Hamas has confirmed that its military chief, Mohammed Deif, has been killed. Israel's military said it had killed Deif in July last year, but Hamas had not confirmed this until now. Israel says Deif was one of the figures responsible for planning the 7 October attacks in southern Israel in which 1,200 people were killed and 251 taken hostage.

DOHA, January 30. /TASS/. The Hamas movement is keeping an eye on the situation related to Israel’s decision to suspend the release of Palestinian prisoners, the Qatar-based Al Araby TV channel reported, citing a Hamas source.

The Council renewed the list of those subject to restrictive measures by virtue of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism, and extended its humanitarian exception by two years.

After a delay from the Israeli government earlier on Thursday, the release of 110 Palestinian prisoners has started.

U.S. President Donald Trumpsigned an executive order on Wednesday to combat antisemitism and pledged to deport non-citizen college students and others who took part in pro-Palestinian protests.

The European Commission included restrictions on sales of video games and joysticks to Russia in its 16th package of sanctions on Moscow, the proposal document showed.

The European Union agreed Monday to restart a monitoring mission at the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt as part of efforts to bolster the truce that halted Israel's war on the enclave.

Israel is letting hundreds of thousands of Palestinians return to heavily destroyed northern Gaza as part of a fragile ceasefire

The European Union will moved forward with a renewal on Russian sanctions after a deal was struck with Hungary, according to multiple reports.

Hamas said earlier on Telegram that a list containing information about the hostages expected to be released in the first stage of the deal had been handed over to the mediators