Israel alleged on Wednesday that the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) is full of Hamas operatives and reaffirmed its commitment to end ties with the agency this week.

Hamas officials said Israel was failing to send key aid items - such as fuel, tents, heavy machinery and other equipment - into the Gaza Strip.

Atlantic Council senior fellow Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib has discussed Hamas’ probable motivation for its terrorist attack against Israel on October 7 after the group “hit a dead end” in terms of its failed governance in Gaza.

Hamas officials accused Israel on Wednesday of delaying aid deliveries to Gaza and jeopardising a truce and hostage release deal, an allegation Israel dismissed as "fake news." Since a ceasefire in the war in Gaza took effect on January 19,

The Islamist group Hamas said Monday that eight of 33 hostages to be released from the Gaza Strip in the first phase of a ceasefire agreement with Israel are dead. Twenty-five of them are still alive,