Israel-Gaza War
Israel-Hamas war, Gaza humanitarian crisis, and Middle East regional fallout.
2026
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People
Key figures in Israel-Gaza War
62 figures
Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister of Israel
Donald Trump
President of the United States (inaugurated January 2025)
Marco Rubio
U.S. Secretary of State (confirmed January 2025)
Jared Kushner
Senior adviser and founding Executive Board member
Pam Bondi
U.S. Attorney General (confirmed February 2025)
Steve Witkoff
U.S. Middle East Envoy, Board of Peace Executive Board Member
Joe Biden
Former President
Mahmoud Khalil
Palestinian activist, Columbia SIPA graduate, lawful permanent resident of the United States
Philippe Lazzarini
Commissioner-General, UNRWA (U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees)
Alejandro Mayorkas
Secretary of Homeland Security
Ali Shaath
Head of the Palestinian technocratic government, Gaza Executive Board
Alon Bar-David
Israeli Defense Forces checkpoint commander
Amande Bazerolle
Médecins Sans Frontières head of emergency response
Analisa Torres
U.S. District Judge, Southern District of New York (Obama appointee)
Antony Blinken
Secretary of State
Baher Azmy
Legal Director, Center for Constitutional Rights; co-counsel for Khalil
Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA)
Administrative immigration appeals body, Department of Justice
Brett Kavanaugh
U.S. Supreme Court Justice; author of Carpenter v. United States partial concurrence
Doctors Without Borders staff
International medical humanitarian organization
Effie Defrin
IDF spokesperson, Brig. Gen.
Francesca Albanese
UN Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories (since 2022)
Gavriel Mairone
Plaintiffs' attorney representing October 7 victims and families
Gianni Infantino
President, FIFA
Gil Dezer
President of Dezer Development
Hamdan Ballal
Palestinian-Israeli filmmaker; Oscar winner for 'No Other Land'
Hazem Qassem
Hamas spokesman
Hillel Neuer
Executive Director, UN Watch (Geneva-based monitoring group)
Isaac Herzog
Israeli President
Itamar Ben-Gvir
Israeli Minister of National Security
Jameel Jaffer
Executive Director, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University
Jasper Jeffers
Major General, U.S. Army; Commander of the International Stabilization Force
JD Vance
Vice President of the United States
Jennifer Gaines
ICE Air Operations Branch Chief
Judge Jamee Comans
Louisiana immigration judge, Executive Office for Immigration Review (DOJ employee)
Judge Michael Farbiarz
U.S. District Judge, District of New Jersey
Khalil al-Hayya
Hamas top negotiator
Maher Awad
Palestinian deportee
Mahmoud Abbas
Palestinian Authority President
Mahmoud Basal
Gaza Civil Defense spokesperson
Massimiliano Cali
Senior Economist, World Bank; husband of Francesca Albanese
Micheál Martin
Irish Foreign Minister
Mirjana Spoljaric
ICRC president
Mohsen Mahdawi
Palestinian green card holder, Columbia University graduate
Mutasim Elagraa
UNCTAD Senior Economist
Nickolay Mladenov
Director-general of Trump's 'Board of Peace'
Nikolay Mladenov
High Representative for Gaza, Board of Peace
Nina Froes
Immigration Judge, Chelmsford Immigration Court
Noor Abdallah
Khalil's wife; U.S. citizen
Palestinian Representatives
Gaza population (not directly represented)
Patrick J. Leehy
ICE Phoenix Field Office Director
Pedro Manuel Moreno
UNCTAD Deputy Secretary-General
Pierbattista Pizzaballa
Cardinal, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
Prabowo Subianto
President of Indonesia
Ramzi Kassem
Professor of Law, CUNY School of Law; co-director, CLEAR (Creating Law Enforcement Accountability and Responsibility); lead attorney for Khalil
Richard Leon
Senior U.S. District Judge, District of Columbia (George W. Bush appointee, confirmed 2002)
Rumeysa Ozturk
Tufts University graduate student
Scott Bessent
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (confirmed January 2025)
Sharif Abdel Kouddous
Middle East and North Africa editor, Drop Site News
Ted Cruz
U.S. Senator (R-TX), Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman
Third Circuit Court of Appeals (2-1 panel)
Federal appeals court covering New Jersey and Pennsylvania
Tony Blair
Former British Prime Minister, Board of Peace Executive Board Member
William G. Young
U.S. District Judge