Hamas is slated to release four Israeli hostages as the ceasefire deal with Israel continues. DW has the latest.

CLAIM: The Trump administration stopped $50 million from being sent to the Gaza Strip to buy condoms for Hamas.

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.

President Donald Trump falsely claimed during the Laken Riley Act signing that his administration had “identified and stopped $50 million being sent to Gaza to buy condoms for Hamas.”

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.

The sources said that while Hamas has successfully recruited new members, many are young and untrained and are being used for simple security purposes.

“The United States will ... to get back home. The development seems to be put on hold until Israelis can get Arbel Yehud back, one of the last civilian women held by Hamas, according to Israeli ...

Organizations that provide vital care for desperate and vulnerable people around the world have been forced to halt operations, turn away patients and lay off staff. “I’ve never seen anything that scares me as much as this,

The next test for Israel and Hamas will come on February 2nd, when talks resume on the next stage of the ceasefire—which includes the withdrawal of Israeli troops from all of Gaza and the release of more hostages. Whether the ceasefire can endure will depend on those discussions. ■

Police boats have returned to the Potomac River as part of the recovery and investigation after the United States’ deadliest aviation disaster in almost a quarter-century.

Hamas has survived Israel’s 15-month war in the Gaza Strip. Now, the militant group is replenishing its ranks, although restocking its weapons supplies will be more difficult.