<article data-history-node-id="429808" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/erdogan-says-trump-asked-turkey-persuade-hamas-gaza-peace" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/erdogan-says-trump-asked-turkey-persuade-hamas-gaza-peace" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Erdogan says Trump asked Turkey to 'persuade Hamas' on Gaza peace </span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>US president Donald Trump asked Turkey to "persuade" Hamas to accept his plan for ending the&nbsp;Gaza&nbsp;war, president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a transcript shared by his office on Wednesday.</p> <p>His remarks came as negotiators from Israel and Hamas were due to hold a third day of indirect negotiations in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh aimed at halting Israek's war on&nbsp;Gaza, alongside senior officials from Qatar, Turkey and the US.&nbsp;</p> <p>"Both during our visit to the United States and in our most recent phone call, we explained to Mr. Trump how a solution could be achieved in Palestine. He specifically requested that we meet with Hamas and persuade them," Erdogan told Turkish journalists late Tuesday on board a plane returning from Azerbaijan.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="429805" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-arrest-palestinians-west-bank" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-arrest-palestinians-west-bank" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli forces arrest Palestinians in West Bank</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="135" data-start="0">Israeli forces continued operations targeting Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, according to the Wafa news agency.</p> <p data-end="358" data-start="137">The agency reported that the military arrested four people in the town of Hizma, northeast of Jerusalem, after raiding and searching their home. A 19-year-old was detained at dawn in the village of at-Tahta, west of Ramallah.</p> <p data-end="516" data-start="360">In the Arroub refugee camp in the Hebron governorate, Israeli forces assaulted, detained and interrogated dozens of Palestinians during a raid, Wafa said.</p> <p data-end="672" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node data-start="518">A former prisoner was arrested in the town of Beit Fajjar, south of Bethlehem, while two brothers were detained in the city of Tulkarem, the agency added.</p> </div> </div> </article>

The culture secretary's department claims that releasing details would prejudice UK relations with Israel. But close relations with Israel while it commits genocide are the problem

