Israel has targeted Hamas leader Mohammad Sinwar in a strike on a hospital in southern Gaza on Tuesday evening, according to a senior Israeli official and two sources familiar with the matter.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday warned that Israel would use its "full force" to "complete" the fight against Hamas in Gaza.

A senior Hamas official tells Newsweek that the Palestinian militant group saw "positive" potential in signs of a growing rift between President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after offering the U.S. leader a political win in the form of an American hostage release ahead of his Middle East trip.

A senior Palestinian official confirmed that two meetings have taken place. Israel has not commented.

The agreement to release Edan Alexander came after talks between Washington and Hamas that did not include Israel.

Brit Hume warned on Fox News Monday that Qatar’s donation of a luxury aircraft to the U.S. government for President

President Trump says he'll accept a $400 million 747 from Qatar – and he's just about the only one who appears all too thrilled by the decision.

Trump's willingness to accept a luxury jet from Qatar to be used as Air Force One has pro-Israel Americans and a hostage family warning about its ties to Hamas.

When President Trump visits the Middle East this coming week — spending four days in a trio of Arabian Gulf nations — his most controversial stop will be Qatar.