Gaza Strip

IDF discovers October 7 training facility and launch point hidden in Gaza mosque - report

Army Radio reported that the IDF uncovered detailed models of Israeli kibbutzes at the facility, which had RPG missiles hidden on site.

Israel Prison Service officers prepare Palestinian prisoners for release as part of a hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, at Ktzi’ot Prison in southern Israel, February 26, 2025
Palestinian gunmen walk as heavy machinery operates at a site where searches for deceased hostages kidnapped by Hamas during the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel are underway amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, October 19, 2025.

Hamas intends to use bulldozers to bury hostage remains, not recover them, Israel suspects - KAN

Hamas searches for the remains of deceased hostages, kidnapped by Hamas during the October 7, 2023, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, October 28, 2025.

Hamas official squarely blames Israel for delayed return of hostages in Al Jazeera interview

An Israeli soldier stands near military vehicles, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, at the Israel-Gaza border in southern Israel October 12, 2025.

Israel considering capture of Hamas-controlled Gaza territory in response to ceasefire breach


IDF carries out 'powerful strikes' in Gaza following Hamas ceasefire breach, PMO confirms

Prime Minister Netanyahu immediately ordered the strikes after a security assessment with defense officials.

IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip on September 27, 2025.

WATCH: IDF drone catches Hamas staging hostage Ofir Tzarfati's 'burial, discovery' in Gaza

The video, filmed by an IDF drone that had been in the area, shows Hamas members placing Tzarfati's remains in a freshly dug hole before covering the remains with dirt.

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) searching for the remains of deceased hostages in Gaza City, October 28, 2025.

Israeli officials rebuke possibility of 'official UN force' monitoring Gaza ceasefire

The United Nations and countries set to be involved in the force have not yet decided what responsibilities the force may have, nor how those responsibilities will be carried out.

A vehicle of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is pictured amid ongoing efforts to assess damage and plan reconstruction in Gaza following the Israel-Hamas War, in Gaza City, October 16, 2025

After killing hundreds of terrorists, IDF's 99th Division concludes northern Gaza operations

More than one kilometer of Hamas tunnels was reportedly destroyed in northern Gaza during the 99th Division's mission there. 

IDF's 99th Division operating in the northern Gaza Strip.

Hostage remains arrive at forensic institute for identification procedures

Forensic scientists are conducting tests on the remains to ascertain an official identification.

Red Cross vehicles transport the bodies of deceased hostages who had been held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023 attack, after they were handed over by Hamas militants as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Gaza City, October 14, 2025.

High hopes, unresolved questions: Weak optimism over Israeli politics, Gaza ceasefire - opinion

Complications on the internal Israeli front and questions about the peace plan's implementation dampen optimism.

US SECRETARY of State Marco Rubio departs from Ben-Gurion Airport for Doha on Saturday. The writer asks: To what extent will Israel’s interests and concerns be taken into account?

Gaza activist Moumen al-Natour branded ‘perpetrator’ by his own family over anti-Hamas column

The family of Moumen al-Natour, a Gazan lawyer and activist, published a statement distancing themselves after al-Natour wrote an anti-Hamas op-ed in The Washington Post.

Palestinian Hamas terrorists. February 22, 2025.

A narrow set of choices for Gaza: What’s the future for Hamas? - opinion

Following the Gaza ceasefire and the completion of the hostage-prisoner exchange, Hamas faces a narrow set of strategic choices.

A DRONE VIEW shows destruction in Gaza City last week. In a poll conducted in May 2024, some 70% of Gazans approved of Hamas’s onslaught on October 7, 2023. One year later, that support had shrunk to 38%, the writer notes.

Leaked doc. reveals Israel encouraged Qatar to fund Gaza despite sums reaching Hamas - KAN

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was also the prime minister at the time, defended the decision from 2018 to push Qatar to give money to Gaza. 

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over a backdrop of a Qatari flag.

Hamas selects Amjad Shawa to head new Gaza board - KAN

Shawa's approval occurred during a meeting last week between Hamas, the Palestinian Authority, and Egyptian intelligence in Cairo, according to KAN, though his official appointment depends on the US.

Amjad Shawa.

Abraham Accords to expand soon as Hamas and Hezbollah regroup, Israeli diplomat Ofir Akunis says

Ofir Akunis said that Israel will insist upon the demilitarization of Gaza and the disarmament of Hamas, which are conditions in the second part of the US-brokered Gaza deal.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ofir Akunis, the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on May 1, 2023