in northern Gaza had “opened fire to remove the threat” of several people approaching them on Tuesday across the “yellow line” and not complying with orders to stop

Tue, 14 Oct, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
Work underway on 'substantial' aid package for Gaza, says TĂĄnaiste
Ireland has provided over €95m in support to the people of Palestine since January 2023

Tue, 14 Oct, 2025

Trump declares end of Gaza war as last Israeli hostages swapped for Palestinian detainees
Trump declares end of Gaza war as last Israeli hostages swapped for Palestinian detainees
Hamas freed the last living Israeli hostages from on Monday under a ceasefire deal, and Israel sent home busloads of Palestinian , as US President Donald Trump declared the end of the two-year-long war that has upended the broader Middle East.

Tue, 14 Oct, 2025

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Watch: Trump says Gaza war is over as Hamas, Israel swap hostages and prisoners
The last surviving hostages from Gaza have been returned home to Israel in a defining exchange in the fragile ceasefire that has paused two years of war between Israel and Hamas. U. S.

Mon, 13 Oct, 2025

Hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel
Palestinians cheer as freed prisoners begin to arrive home under ceasefire deal
Under the deal, Israel is set to release 250 Palestinians convicted of murder and other serious crimes as well as 1,700 Palestinians detained in Gaza

Mon, 13 Oct, 2025

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Paul Kearns: The Israel-Hamas war is over — but neither side has won
The biggest winners in the conflict between Israel and Hamas are the arms industry and Donald Trump, writes Paul Kearns in Tel Aviv

Mon, 13 Oct, 2025

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Hamas releases all 20 remaining hostages under Gaza ceasefire deal
Hamas has said 20 living hostages will be exchanged for more than 1,900 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel

Mon, 13 Oct, 2025

Two Gaza protesters storm Cork business accused of supplying technology to Israel
Two Gaza protesters storm Cork business accused of supplying technology to Israel
Two Palestine Action Éire activists broke into Collins Aerospace in Cork, accusing the company of links to Israel’s military

Mon, 13 Oct, 2025

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Trump sets off for Middle East to mark Gaza ceasefire deal
Mr Trump thinks there is a narrow window to reshape the Middle East and reset long-fraught relations between Israel and its Arab neighbours

Sun, 12 Oct, 2025

Israel expects all 20 living hostages to be freed from Gaza on Monday morning
Israel expects all 20 living hostages to be freed from Gaza on Monday morning
Israeli government says it is also preparing for release of 2,000 Palestinian detainees in crucial next phase of ceasefire deal

Sun, 12 Oct, 2025

Sarah Clancy: Flotillas show that ordinary people must be the antidote to toxic world powers
Sarah Clancy: Flotillas show that ordinary people must be the antidote to toxic world powers
After arrest, imprisonment, and deportation from Israel, Sarah Clancy, an Irish Gaza flotilla participant, reflects on solidarity, conscience, and the power of ordinary people

Sun, 12 Oct, 2025

Irish Examiner view: Maintaining our humanity in the era of smartphone wars
Irish Examiner view: Maintaining our humanity in the era of smartphone wars
The conflicts in Palestine and Ukraine will come to be known as the first smartphone wars, with much of the information circulating on social media unmediated by the intervention of any trained or accredited journalist

Sat, 11 Oct, 2025

'We just wanted to help': A Cork man’s journey from Cobh to captivity in Israel
'We just wanted to help': A Cork man’s journey from Cobh to captivity in Israel
Cobh man Paddy O’Donovan joined a humanitarian flotilla for Gaza — but the mission ended with firebombs, guns and prison cells

Sat, 11 Oct, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
Gazans return to wrecked homes as Israeli forces pull back under ceasefire
Israeli hostages held there are to be freed within 72 hours, in return for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held in Israel

Fri, 10 Oct, 2025

APTOPIX Israel Palestinians Gaza
Hamas and Israel prepare to implement ceasefire as Netanyahu says deal approved by government
Israel’s government ratified the ceasefire and hostage deal on Friday, clearing the way to suspend hostilities in Gaza within 24 hours

Fri, 10 Oct, 2025

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Colin Sheridan: The one word missing from all this so-called talk of peace in Gaza is 'Palestinian'
The world may celebrate a ceasefire in Gaza, but without Palestinian agency and justice, peace remains an illusion