<article data-history-node-id="429804" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-attack-kills-palestinian-gaza" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-attack-kills-palestinian-gaza" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli attack kills Palestinian in Gaza</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The body of a Palestinian&nbsp;was recovered following an Israeli strike on the al-Nasr neighbourhood, west of Gaza City,&nbsp;Al Jazeera Arabic reported, citing a source at al-Shifa Hospital.</p> <p>Meanwhile, the army detonated car bombs in Sabra&nbsp;and launched raids on the Shuja'iyya neighbourhood in Gaza City.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="429803" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-security-forces-intercept-global-sumud-flotilla-vessel" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-security-forces-intercept-global-sumud-flotilla-vessel" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli security forces intercept a Global Sumud Flotilla vessel</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>A&nbsp;group of vessels attempting to deliver aid to the war-ravaged&nbsp;Gaza&nbsp;Strip was intercepted by Israeli forces in international waters on Wednesday, the coalition behind the convoy said, the second such interception in the past week.</p> <p>The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) is an international network of pro-Palestinian activist groups that organises civilian maritime missions aimed at breaking Israel's blockade of&nbsp;Gaza&nbsp;to deliver humanitarian aid to Palestinians in the enclave.</p> <p>The flotilla's vessels and passengers were safe, had been transferred to an Israeli port and were expected to be deported promptly, Israel's foreign ministry said in a statement on X.</p> <p>"Another futile attempt to breach the legal naval blockade and enter a combat zone ended in nothing," the ministry said.</p> <p>The FFC said Israeli forces "hijacked the humanitarian fleet," adding that the "ships were illegally intercepted ... Participants - humanitarians, doctors and journalists from across the world - have been taken against their will and are being held in unknown conditions."</p> <p>"The Israeli military has no legal jurisdiction over international waters," it said. "Our flotilla poses no harm."</p> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="A screengrab from a live footage video shows an Israeli soldier smashing the CCTV camera of " gaza a gaza-bound vessel which is part of the global sumud with gun as boat intercepted by israeli security in this screengrab obtained from video released on october data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="cce044dd-4281-418e-9ead-b01af5e0034d" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/2025-10-08T053718Z_220824453_RC2H7HABW2QQ_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-FREEDOM-FLOTILLA-min.JPG" width="2333" height="1319" alt="A screengrab from a live footage video shows an Israeli soldier smashing the CCTV camera of " gaza a gaza-bound vessel which is part of the global sumud with gun as boat intercepted by israeli security in this screengrab obtained from video released on october typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>A screengrab from a live footage video shows an Israeli soldier smashing the CCTV camera of "Gaza&nbsp;Sunbird", a&nbsp;Gaza-bound vessel which is part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, with a gun as the boat is intercepted by Israeli security forces, in this screengrab obtained from a video released on 8 October, 2025. (Reuters)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="429802" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/morning-update-425" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/morning-update-425" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Morning update</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Good morning, Middle East Eye readers,</p> <p>Here are the latest updates from Israel's war on Gaza:</p> <ul> <li> <p>The organisers of a new&nbsp;Gaza-bound aid flotilla said the Israeli army intercepted at least three of its boats on Wednesday.</p> </li> <li> <p>Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Wednesday said he strongly condemned the Israeli military after it intercepted several boats carrying aid to&nbsp;Gaza, and demanded that Malaysian activists taking part in the flotilla mission be released.</p> </li> <li> <p>Qatar's prime minister and senior delegates from the United States and Turkey will join Hamas and Israeli negotiators on Wednesday for a third day of talks aimed at ending Israel's war on&nbsp;Gaza.</p> </li> <li> <p>US President Donald Trump voiced optimism that there was a "real chance" to end the war in&nbsp;Gaza.&nbsp;"I think there's a possibility that we could have peace in the Middle East," he said.</p> </li> <li> <p>Explosions heard clearly in southern Israel as a result of intense Israeli attacks&nbsp;on Gaza, Al Jazeera reported, citing Israeli media.</p> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="429801" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/evening-recap-541" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/evening-recap-541" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Evening recap</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Our live blog is now closed until tomorrow morning.</p> <p>Here are the day's key developments:</p> <p>-&nbsp;Heavy Israeli shelling was reported across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, as the genocide passed its two-year mark, with more than 67,000 Palestinians killed and the besieged enclave left largely in ruins.</p> <p>-&nbsp;The head of the Hamas political bureau Khalil al-Hayya said that while he extends his gratitude to US President Donald Trump for his efforts toward a ceasefire deal, it's the Israelis that cannot be trusted to commit to it. Hayya demanded international guarantors for any agreement.&nbsp;</p> <p>-&nbsp;Signaling significant progress, the Qatari prime minister will personally join Gaza talks in Egypt on Wednesday, the Reuters news agency reported, citing its own sources.</p> <p>-&nbsp;Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni revealed that she and two of her ministers had been reported to the International Criminal Court for alleged complicity in genocide in Gaza.&nbsp;</p> <p>-&nbsp;A 22-year-old Palestinian man from a village south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank died in Israeli custody on Tuesday because of medical neglect, the office of Palestinian prisoners' affairs announced.</p> <p>-&nbsp;Parliamentarians from Turkey and Europe, including members of the European Parliament, have issued a plea for the immediate release of activists who took part in the Global Sumud Flotilla, currently detained by Israel.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="429800" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/hamas-lead-negotiator-thanks-trump-working-toward-ceasefire-says-israel" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/hamas-lead-negotiator-thanks-trump-working-toward-ceasefire-says-israel" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Hamas lead negotiator thanks Trump for working toward ceasefire but says Israel cannot be trusted</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The head of the Hamas political bureau Khalil al-Hayya on Tuesday <a href="https://alqaheranews.net/news/143829/خليل-الحية-وفد-حماس-جاء-إلى-شرم-الشيخ-لإنهاء-عدوان-غزة">told</a> Egypt's Al-Qahera Al Ekhbariya TV that while he extends his gratitude to US President Donald Trump for his efforts toward a ceasefire deal, it's the Israelis that cannot be trusted to commit to it.&nbsp;</p> <p>Speaking from the coastal Egyptian town of Sharm el-Sheikh where a second day of talks with mediators wrapped up, Hayya said the Israelis have already reneged on ongoing ceasefire deals twice before: First in December 2023 after one week, and then again in March 2025, after six weeks.&nbsp;</p> <p>The international community, the Arab and Muslim nations, and especially the US must act as a guarantor to any ceasefire deal that is agreed in order to ensure Israeli compliance, Hayya stressed.</p> <p>Hamas, he said, is ready for a full exchange of captives from both sides along with a permanent ceasefire that allows Palestinians to safely and securely rebuild the battered enclave, and sees the Israeli army withdraw from its positions.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

Negotiator Khalil al-Hayya expressed concern that Israel has reneged on its agreements twice before and continued to bomb Gaza

The US president's son-in-law never really left the Middle East. Now he is one of two US interlocutors tapped with ending Israel's genocide in Gaza

The US president's son-in-law never really left the Middle East. Now he is one of two US interlocutors tapped with ending Israel's genocide in Gaza

The US president's son-in-law never really left the Middle East. Now he is one of two US interlocutors tapped with ending Israel's genocide in Gaza

