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Gaza infiltrations

Yotam Haim, left, and his mother, Iris Haim, in an undated photo. (Courtesy)
April 21, 2026, 8:49 am
Slain hostage’s mother aims to perpetuate life with son’s posthumously retrieved sperm
‘Hamas and Hitler wanted to destroy us; technology can help us create new life,’ says Iris Haim, mother of Yotam, mistakenly killed by IDF troops after escaping his Gaza captors; a court has ruled that the family can use his sperm for conception
By Diana Bletter
Gazans at a burning Israeli military vehicle on the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border, October 7, 2023. (REUTERS/Yasser Qudih)
August 31, 2024, 11:54 pm
Report: New IDF assessment shows some 6,000 Gazans invaded Israel on Oct. 7
Channel 12 says army data indicates 3,800 of the attackers were members of Hamas’s elite Nukhba force
By ToI Staff
Graves prepared at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, October 8, 2023. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
October 8, 2023, 5:00 am
‘Always the first to defend’: Naming those slain in Hamas’s surprise onslaught
The hundreds dead across southern Israel include a senior officer, a regional mayor, and kids in Bedouin communities without shelters who were killed by rockets
By ToI Staff
Armed terrorists in southern Israel, having infiltrated from Gaza, on the morning of October 7, 2023 (Channel 12 screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 7, 2023, 10:28 am
‘A colossal failure’ as Gaza’s Hamas terrorists infiltrate, catch Israel unprepared
Assumption was that Hamas was deterred; it wasn’t. Says former Navy chief: ‘All of Israel is asking itself: Where is the IDF, where are the police, where is the security?’
By David Horovitz
Masked Palestinians in the Gaza Strip riot along the border with Israel on August 21, 2023. (Mohammed Abed/AFP)
August 25, 2023, 1:29 pm
IDF: Troops nab 2 Palestinians trying to infiltrate from Gaza with hand grenades
Gazan suspects detained in buffer zone while unarmed, having apparently discarded weapons found nearby
By Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative: View of the barrier along the Israel-Gaza border, on December 8, 2021. (Flash90)
July 3, 2022, 11:11 am
IDF: Troops nab 2 Gaza infiltrators armed with grenade and knives
Military says suspects being questioned over breach at southern section of Strip’s border
By Emanuel Fabian
View of the barrier along the Israel-Gaza border, on December 8, 2021. (Flash90)
June 20, 2022, 10:41 am
2 armed Palestinians captured trying to enter Israel from Gaza, IDF says
Military says suspects hurled ‘improvised weapon’ without causing injuries; one had a knife
By Emanuel Fabian
View of the barrier along the Israel-Gaza border, on December 8, 2021. (Flash90)
May 27, 2022, 10:51 am
IDF: 2 Gazans armed with grenades, knife captured along border
Military says suspects taken for questioning after being detained by troops, doesn’t specify whether they had crossed border
By Emanuel Fabian
An Israeli soldier stands guard during a ceremony opening the newly completed underground barrier along the Israel-Gaza border, on December 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
March 17, 2022, 11:14 am
Israeli troops nab 3 Gaza infiltrators armed with knives, flammable liquid
Military says suspects taken for questioning over incident at southern border with the Strip
By Emanuel Fabian
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)
September 20, 2021, 5:19 pm
2 Gazans briefly cross into Israel
Men return to coastal strip after spotting IDF patrol heading toward them, Incident is second infiltration attempt in three days
By ToI Staff
A picture taken on October 20, 2020, shows an Israeli observation post at the Gaza-Israel border, east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. (MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)
September 18, 2021, 12:27 pm
IDF troops nab 3 Gazans who tried to infiltrate through Israeli border fence
Military says suspects were carrying bolt cutters and knives and have been taken for questioning over incident on northern side of the Strip
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A IDF military vehicle drives near the border with Gaza east of Bureij, on December 6, 2019. (Hassan Jedi/Flash90)
August 2, 2021, 9:51 am
Israeli troops nab 4 Gaza infiltrators, 3 of them armed with knives
IDF says suspects caught and questioned in two incidents overnight at southern border fence
By Emanuel Fabian
Israeli military bulldozers are pictured clearing the buffer zone on Israel's border with Gaza, opposite the Palestinian city of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, on January 13, 2021. (Said Khatib/AFP)
July 10, 2021, 8:14 pm
Gazans nabbed after infiltrating into Israel armed with knives
IDF says four suspects caught and questioned in two separate incidents
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
A picture taken from Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip shows an Israeli tank near the border fence with the coastal enclave on August 1, 2019, following a firefight with a Palestinian gunman. (Said Khatib/AFP)
September 19, 2020, 7:09 pm
IDF detains 4 who crossed from Gaza Strip carrying knife
Army questions suspects near border, does not say whether they were arrested or returned into the territory
By ToI Staff
Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli troops along the Gaza border near Gaza City, September 6, 2019. (Hassan Jedi/Flash90)
September 7, 2019, 8:33 pm
IDF arrests 13-year-old Palestinians who crossed Gaza border armed with knife
Three boys detained a day after two teens said killed in violent protests and several rockets fired into Israel
By ToI Staff
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