Hazem Balousha

The militant movement is among eight Palestinian groups meeting in Cairo to hammer out proposed features of an interim administration for Gaza.

Palestinian political factions are holding closed-door discussions that could allow Hamas to help shape a postwar administration in Gaza, despite Israel’s vow to eliminate the militant group’s political influence in

Palestinian political factions are holding discussions that could see Hamas play a role in shaping a postwar administration in Gaza, despite Israel's vow to eliminate the militant group's political influence in the enclave and a decades-old feud between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority.

Gerry Shih, Claire Parker and Hazem Balousha The Washington Post

U.S. and Israeli officials are divided over whether to allow the militants, stranded inside a tunnel network in Rafah, safe passage.

The deaths added to a growing toll of Palestinian casualties since a U.S.-backed ceasefire in Gaza went into effect last month.

Middle East Images show how a winter storm has battered a destroyed Gaza

A severe winter storm with winds and heavy rains has killed more than a dozen people across the Gaza Strip, inundating its low-lying coast, flooding thousands of tents and collapsing buildings already...

Israel’s enforcement of its shifting demarcation line in Gaza has left hundreds of Palestinians dead in the months since an Oct. 10 ceasefire.

Hamas is planning to transfer control of Gaza's civilian administration to Palestinian technocrats as part of the fragile US ceasefire. How is that affecting the daily lives of people living in Gaza?