Hamas is rushing to reassert control over the territory it has ruled since 2007. Its leaders are exuberant—at least in public. In private, they are arguing bitterly. The war has deepened a longtime struggle between the group’s political and military leaders and has saddled it with enormous challenges.

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: "In exchange for the release of 1,500 or 1,600 or even 2,000 prisoners (i.e., terrorists), who deserve all honor,

an eruption of new violence in the West Bank could also further undermine the waning legitimacy of the Palestinian National Authority (PA), led by President Mahmoud Abbas. Abbas' two-decade reign over the PA, from which Hamas split in 2007, has already ...

Hamas gunmen are guarding aid convoys in Gaza, and its police patrol city streets, sending a clear message: Hamas remains in charge.

"His phone call tonight to a murderer of Jews is a wake-up call to those who still delude themselves about the P.A. being an alternative to Hamas in Gaza after the war," said Israeli Finance Minister

Amid the Gaza ceasefire deal, Palestine President has called for a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza strip saying they're ready to assume 'full responsibility'.

Thousands of Palestinians chanted praise of Hamas on Saturday as they welcomed prisoners freed under a ceasefire deal between the militant group and Israel that saw four Israeli hostages also return home.

Israeli government approves ceasefire agreement. Ceasefire to begin in Gaza Sunday morning, hostages to be released in the afternoon.

Displaced Palestinians gather amid destroyed buildings in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on January 22, 2025. (AFP)

President Trump has floated the idea of relocating Gazans to other Muslim countries so that reconstruction can get underway.

When the 89-year-old Palestinian Authority chief looks around him, he must be astonished at how the international community has acquiesced in his brutal dictatorship.

By Nandita Bose, Kanishka Singh and Nidal al-Mughrabi ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE/Cairo (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said Jordan and Egypt should take in Palestinians from war-ravaged Gaza, a suggestion rejected by Hamas,