3 days ago · The families have been informed, he said, adding that the information matched what Israeli intelligence had believed. The ceasefire is aimed at winding down the deadliest and most destructive war ever fought between Israel and Hamas. Militants killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, in the Oct. 7 assault and abducted another 250.

3 days ago · Israel’s military said people can start crossing on foot at 7 a.m. Under the ceasefire deal, Israel on Saturday was to begin allowing Palestinians to return to their homes in northern Gaza. But Israel put that on hold because of Yehoud, who Israel said should have been released on Saturday. Hamas accused Israel of violating the agreement.

Jan 22, 2025 · Israel captured the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast war, and Palestinians want all three territories for their future state. Escalations in one area frequently spill over , raising further concerns that the second and far more difficult phase of the Gaza ceasefire — which has yet to be negotiated — may never come.

An armed conflict between Israel and Hamas -led Palestinian militant groups [t] has been taking place in the Gaza Strip and Israel since 7 October 2023. It is the fifth war since 2008 in the Gaza–Israel conflict, and the most significant military engagement in the region since the Yom Kippur War in 1973. [77] .

4 days ago · The Israeli fire on Sunday was the deadliest eruption of violence in Lebanon since the war between Israel and Hezbollah, the Lebanese militia, ended with a truce in November. In the renewed ...

Jan 20, 2025 · Follow the latest news on the Israel Gaza war. Get live updates, maps, verified video reports and expert analysis from BBC journalists on the ground.

Jan 18, 2025 · Hundreds of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel will be released in the first phase of a cease-fire agreement that the Israeli cabinet approved after 15 months of war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

Oct 7, 2023 · Despite Israel’s partial troop withdrawal from Gaza and a reduction in operations in the strip’s north, satellite imagery shows ongoing land clearing and military advancement in southern and...

Jan 18, 2024 · Israeli forces severely damaged a Gaza cemetery this week, exhuming and removing bodies in what the military told CNN was part of a search for the remains of hostages seized by Hamas. Here’s how...

2 days ago · Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 47,354 Palestinians and wounded 111,563 since October 7, 2023. At least 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks that day and more ...