Thu, 09 Oct, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
Israel and Hamas officials sign first phase Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal
The accord, if fully implemented, would bring the two sides closer than any previous effort to halt a war that has evolved into a regional conflict

Thu, 09 Oct, 2025

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Independent TD Barry Heneghan returns to Ireland after being released by Israeli forces
The pro-Palestinian activists still detained in Israel include Naoise Dolan, Fionn Macarthure, Veronica O’Keane and Mutaz Jadaan 

Thu, 09 Oct, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
Israel and Hamas agree pause in Gaza war and release of hostages and prisoners
Uncertainty remains about aspects of the broader peace plan advanced by the administration of US President Donald Trump – such as whether and how Hamas will disarm and who will govern Gaza

Thu, 09 Oct, 2025

APTOPIX Israel Palestinians Gaza
Families of Israeli hostages erupt into joy as freedom nears for captives
Families and supporters gathered to rejoice as news spread that a deal had been struck to free Israeli captives held in Gaza

Thu, 09 Oct, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
‘First phase’ of ceasefire deal to end war in Gaza agreed by Israel and Hamas
Donald Trump announces all hostages will be released ‘very soon’ and Israel will withdraw troops to an agreed timeline

Thu, 09 Oct, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
What do we know about Trump's Gaza deal?
Here are some details of what is known and not known so far.

Thu, 09 Oct, 2025

APTOPIX Israel Palestinians Gaza
World leaders express hope after agreement on first phase of Gaza peace plan
Hamas will release all 20 living hostages in the coming days in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, while the Israeli military will begin a withdrawal from the majority of Gaza

Thu, 09 Oct, 2025

Israeli-Hamas conflict
Former hostages celebrate news of initial plan to end Gaza conflict
Eli Sharabi, a freed hostage whose wife and two daughters were killed during Hamas’ attack on October 7 2023, wrote on social media: “Great joy, can’t wait to see everyone home”

Thu, 09 Oct, 2025

Irish author and TD in Israeli detention after ship carrying aid to Gaza intercepted by Israel 
Irish author and TD in Israeli detention after ship carrying aid to Gaza intercepted by Israel 
All seven participants on the ship, the Milad, were 'illegally kidnapped', the organisers of the flotilla said

Thu, 09 Oct, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
Israel and Hamas agree to ‘first phase’ of plan to end Gaza fighting, says Trump
Israel and Hamas have agreed to the “first phase” of Donald Trump’s peace plan to pause fighting and release at least some hostages and prisoners, the US president said.

Thu, 09 Oct, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
Deal could be reached ‘in coming days’ as top officials join Gaza peace talks
Two officials from Arab countries said progress was made in Wednesday’s talks and that a deal could be reached in the coming days

Wed, 08 Oct, 2025

Israel Palestinians
Cautious optimism at Gaza talks as Hamas hands over lists of names for swap deal
Indirect negotiations are focused on the mechanisms to halt the conflict, the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza and the swap deal

Wed, 08 Oct, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
Trump’s son-in-law set to join third day of Gaza peace talks
All sides have expressed optimism for a deal to end the two-year war, with tens of thousands of Palestinians killed and most of the Gaza Strip destroyed

Wed, 08 Oct, 2025

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Israeli military intercepts another flotilla heading to Gaza
The ministry said the 145 activists, who were in good health, were being brought to shore in Israel for processing and were expected to be deported soon

Wed, 08 Oct, 2025

Independent TD and author among Irish citizens on board flotilla ships intercepted by Israel
Independent TD and author among Irish citizens on board flotilla ships intercepted by Israel
Independent TD Barry Heneghan and author Naoise Dolan are among the detainees

Wed, 08 Oct, 2025

Tunisia Gaza Flotilla
Gaza aid flotilla says Israeli forces intercepted its boats
The flotilla's vessels and passengers were safe, had been transferred to an Israeli port and were expected to be deported promptly, Israel's foreign ministry said in a statement on X

Wed, 08 Oct, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
Trump's 'Peace Plan' is hopelessly corrupted by failure to acknowledge Gaza is Palestinian
The US president's peace plan focuses more on the rights of Israel rather than those of Palestinians, writes Fintan Drury

Wed, 08 Oct, 2025

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