on Jan. 18, 2024. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that his country will maintain security control over the Gaza Strip after the ongoing conflict with Hamas ends. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)
Control of the Philadelphi corridor enabled Hamas to control humanitarian aid and goods entering Gaza from Egypt. It alsoenablesit to control the access of non-governmental organizations to Gaza. In both cases, Hamas used its control of the border to make itself appear to be the legitimate powe...
Israel retains complete control over GazaBarghouthi, Mustafa
A barrage of rockets are fired from Gaza toward Israel over Gaza City, on Oct. 10, 2023. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua) GAZA/JERUSALEM, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Israel intensified on Tuesday its airstrikes on the Gaza Strip and bolstered its forces along the border, the fourth day of...
The "elimination [of Hamas commander Ibrahim Biari] was carried out as part of a wide-scale strike on terrorists and terror infrastructure belonging to the Central Jabalia Battalion, which had taken control over civilian buildings in Gaza City," the ID...
The ministers categorically rejected Israel's plans for "the day after its aggression" and its control over any part of Gaza, according to a resolution issued after the 162nd session of the Arab League (AL) Council at the ministerial level held in Egypt's Cairo. ...
Israel said Tuesday that its ground forces were battling Hamas fighters deep inside Gaza’s largest city.
Israel’s mowing-the-grass strategy finally failed spectacularly on Oct. 7. The Hamas attack underscored just how little control Israel has over Gaza. It was not just anintelligencefailure and an operational failure but also a more sweeping strategic failure. The core premise behind Israe...
Israel's potential ground invasion into Gaza could also make it more difficult to deliver aid, he said. There has been concern over Palestinians' access to water as well, and Satterfield said that the U.S. is working with the Israeli government to restore water pipelines. ...
On Wednesday, the Israeli military said they established “operational control” over the Egypt-Gaza border. But an Israeli official told CNN that although their troops had achieved “tactical” control over the corridor it did not mean “Israel had boots on the ground” along the entire corridor...