Gaza City

IDF killed two Hamas terrorists in Gaza strikes, military confirms

Talal Mustafa Saleh Badawi, a commander from the Military Security Department of Hamas’s Gaza City Brigade, was killed on Monday along with Momo Saeed Mohammed.

Smoke rises following an Israeli strike on a metal foundry in Gaza City, July 12, 2026.
Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a house that was pre-warned by the Israeli military to evacuate before the strike was carried out late on Wednesday, in Al-Nuseirat refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip, July 16, 2026.

IDF, Shin Bet capture Hamas's Internal Security chief during joint operation in Gaza Strip

Palestinians carrying flags, body bags during a funeral ceremony in Gaza City on August 20, 2026.

How are Gazan gangs affecting the strip amid Israel, US election cycles? - analysis

IDF destroys four Hamas tunnels in Gaza over weekend, April 14, 2026.

IDF Gaza Division seals two Hamas tunnels spanning two kilometers along Yellow Line


IDF controls over half of Gaza City as 800,000 residents flee the area - Southern Command

In recent days, the IDF has expanded the scope of strikes across Gaza City, targeting more than 140 sites each night.

Smoke rises during an Israeli military operation in Gaza City, as seen from the central Gaza Strip September 27, 2025.

IDF evacuation of Gaza City reaches 700,000 civilians

Although approximately 300,000 Palestinian civilians remain, the general population is continuing to evacuate.

Palestinians evacuating amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas travel on a vehicle in Khan Younis in the Southern Gaza Strip May 6, 2024.

IAF hits 170 Hamas targets across Gaza, eliminates terrorists in Gaza City

Israeli troops continued dismantling terrorist infrastructure and eliminating terrorists in Gaza City, Hamas’s last stronghold.

IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip. September 25, 2025.

An essential defeat: Why Israel must destroy Hamas in Gaza City - opinion

A victory of Israel will inject encouragement to the conservatives and the nationalists in the free world, who mostly view Israel as a Western nationalist bastion in a rough neighborhood.

PALESTINIANS MOVE southward after the IDF ordered residents of Gaza City to evacuate, last Saturday. The conquest of Gaza City, the final stronghold of Hamas, is an imperative for removing Hamas from power and for Israel to be perceived as the victor in the war, the writer argues.

WATCH: IDF footage exposes terrorists firing from Gaza’s Shifa Hospital

In using the hospital in this way, Hamas is intentionally putting at risk the lives of civilians, including hospital patients and staff, the military stated.

 Smoke rises as displaced Palestinians take shelter at Al Shifa hospital, amid the ongoing conflict between Hamas and Israel, in Gaza City, November 8, 2023.

Israel at War day 718: What's going on in Israel, Gaza, West Bank?

Trump to present Gaza peace deal • UN says Israel seeks permanent Gaza control • Turkey's Erdogan calls on other countries to recognize Palestinian

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

'They are still there': Hostage families mark second Rosh Hashanah since October 7

As the hostages now approach their third Simchat Torah in Gaza, she said, the feeling that time has frozen only grows stronger.

Families of hostages held in Gaza and their supporters protest outside the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem, calling for their release, September 21, 2025.

Curses and blessings from 5785, and why it is important to recognize them - comment

Jewish tradition is keenly aware of suffering, exile, persecution, and uncertainty, while it also reflects Jewish resilience and hope. It carries both the sober memory of hardship and hope.

A MAN blows a shofar outside the Jerusalem Central Bus Station. One of the areas of life on which we concentrate in the Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur period is health, says the writer.

The IDF's invasion of Gaza unlikely to achieve war goals, return hostages – analysis

Without honing in on the hostages and on Hamas’s hidden fighters in Gaza City, the IDF controlling more land is unlikely to achieve strategic goals.

IDF's 162nd Division deepens ground maneuvers in Gaza City, September 19, 2025.

IDF: 550,000 out of one million civilians have fled Gaza City

At the initial stages of evacuations a couple of weeks ago, only around 70,000 civilians fled. By early last week, the numbers had risen to around 250,000.

Displaced Palestinians, fleeing northern Gaza due to an Israeli military operation, move southward after Israeli forces ordered residents of Gaza City to evacuate to the south, in the central Gaza Strip, September 17, 2025.