<article data-history-node-id="429799" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-ceasefire-deal-hamas-egypt-and-qatar-pushing-marwan-barghoutis" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-ceasefire-deal-hamas-egypt-and-qatar-pushing-marwan-barghoutis" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Gaza ceasefire deal: Hamas, Egypt and Qatar pushing for Marwan Barghouti's release</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p><meta charset="UTF-8"></p> <p><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/egypt" target="_blank">Egypt</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/qatar" target="_blank">Qatar</a>, alongside&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/tags/hamas" target="_blank">Hamas</a>, are using "all means available" to secure the release of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvNoaSSxUXg" target="_blank">Marwan Barghouti</a>&nbsp;as part of the Gaza ceasefire agreement between the group and Israel, three sources informed on the negotiations&nbsp;have told Middle East Eye.&nbsp;</p> <p>The long-imprisoned Palestinian political leader is on&nbsp;a list “of around one hundred senior Palestinian prisoners” being discussed ahead of the second phase of the truce deal, a source close to the negotiations said.</p> <p>“Marwan alongside [a] few others are at the top of that list,” said the source, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to discuss the details.</p> <p>Hamas leaders told a second source that Barghouti's release was "the primary goal" for the group in the deal and that they believed they had the leverage to pressure the Israelis to do so, but that it would not be decided until the second phase of negotiations when the release of Israeli soldiers is also on the table.</p> <p>Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and&nbsp;Major General Hassan Mahmoud Rashad, the director of Egypt's General Intelligence Services,&nbsp;have personally interceded to push for his release, they said.</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/marwan-barghoutis-release-being-discussed-part-phase-two-ceasefire">Gaza ceasefire deal: Hamas, Egypt and Qatar pushing for Marwan Barghouti's release</a></h3> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="429798" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/italian-prime-minister-reveals-she-has-been-referred-icc-over-gaza" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/italian-prime-minister-reveals-she-has-been-referred-icc-over-gaza" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Italian prime minister reveals she has been referred to ICC over Gaza</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p><meta charset="UTF-8"></p> <p>Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Tuesday that she and two of her ministers had been reported to the International Criminal Court for alleged complicity in genocide in Gaza.&nbsp;</p> <p>Speaking in an interview with state television company RAI, Meloni said Defence Minister Guido Crosetto and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani had both been referred, possibly as well as Roberto Cingolani, the head of the Leonardo defence group.&nbsp;</p> <p>- <em>Reporting by Reuters</em></p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="429795" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/signaling-significant-progress-qatari-prime-minister-personally-join" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/signaling-significant-progress-qatari-prime-minister-personally-join" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Signaling significant progress, Qatari prime minister to personally join Gaza talks in Egypt on Wednesday</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p><meta charset="UTF-8"></p> <p>Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani will join the talks on US President Donald Trump’s&nbsp;Gaza&nbsp;plan in Egypt on Wednesday, an official briefed on the talks told Reuters on Tuesday.</p> <p>"Following two days of talks, the Qatari Prime Minister is traveling to Egypt to meet with other mediators including Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner with the aim of pushing forward the&nbsp;Gaza&nbsp;ceasefire plan and hostage release agreement," the official said.</p> <p>- <em>Reporting by Reuters</em></p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="429794" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-opposition-leader-slams-netanyahu-silence-7-october-anniversary" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-opposition-leader-slams-netanyahu-silence-7-october-anniversary" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli opposition leader slams Netanyahu for silence on 7 October anniversary</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid slammed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday for not yet having made any public statements or appearances on the second anniversary of the 7 October 2023 Hamas-led attacks.</p> <p>"Today is October seventh. The evening has fallen, the Prime Minister of Israel, then and now, did not say a word, did not apologize, did not tweet, did not make a video, did not share what he feels. Nothing. Complete disconnection," Lapid wrote on X.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

New Yorker article reiterates questions surrounding sexual misconduct investigation into ICC prosecutor previously exclusively raised by MEE

Most of the open spots for resettlement in the US will be allocated to white South Africans over at-risk populations, according to a new report

<article data-history-node-id="429792" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/22-year-old-palestinian-dies-israeli-custody-occupied-west-bank" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/22-year-old-palestinian-dies-israeli-custody-occupied-west-bank" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">22-year-old Palestinian dies in Israeli custody in occupied West Bank</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>A 22-year-old Palestinian man from a village south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank died in Israeli custody on Tuesday because of medical neglect, the office of Palestinian prisoners' affairs announced.</p> <p>The news was first reported by the Wafa news agency.&nbsp;</p> <p>Ahmed Hatem Mohammed Khudairat had been held in administrative detention by Israel - meaning imprisoned without charge - since 23 May 2024.&nbsp;</p> <p>Khudairat had diabetes and was not afforded the necessary medication or nutrition, the prisoners' office said. He had recently lost a lot of weight and contracted scabies - a skin condition many held in Israeli prisons suffer from due to overcrowding and lack of hygiene.&nbsp;</p> <p>Since 7 October 2023, 78 Palestinians have died while in Israeli custody.</p> <p>Since 1967 and the Israeli capture of the West Bank and Gaza, 315 Palestinians have died while in Israeli custody, the prisoners' office said.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

