Gaza Strip

Hamas leadership calls for kidnapping of IDF soldiers following death penalty law passing - report

In a document, Hamas described the proposed legislation as a “fascist law,” and urged members of the organization’s military wing to escalate and carry out “active operations.”

Gunmen stand guard at the funeral of Marwan Issa, a senior Hamas deputy military commander who was killed in an Israeli airstrike during the conflict between Israel and Hamas, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, February 7, 2025.
Palestinian members of al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement.

Captured Hamas document shows how group used Gaza ceasefire to train new terrorists

(L-R) Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir

Israel assesses ICC will issue arrest warrants for five officials over Gaza war crime allegations

IDF confirms death of Hamas military chief Izz ad-Din al-Haddad, May 16, 2026.

Hamas's Gaza military chief broke his own rules, allowing IDF to find and kill him


The Palestinian Fatah party held elections, is a ‘new’ leadership emerging? - analysis

Fifty-nine candidates competed for 18 seats on the Central Committee, while 456 members competed for 80 seats on the Revolutionary Council, which serves as the movement's parliament.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends a meeting with Russian President at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 22, 2026.

Hamas seeks to exploit Hajj pilgrimage to smuggle funds into Gaza - report

In Egypt, the sources explained, the smuggled finances will be laundered or “redirected” using various methods before being transferred to Gaza.

Palestinian members of al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement.

Land convoy sets out from Libya as part of Gaza flotilla effort

Two hundred participants from 25 different countries are participating in the convoy, riding in the 20 mobile homes, 7 ambulance or medical transport vehicles, and other locomotives.

Boats from a large flotilla attempting to break a maritime blockade on the Hamas-ruled Gaza strip seen arriving at the Ashdod port, after the Israeli Navy took control of the vessels overnight.

IDF kills two Hamas terrorists who infiltrated Israel during October 7 massacre

The IDF also killed an additional Hamas terrorist from Hamas’s Bureij Battalion in a strike on Wednesday.

Soldiers from the IDF's 7th Armored Brigade operating in the Gaza Strip, January 14, 2026; illustrative.

'Door to Gaza's future is still closed despite ceasefire,' BoP chief said after meeting Netanyahu

"This is not what was promised to the Palestinians, and it is not what they deserve," Mladenov said. "Furthermore, this does not provide Israel with the security it needs to move forward."

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Gaza Board of Peace Director Nickolay Mladenov, May 13, 2026.

IDF preparing plan to return to Gaza fighting, depending on Iran ceasefire deal

A security source told Walla that signing a last-minute agreement with the Ayatollahs' regime could bring Israel closer to resuming fighting against Hamas in Gaza.

(Illustrative) IDF soldiers are seen traversing northern Gaza rubble during Operation Brave Heart, the operation to rescue the body of St.-Sgt.-Maj. Ran Gvili, January 26, 2026.

IDF indicts two soldiers for smuggling cigarettes, stealing ammo, tax offenses linked with Gaza

The IDF charged two Sergeant First Class-ranked suspects with smuggling cigarettes, stealing ammunition, and committing tax offenses, including money laundering, in connection with Gaza.

Humanitarian aid enters the Gaza Strip via the Kerem Shalom Crossing, November 17, 2025; illustrative.

Gazan public opinion turning against Hamas as support for disarmament grows - report

According to KAN, the majority of the Gazan public supports the push for the terrorist organization to give up its weapons, seeing disarmament as a  "way out" of long-term turmoil and violence.

Palestinian women walk past buildings damaged during the war at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Gaza, March 31, 2026.

Gaza flotilla activists to be released from detention, deported from Israel

Shin Bet informed the Adalah legal center of the expected release, and the Adalah team will be monitoring developments to ensure that the release and deportation take place.

Thiago Ávila, who took part in a flotilla to the Gaza Strip, arrives for a remand hearing at the Magistrate’s Court in Ashkelon, southern Israel, after being arrested on suspicion of membership in a terrorist organization, May 3, 2026.

'They kept shooting at us while I kept driving': Female soldiers recall near-death Gaza incident

Maj. Nurit Rokach, Linor, and Stav described the April 2025 Gaza ambush that left two of them severely wounded and exposed failures in sending them without a convoy.

Three female soldiers, one year after a near-death experience in the Gaza Strip, speaking to Channel 12's 'Uvda,' broadcast May 7, 2026.