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Trump: Hamas will be 'in big trouble' if they use hostages as human shields

Trump spoke as Israel launched a large ground offensive against Gaza City.

US President Donald Trump speaks with the media on the day of the signing of an executive order to rename the Department of Defense the "Department of War", in the Oval Office, at the White House in Washington, DC, US, September 5, 2025.
Sharren Haskel at The Jerusalem Post conference in Jerusalem, September 16, 2025.

Sharren Haskel: 'This is not a territorial conflict, but a religious, cultural conflict'

 Then-IDF chief of staff Herzi Halevi seen in the Gaza Strip, June 16, 2024.

Herzi Halevi admits Gaza war has not been gentle so far, latest phase won't be either - analysis

 An illustrative image of a Hezbollah flag in the backdrop of an individual holding a weapon.

Canadian gov't: Hamas, Hezbollah fundraising in country, incl. Hezbollah trading cars, drugs


IDF starts striking in Yemen, UN accuses Israel of genocide as IDF begins Gaza City invasion

Trump threatens Hamas against using human shields • Trump says Israel won't be hitting Qatar again • Netanyahu informed Trump before Israel bombed Qatar

Protesters, mainly Houthi supporters, demonstrate to show support to Palestinians in Gaza at Sabeen Square in Sanaa, Yemen August 29, 2025.

Israel begins large ground invasion of Gaza City as IDF orders evacuation

Approximately 130,000 IDF reservists have been called up, and five IDF divisions are to be involved in the invasion.

Israeli soldiers stand next to armored personnel carriers (APCs) near the Gaza border, in Israel, September 16, 2025

Netanyahu informed Trump before Israel bombed Qatar, Axios reports

Axios reported that the White House was aware of the strikes beforehand, even if the timeline to stop it would have been tight, citing seven Israeli officials.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands after Trump's address at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem

Qatar faces its moment of truth after Israeli airstrike - analysis

Amid uncertainties regarding Qatar's standing on the global stage, Arab leaders send a message: "Qatar is not alone. The Arab and Islamic worlds stand beside it."

Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, meets with US special envoy for Syria Tom Barrack ahead of the emergency Arab-Islamic summit in Doha, Qatar, September 15, 2025.

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UN Human Rights Council to hold urgent debate on Israeli airstrike on Qatar

The debate was requested by Pakistan on behalf of member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), and by Kuwait on behalf of the Gulf Cooperation Council.

 Deputy Minister, Alvin Botes delivers a National Statement at the Annual High Level Panel on Human Rights Mainstreaming under the theme “Thirty years of implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: challenges and opportunities”, at the UNHRC, Geneva.

‘It was definitely a gamble’: Analysts weigh Israel’s strike on Hamas in Doha

Israel advances in Gaza City as war nears two-year mark, triggering Arab outrage and raising global tensions as the strike in Qatar appears to have failed.

View of the Amiri Diwan building in Doha, Qatar, September 15, 2025. The city hosts an emergency Arab-Islamic summit to discuss the Israeli attack on Hamas on the Gulf country's soil.

Gaza City exodus grows, undermining Hamas strategy, analyst says

An expert on Hamas’s economy says Gaza’s civilian outflow is now a strategic problem for the terror group. As morale sinks and costs spike, more residents are leaving, diminishing Hamas’s leverage.

Displaced Palestinians flee amid an Israeli military operation, after Israeli forces ordered residents of Gaza City to evacuate to the south, in Gaza City, September 14, 2025.

Hamas shifts hostages above ground in Gaza City to hinder IDF offensive - report

Hamas is preparing a so-called “legitimacy ambush” in Gaza City, aiming to exploit civilian casualties to increase international pressure on Israel to halt its offensive.

 Hamas terrorists carry grenade launchers at the funeral of Marwan Issa, a senior Hamas deputy military commander who was killed in an Israeli airstrike during the conflict between Israel and Hamas, February 7, 2025.

IDF tank entry, aerial assaults reported in N. Gaza, Hostage families protest outside PM residence

'Additional confrontations with Iran are inevitable,' Defense Ministry D-G Baram says • Netanyahu informed Trump before Israel bombed Qatar • Netanyahu says Qatar leading isolation efforts

File photo: Israeli forces operate at night.

Trump: Qatar has been 'great ally' to US, Israel has to be 'very careful'

Trump praised Qatar as a “great ally” and urged Israel to be “very careful” after its strike on Doha, saying efforts against Hamas must be balanced.

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump talks with Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Doha in May.