Israel is marking the end of a painful chapter after the return of the remains of the last hostage held in Gaza.

Gaza’s government urged its more than 40,000 civil servants and security personnel to cooperate with the Palestinian technocratic body with U.S. oversight that is meant to exclude Hamas.

Israeli forces demolished the home of Youssef al-Ziadna’s sister, sparking backlash from the family, who accuse the government of insensitivity amid their mourning of loved ones taken by Hamas.

Prior to the ceasefire, it was confirmed that Israel, generally through the Shin Bet, but sometimes also in conjunction with the IDF, would provide various kinds of support to Gazan militias. Israel continues to back Gazan militias even after the October ceasefire to fight Hamas in portions of the Strip under the terror group's control over the Yellow Line,

With all Israeli hostages now recovered from Gaza, there's a push for the Israel-Hamas peace plan to move to phase-two, but that brings its own challenges.

There appears to be a growing divide between American mediation efforts and Israel’s bottom-line demand that Hamas be disarmed and excluded from Gaza’s future governance. That comes alongside an unbridgeable gap between a Hamas bent on securing its survival and Israel determined to destroy it.

Whatever Netanyahu’s future, the Jewish state girds for a year as consequential, decisive and potentially tumultuous as any in its 78 year history.

TEL AVIV — The stopwatch that has haunted a square in Tel Aviv by counting every fretful second since Hamas kidnapped 251 Israelis on Oct.

The group is refusing to disarm, a requirement that is holding President Trump’s peace plan for the enclave.

Tracing UNRWA from 1949 to today, the film examines refugee policy, weak oversight and alleged links to Hamas control in Gaza, raising questions about the agency’s role and accountability.