Arab and Muslim states including Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Egypt have for the first time issued a joint call for Hamas to disarm and relinquish power in the Gaza Strip as part of efforts to end the war in the territory.

Saudi Arabia and France issued the "New York Declaration," which was backed by the Arab League, Qatar and Egypt.

U.S. President Donald Trump believes that recognizing Palestinian statehood would be rewarding the militant group Hamas and he does not intend to do that, a White House official said on Wednesday, after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced his country's decision on the issue.

"The State of Israel will not lower its waiver after the atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7," Danon stressed. Israel's ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, criticized the United Kingdom's threat to recognize a Palestinian state in September unless Israel takes “substantive steps to end the appalling situation in Gaza,

Haniyeh was under U.S. sanctions and wanted by the International Criminal Court. The political leader was the public face of Hamas.

Several media outlets have been slammed for describing the Hamas Chief Ismail Haniyeh as "moderate" in their reporting on his assassination. Haniyeh, Hamas' Political Bureau Chief, was killed after attending the swearing-in ceremony of newly elected Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian,