Everything we know so far about Gaza’s transitional government

The New Arab  /  January 15, 2026 The US's vision of post-war Gaza will concentrate power in the hands of international officials, who will call...

Palestinian engineer Ali Shaath tapped to administer devastated Gaza

TNA Staff The New Arab  /  January 15, 2026 Egypt, Qatar and Turkey said that former Palestinian deputy minister Ali Shaath would lead a new technocratic...

What Israel’s ban on aid groups means for Gaza’s future

Alessandra Bajec TNA Staff The New Arab  /  January 15, 2026 Following Israel’s NGO registration deadline, scores of international relief organisations working alongside the UN and Palestinian...

The Trump-backed Palestinian [Ali Shaath] who wants to push Gaza’s rubble into the sea

Rami Ayyub & Nidal al-Mughrabi Reuters  /  January 15, 2026 JERUSALEM/CAIRO – Ali Shaath, the Palestinian former government official chosen to administer Gaza under a U.S.-backed deal,...

Netanyahu casts the announced start of Gaza ceasefire’s next phase as largely symbolic

Wafaa Shurafa & Sam Metz AP  /  January 15, 2026 DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cast the announcement that the fragile...

Gulf states and Turkey warned Trump strikes on Iran could lead to major conflict

Patrick Wintour The Guardian  /  January 15, 2026 US allies’ lobbying appears to have helped persuade president to hold off for now on military assault. Saudi Arabia,...

The U.S. has announced ‘Phase 2’ of the Gaza ceasefire – here’s why it...

Qassam Muaddi Mondoweiss  /  January 15, 2026 For Palestinians in Gaza, Phase 2 of the ceasefire offers little hope that it will fundamentally change the status...

Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan faces great uncertainty as it moves into a new phase

Josef Federman AP  /  January 15, 2026 JERUSALEM – The White House says it is moving into the second phase of President Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire...

A cruel truce: Israel’s ongoing demolition of Gaza

Binoy Kampmark Middle East Monitor  /  January 15, 2026 What matters peace if it permits killing, maiming and destroying the infrastructure of a society supposedly once...

Palestinian factions back efforts to establish ‘transitional body’ to administer Gaza

Middle East Monitor  /  January 15, 2026 Palestinian factions and political forces said Wednesday they support ongoing mediation efforts to establish a “national transitional body”...