In the third phase of a ceasefire and captive exchange deal, Hamas on Thursday released two Israelis - one male and one female - and five foreign nationals from captivity in the Gaza Strip.
Iran is expected to directly attack Israel in response to the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on Wednesday morning, according to a New York Times report citing three sources.
In Davos, Mohammad Javad Zarif also says Israel failed in its Gaza war objectives, Tehran not building nukes; report says Iran to receive missile fuel shipment from China
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Tuesday that Gaza had brought Israel "to its knees", in a reference to the recent ceasefire in the Palestinian territory.
Iran's supreme leader has made bold claims about Gaza's victory over Israel, as the recent ceasefire deal continues to hold. Speaking in Tehran, Khamenei praised Palestinian resistance while criticising American involvement,
A representative for Hamas could not immediately be reached ... when more than 50 Americans were held at the U.S. embassy in Tehran. In various statements, families of hostages have thanked ...
Hamas faces an uncertain future post-ceasefire, grappling with leadership losses, declining foreign support, and strained relations with Palestinian factions. Amid pragmatic concessions and resistance rhetoric,
Nicole Grajewski is a Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and an Associate with the Project on Managing the Atom at the Harvard Kennedy School. She is the author of Russia and Iran: Partners in Defiance From Syria to Ukraine.