A spokesman from the Israel Defense Forces, Daniel Hagari, confirmed that some Israeli civilians and soldiers had been taken as hostages by Hamas. Hamas military commander Mohammad Deif said the attack was in response to Israel's blockade of Gaza, its frequent raids on the West Bank over the...
The war began when Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting around 250. Around 100 of the captives are still being held in Gaza, and a third of them are believed to be dead. ...
Netanyahu doubled down on Israel's two goals in the war: to eradicate the military and governing powers of Hamas and to rescue all of the group's hostages. In response to a question about the potential conflict between those goals, he rejected the idea that there was any tension between e...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Jordan to continue his latest diplomatic mission to increase humanitarian aid deliveries into Gaza and prevent Palestinian civilian casualties as Israel intensifies its war against Hamas. Blinken, whose call for Israel to temporarily pause some m...
Thousands of Palestinians are fleeing northern Gaza as Israel’s military pushed deeper into dense urban neighborhoods in its battle with Hamas.
More than a million people have fled their homes in the Gaza Strip ahead of an expected Israel invasion that seeks to eliminate Hamas’ leadership after its deadly incursion.
"I haven't asked that specific request because Hamas are trying to prevent people leaving northern Gaza," Cleverlytold the BBCSunday morning. "Of course, we want to minimize Palestinian casualties, we want to minimize Israeli casualties. We want everybody to respect civilians, but the real clea...
Clashes between Israeli forces and Hamas have escalated in the northwest of the Gaza Strip, according to an outlet affiliated with the militant group.
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September 2, 2024 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will "not give in to pressure" to agree to a cease-fire with Hamas. Netanyahu insists "the achievement of the war's objectives" requires Israel to maintain control of the Philadelphi Corridor, the strip of land along the bo...