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Residents inspect the site of an Israeli airstrike in Gaza city, July 18, 2026. (AP/Jehad Alshrafi)
July 19, 2026, 12:16 am
10 said killed, including three children, in Israeli strikes in northern Gaza
IDF says Gaza City strike which local health officials say killed family of 5 targeted Hamas operative, infrastructure; army also says 2 operatives killed in strikes a day earlier
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
A smoke plume billows during an Israeli strike on an industrial area in Gaza City on July 12, 2026. (Omar AL-QATTAA/ AFP)
July 12, 2026, 8:17 pm
IDF says it hit weapons site in Gaza, as 6 said killed in Strip, including girl
IDF says unaware of incident in which 9-year-old reported killed; says operatives were inside arms factory during strike, 2 Hamas members killed last week
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Palestinians in Gaza protest against Hamas on June 26, 2026. (Social media, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 26, 2026, 8:37 pm
Bucking threats, hundreds in Gaza seen protesting Hamas for first time in a year
Signs read ‘God willing, Hamas out,’ and ‘We are not pawns’; demonstrations were planned weeks in advance; resident confirms to ToI that Hamas operatives deployed to deter and try to stop them
By Nurit Yohanan
Jerusalem's Latin Patriarch Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa and his Greek Orthodox counterpart Theophilos III visit Gaza City, June 22, 2026. (Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem via X)
June 22, 2026, 4:01 pm
Jerusalem’s Latin and Greek patriarchs visit Gaza, vow to not abandon its Christians
Visiting Gaza City’s Holy Family Church, Cardinal Pizzaballa says he came out of ‘desire for support and unity’; clergyman also to participate in interfaith dialogue event
By AFP and ToI Staff
Mourners carry the body of Hamas terror group leader Mohammed Odeh, during his funeral in Gaza City on May 27, 2026. (Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP)
May 27, 2026, 7:13 pm
Hamas confirms death of military chief Mohammed Odeh; defiant funeral held in Gaza City
Terror group says Odeh killed alongside wife, children, in Israeli strike the day before; at burial, terror leader’s relative vows ‘struggle of Palestinian people will continue’
By Nurit Yohanan, Agencies and ToI Staff
Hamas Gaza chief Izz al-Din al-Haddad, then the commander of the terror group's Gaza City Brigade, is seen in a video released by Hamas’s military wing in May 2022 (social media)
May 16, 2026, 4:55 pm
IDF confirms Hamas Gaza chief Izz al-Din al-Haddad killed in airstrike
Sources in terror group also confirm death of Haddad, known as ‘the Ghost’ and long sought by Israel; was one of last surviving architects of Oct. 7 onslaught and had in the past ‘surrounded himself with hostages’
By Emanuel Fabian
Palestinian Tahseen Abu Assi rides a wave at a beach along the Mediterranean Sea in Gaza City, Monday, May 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
May 9, 2026, 11:05 am
Surfers in war-torn Gaza find rare moments of relief taking to the waves
The handful of Gaza surfers are challenged in their passion by a lack of equipment, Israeli military restrictions and a dearth of good waves
By WAFAA SHURAFA
Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya gives a televised speech about the hostage-ceasefire deal between the Palestinian terror group and Israel, in the Qatari capital of Doha on January 15, 2025. (YouTube screenshot used in accordance with article 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 7, 2026, 6:01 pm
Son of Hamas’s chief negotiator Khalil al-Hayya said killed in IDF strike on Gaza City
Terror group accuses Israel of killing 3 police officers after strikes kill Azzam al-Hayya and a senior cop; IDF says terrorist who abducted Mia Schem on Oct. 7 killed in recent strike
By Nurit Yohanan, Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
Palestinian crews work on a destroyed car after it was struck in an Israeli strike in Gaza City, April 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
April 29, 2026, 1:38 pm
IDF says senior Hamas intel operative who helped plan Oct. 7 killed in Gaza strike
Iyad Shambari served as operations chief in terror group’s intelligence division; separately, 9-year-old killed in strike targeting man who ‘posed immediate threat’ to troops
By Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan and Agencies
Hamas police officers in the streets of the Gaza Strip, as seen in footage published by the Hamas-run Interior Ministry. March 2026. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 20, 2026, 3:09 am
As Iran war diverts attention from Gaza, Hamas police openly tighten grip on Strip
Footage shows the terror group’s civil force patrolling in the open and no longer hiding their faces, as they operate to control food prices amid shortages and allegedly stamp out critics
By Nurit Yohanan
Children sort through waste at a trash mound at the Maghazi camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip on February 11, 2026. (Eyad BABA / AFP)
February 11, 2026, 8:13 pm
UN agency begins clearing huge Gaza City waste dump as health risks mount
Solid‑waste mound, estimated at 300,000 cubic meters, that formed during war, to be moved to new temporary site south of city that meets environmental standards
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dawoud Abu Alkas
Israeli police officers and Zaka rescue and recovery volunteers work inside and next to a destroyed bus at the scene of a double bombing in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba, August. 31, 2004. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
February 11, 2026, 2:54 pm
IDF says it killed Hamas terrorist behind 2004 bus bombings that killed 16 civilians
In separate strike, military says, it killed sniper commander behind several deadly attacks on troops; both strikes come in response to Hamas violations of ceasefire
By Emanuel Fabian
Palestinians take part in a five-a-side football match amid the rubble of destroyed buildings in Gaza City on February 9, 2026. (Omar A-Qattaa/AFP)
February 10, 2026, 7:12 pm
Soccer returns to war-torn Gaza with first organized tournament in over two years
With the Gaza City stadium turned into a displaced persons camp, crowds watch as players face off on a half-sized pitch, with the debris hastily swept off the old turf
By Reuters
Destroyed buildings are pictured in the Jabalia camp for Palestinian refugees in the northern Gaza Strip on February 8, 2026 (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
February 10, 2026, 12:03 am
IDF says it killed four Hamas gunmen who emerged from Rafah tunnel, fired on troops
Military says it killed Palestinian who crossed Yellow Line; 2 more dead in Gaza City strike; technocratic panel unlikely to enter Gaza this week, with no date set for start of operations
By Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid, Lazar Berman, ToI Staff and AFP
Smoke and flames rise after an IDF strike, following an evacuation order, in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
February 6, 2026, 6:02 pm
IDF says it hit Hamas arms depot after issuing evacuation warning for Gaza City building
Military says it carried out strike on residential building and targeted weapon production site in Khan Younis overnight in response to attack on troops in northern Strip
By Emanuel Fabian
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