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Palestinians walk along street market where fruits and vegetables are displayed for sale in Gaza City, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
December 20, 2025, 10:47 pm
Army says it killed two terror operatives who crossed Gaza’s Yellow Line
Strike on pair who entered IDF-controlled part of Strip comes as army probes Friday attack said to have killed five in Gaza City, raising concerns that ceasefire violated
By Emanuel Fabian
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a press conference in Jerusalem, December 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, Pool)
December 7, 2025, 5:18 pm
Netanyahu says phase one of Gaza truce ‘almost’ complete, alongside Germany’s Merz
In joint presser with visiting chancellor, PM says he’ll discuss ‘more difficult’ second phase with Trump this month, rejects PA statehood, says he won’t quit politics for a pardon
By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
In an undated video, ostensibly from the Gaza Strip, a man shows off new iPhone 17s at a shop (Video screenshot/social media)
November 27, 2025, 9:33 am
Gold-plated iPhone 17s being sold in Gaza at exorbitant cost
Merchants show off new stock in videos posted online, with price tags surpassing NIS 30,000; those able to afford devices said to be Hamas members
By ToI Staff
Presiding judge Yuji Iwasawa opens the International Court of Justice hearings into a United Nations request for an advisory opinion on Israel's obligations to allow humanitarian assistance in Gaza and the West Bank, in The Hague, Netherlands, April 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
April 30, 2025, 6:22 pm
At World Court hearing, US backs Israel’s right to ban UNRWA from Gaza
Legal adviser to administration argues international law gives Israel the right to decide which organizations run relief operations in Strip
By Reuters and ToI Staff
An Israeli protester holds a sign with bloody hands and Hebrew writing that reads, 'prison release form,' during a demonstration against a proposed release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails, outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office in Jerusalem, July 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
January 22, 2025, 4:13 pm
As terrorists go free, Israel debates keeping enemies close or sending them far away
History shows dangers and possible benefits of setting killers loose in West Bank or Gaza, but also points to risks that come with exiling terror leaders beyond Israel’s reach
By Amir Bar Shalom
In this picture released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry on Dec. 20, 2023, Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, left, welcomes Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian for their meeting in Doha, Qatar. (Iranian Foreign Ministry via AP)
December 21, 2023, 7:26 pm
Hamas says no hostage negotiations unless fighting in Gaza stops; Israel: No chance
Terror group says it won’t take part in talks as it sends Ismail Haniyeh to Cairo; Herzog to French official: Israel has ‘made it clear it is prepared for a humanitarian pause’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
IDF artillery fires shells at targets in Lebanon on April 25, 2022, after a rocket was fired into Israel (IDF Spokesperson)
April 18, 2023, 3:13 am
Israeli politics are in chaos. Are its enemies poised to take advantage?
For Hamas and Iran, Israel’s domestic strife is a sign of the Jewish state’s imminent collapse. As they seek new avenues for confrontation, the likelihood of war is rising
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal waves during a visit to the Islamic University in Gaza City, Dec. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
August 24, 2022, 3:18 pm
Begging royal mercy: How Israel recovered from the botched Mashaal hit, 25 years ago
Efraim Halevy, who handled the crisis with Jordan after the failed Mossad attempt to kill Hamas leader, recalls tense negotiations with King Hussein, with agents’ lives on the line
By Amir Bar Shalom
Palestinian supporters of Hamas, gather to celebrate the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel on May 21, 2021, in the West Bank town of Hebron. (HAZEM BADER / AFP)
August 1, 2021, 2:53 am
Hamas intensifies efforts to launch West Bank terror attacks — report
Kan news says key Gaza recruiter has contacted dozens in past few months to try and enlist them to carry out assaults
By ToI Staff
Rockets from Gaza, on right, are seen in the night sky fired towards Israel from Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on May 14, 2021, while Iron Dome interceptor missiles, on left, rise to meet them. (Anas Baba/AFP)
July 8, 2021, 8:35 am
Israel, Hamas on path to more violence, warns official familiar with Cairo talks
Israel’s conditioning of Gaza rehabilitation on return of captives and Hamas’s emboldening since May war have hampered progress in indirect negotiations
By Jacob Magid
Palestinians inspect destroyed buildings following overnight Israeli airstrikes in Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip, May 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
May 16, 2021, 1:35 am
While all eyes are on Gaza, Gaza is only half the story
The terror group fired its first massive rocket volley on Monday hoping for a quick, decisive exchange. Instead, it dragged beleaguered Gaza into the next Hezbollah war
By Haviv Rettig Gur
The Qatari envoy to the Gaza Strip, Mohammed al-Emadi, speaks during an interview in his office with AFP in Gaza City on August 24, 2019. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)
September 1, 2020, 5:37 pm
Qatari envoy said to meet Israeli gas company to discuss pipeline to Gaza
After Hamas-Israel ceasefire takes hold, Mohammad al-Emadi, credited with mediating truce, to also hold discussion with UN envoy Mladenov
By Aaron Boxerman
Palestinian men prepare to release balloon-borne explosive and incendiary devices toward Israel near Rafah, along the Israel-Gaza border, on August 21, 2020 (Fadi Fahd/Flash90)
August 27, 2020, 10:19 pm
Hamas: Truce talks have failed, Israel will receive ‘messages’ within hours
Report cites source in terror group saying Qatari envoy has left Gaza, ceasefire efforts collapsed due to Israeli insistence on ‘calm in return for calm’
By ToI Staff
A fireman seeks to put out a blaze caused by an arson balloon lofted from Gaza toward Israeli border communities on August 26, 2020. (Eshkol Regional Council)
August 26, 2020, 7:47 pm
Gaza arson balloons spark 33 fires in south while Qatar envoy still in Strip
Two incendiaries land inside communities, one near a playground where children were playing
By ToI Staff
An Israeli soldier extinguishes a fire in a field close to the southern kibbutz of Nir Am, near the border with the Gaza Strip on August 25, 2020, after it was set off by incendiary balloons launched from the Palestinian enclave. (Menahem KAHANA / AFP)
August 26, 2020, 4:58 am
IDF strikes Hamas targets in southern Gaza after continued arson balloon attacks
Strikes come hours after Qatari envoy arrives in Strip bringing $30 million in cash, seeking to ease Israel-Hamas tensions
By ToI Staff and Agencies
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