What we know about Trump's claim that the U.S. planned to spend $50 million on condoms for Gaza
FACT CHECK: No Evidence Found in Trump’s Claim of $50 Million Sent to Gaza for Hamas to Buy Condoms
USAID's financial year 2023 report on contraceptive and condom shipments notes that only one Jordan received a small shipment of contraceptives.
FACT FOCUS: No Evidence That $50 Million Was Designated by the US to Buy Condoms for Hamas
No evidence that $50 million was designated by the US to buy condoms for Hamas
CLAIM: The Trump administration stopped $50 million from being sent to the Gaza Strip to buy condoms for Hamas.
Middle East updates: Hamas to release 4 Israeli hostages
Hamas is slated to release four Israeli hostages as the ceasefire deal with Israel continues. DW has the latest.
Hamas Official Says Group Is Ready for ‘Dialogue With America’
In a rare move hours after the cease-fire took effect, one senior Hamas official said the group wants to engage the new Trump administration.
Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal brings hope for devastated northern Gaza
The deplorable humanitarian conditions in northern Gaza have caused bitter infighting within the Biden administration.
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Israeli government approves Gaza ceasefire, hostage deal with Hamas
The government vote was delayed by wrangling between Israel and Hamas and by negotiations between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right political allies.
Hamas’ rule in Gaza has been disastrous for both Arabs and Israelis
President Trump has floated the idea of relocating Gazans to other Muslim countries so that reconstruction can get underway.
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Monitoring the status of hostages still in Gaza after Hamas’s attack
In response, Israel launched a military campaign against Hamas in Gaza, in what the United Nations’ human rights agency ... and international allies, in particular the United States.