David Adler, a Jewish American detained by Israel, tells MEE about brutal treatment at Ashdod and in Ketziot Prison

<article data-history-node-id="429791" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/exclusive-un-commissioner-says-trumps-gaza-plan-breaches-international" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/exclusive-un-commissioner-says-trumps-gaza-plan-breaches-international" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Exclusive: UN commissioner says Trump's Gaza plan breaches international law</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p><meta charset="UTF-8"></p> <p>UN Commissioner Navi Pillay has criticised ​​​​​​<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/us" target="_blank">US</a>&nbsp;President&nbsp;Donald Trump's&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/full-text-trumps-20-point-plan-end-war-gaza-0" target="_blank">20-point</a>&nbsp;Gaza plan for its exclusion of Palestinians from transitional governance, and said a ceasefire proposal does not alter the UN's finding that&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israel</a>&nbsp;is responsible for&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-gaza-why-experts-say-genocide-international-law" target="_blank">genocide</a>.</p> <p>Last week, Trump unveiled the controversial "peace" plan alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which gives general precedence to Israel's framing of the situation in Gaza and Israel's stated security concerns.</p> <p>The plan, which has been widely criticised as "<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/colonial-thinking-pitfalls-trump-20-point-gaza-plan" target="_blank">colonial thinking</a>", proposes that Trump will serve alongside former British Prime Minister&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/breakdown-tony-blairs-bizarre-proposal-run-gaza" target="_blank">Tony Blair</a>&nbsp;on a transitional committee that will oversee the strip.</p> <p>In a wide-ranging interview with&nbsp;Middle East Eye on Monday,&nbsp;Pillay, an eminent South African judge who chairs the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/un-concludes-israel-guilty-genocide-gaza" target="_blank">UN commission of inquiry</a>&nbsp;that concluded Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza, said that "the conclusion of the commission still stands."</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/trump-gaza-plan-breaches-international-law-un-commissioner-navi-pillay">Exclusive: UN commissioner says Trump's Gaza plan breaches international law</a></h3> </div> </div> </article>

Hundreds marched through central London, as the UK prime minister described the planned protests for Gaza as "un-British"

<article data-history-node-id="429789" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/hamas-lays-out-its-conditions-second-day-talks-conclude-egypt" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/hamas-lays-out-its-conditions-second-day-talks-conclude-egypt" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Hamas lays out its conditions as second day of talks conclude in Egypt</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Hamas said on Tuesday that a second day of talks between the group and mediators Qatar and Egypt, as well as the US and Israel, have wrapped up in Sharm el-Sheikh with a focus on Israeli army withdrawal maps, and the schedule for the release of Israeli captives held in Gaza.</p> <p>Hamas said in a statement that it called for linking each stage of the release of Israeli captives with the stages of the full Israeli withdrawal - indicating that the captives will not be freed all at once.&nbsp;</p> <p>"The release of the last prisoner must coincide with the final withdrawal of Israeli forces," the statement said.&nbsp;</p> <p>Hamas also urged the need for international guarantees for a final ceasefire to ensure full Israeli withdrawal.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="429788" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/hamas-says-israel-failed-achieve-any-its-goals-gaza-war-anniversary" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/hamas-says-israel-failed-achieve-any-its-goals-gaza-war-anniversary" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Hamas says Israel failed to achieve any of its goals in Gaza on war anniversary</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p><meta charset="UTF-8"></p> <p>The&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinian&nbsp;</a>movement Hamas has said on Tuesday that&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israel</a>&nbsp;has failed to achieve any of its objectives in its&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/israel-genocide-gaza" target="_blank">genocidal war on Gaza</a>&nbsp;and that it was becoming increasingly isolated on the world stage due to the abuses it was carrying out in the besieged enclave.</p> <p>Senior Hamas official Fawzi Barhoum said in a televised speech that despite laying waste to much of the enclave, Israel had failed in its attempts to expel Palestinians to other countries and that Israel's repeated attacks across the wider Middle East had exposed itself as a threat to the region.</p> <p>"[The ongoing genocide] has resulted in the occupation facing unprecedented isolation and triggered [activists and] movements to stand with our people and recognise their independent state," he said.</p> <p>Barhoum's comments came on the second anniversary of the start of the war, and a day after Hamas mediators arrived in the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/egypt" target="_blank">Egyptian&nbsp;</a>Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh to start indirect talks about ending the genocide.</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/hamas-says-israel-failed-achieve-any-its-goals-gaza-war-anniversary">Hamas says Israel failed to achieve any of its goals in Gaza on war anniversary</a></h3> </div> </div> </article>

In speech marking two years since the start of genocide, Hamas official Fawzi Barhoum says Israel failed to expel Palestinians to other countries and faces 'unprecedented isolation'