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Palestinian children watch as patients prepare to leave the Gaza Strip for treatment through the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt after it was opened by Israel for a limited number of people, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on February 8, 2026. (Bashar Taleb/ AFP)
'There is a lack of willingness to accept people from Gaza'
Gazans desperate to leave still struggling to do so, even as Israel claims door is open
By Nurit Yohanan
Trouble finding willing hosts, visa restrictions, onerous security checks and other bureaucratic hurdles mean exiting Gaza remains a lengthy, difficult task despite Jerusalem saying it wants the Strip's residents to go
Students stand among tents at a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel camp set up on the campus of Queen Mary University of London, on May 14, 2024. (BENJAMIN CREMEL / AFP)
August 26, 2025, 7:16 pm
UK to help dozens of Gazan students enroll at British universities
Accepted students must complete biometric checks in third countries before taking up their places, but their departure depends on Israel’s approval
By AFP and ToI Staff
Gazan patients and their family members board flights to Italy and Romania on March 19, 2025. (Twitter/ used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Act)
May 9, 2025, 1:27 pm
Israel claims it’s promoting Palestinian emigration from Gaza. So why are so few leaving?
Despite saying it would act on Trump’s plan to depopulate the Strip, Israel has allowed around 600 people out since March, after months-long efforts by humanitarian groups and foreign governments
By Nurit Yohanan
Displaced Palestinians sit by tents across from a garbage dump in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on July 22, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Hamas terror group. (Eyad Baba/AFP)
August 13, 2024, 12:11 pm
Disease without borders: Massive piles of garbage in Gaza also threaten Israel
Experts say even drinking water in Ashdod could be contaminated by toxic buildup from hundreds of untreated trash heaps, after Gaza’s waste removal system paralyzed by war
By Uri Blau in partnership with Shomrim
The Israel-Gaza border fence after the barrier was bombed and breached by Palestinian terrorists in the southern Gaza Strip, October 7, 2023. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
October 11, 2023, 12:55 pm
Years of subterfuge, high-tech barrier paralyzed: How Hamas busted Israel’s defenses
IDF was fooled by terror group’s messaging, over-relied on remote-controlled surveillance systems and weapons that were swiftly disabled by drones and snipers, enabling onslaught
By ToI Staff and AFP
Screen capture from video of an IDF soldier firing across the Israeli-Gaza border in a clip that was posted on the TikTok video-sharing app. (Twitter)
January 25, 2022, 10:53 am
IDF soldier gets jail for TikTok video of himself firing across border into Gaza
Serviceman sentenced to 10 days in military prison for shooting into the air at boundary for no apparent reason
By ToI Staff
Israeli soldiers taking positions during clashes with Palestinian protesters across the Gaza border on October 19, 2018 near Nahal Oz. (Jack Guez/AFP)
December 2, 2021, 6:25 pm
Rights groups accuse Israel of failing to probe troops over Gaza border shootings
Israeli military rejects findings of an Israeli and a Palestinian organization that say officers and soldiers were not investigated for their actions during deadly riots
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Israel Aerospace Industries' semi-autonomous four-wheel-drive 'REX MKII' is seen at an IAI facility near the central Israeli city of Lod, September 9, 2021. (Sebastian Scheiner/AP)
September 13, 2021, 2:10 pm
Israeli firm unveils autonomous armed robot to patrol battle zones, borders
But life-or-death decision to open fire will remain in the hands of human controllers for the time being, Israel Aerospace Industries says of its ‘REX MKII’ vehicle
By Agencies
The doors of bomb shelters are open in a public park in Sderot on July 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
August 10, 2021, 2:21 pm
Amid relative calm, Sderot still struggles with the scars of Gaza’s rocket fire
Two decades after the first rudimentary rockets landed in the town, experts are still struggling to figure out their long-term effects on a generation of parents and children
By Josef Federman
IDF bulldozers work on the Israeli-Gaza border, east of Khan Yunis, in southern Gaza Strip, on June 2, 2021. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
June 10, 2021, 11:23 pm
Army nabs infiltrator from Gaza armed with bomb, knives, grenade
Suspect apprehended as he tries to cross border in southern part of Palestinian enclave, is taken for questioning
By ToI Staff
A fire in southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip caused from airborne incendiaries flown by Palestinians, August 13, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 18, 2020, 9:53 am
Hamas said to demand new deal with Israel to end border violence
Lebanese newspaper reports terror group told Egyptian mediators that ‘patience has run out,’ Gazans don’t fear major military campaign
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Illustrative: Work on a gas pipeline in northern Israel in 2018 (Anat Hermony/Flash90)
January 13, 2020, 4:40 pm
Israel pushes forward with plans for new gas pipeline to Gaza – report
Energy minister said to order finalization of plans for project that could significantly downscale Strip’s dependence on outside electricity, cut down shortages
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Israeli military vehicles are seen during clashes along the border fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip, near Gaza City, on June 28, 2019. (Hassan Jedi/Flash90)
January 12, 2020, 11:38 pm
Three Palestinians detained after crossing border from Gaza Strip
Suspects, found to be carrying a knife, taken away for questioning by security forces; no injuries
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A drone belonging to the al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas' armed wing, flies over Gaza City on December 14, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/MAHMUD HAMS)
October 17, 2019, 4:41 pm
IDF downs drone flown in from Gaza Strip
Army says UAV was detected and intercepted along border fence in southern region of Palestinian enclave
By ToI Staff
A Palestinian uses a slingshot to hurl stones during clashes with Israeli forces near the border with Israel in the eastern Gaza Strip on August 16, 2019. (MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)
August 30, 2019, 11:18 am
Israel offers Hamas economic benefits in return for long-term ceasefire – report
Lebanese newspaper says Egyptian intelligence officials tell terror leaders Jerusalem’s threat to carry out major military campaign if violence continues is serious
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A picture taken in Gaza City on May 5, 2019, shows rockets being fired toward Israel. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)
August 28, 2019, 10:26 pm
IDF: Gaza rocket fired at Israel lands in Strip, triggering sirens in south
Army retaliates by bombing Hamas post; rocket attack interrupts night-time swimming event in Kibbutz Netiv Ha’aasara, sending dozens of children running to bomb shelters
By Judah Ari Gross
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