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Palestinian men carry the bodies of two people killed in an IDF strike in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on February 27, 2026. (Bashar TALEB / AFP)
February 27, 2026, 11:51 pm
IDF says it struck Hamas operatives after gunmen emerged from tunnel in Rafah
Terror group says several of its police officers killed in strikes that targeted stations in central and southern Gaza, accuses Israel of ceasefire violation ‘under false pretenses’
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Members of the Popular Forces anti-Hamas militia are seen next to a tunnel entrance in the southern Gaza Strip, in a photo published by the group's leader on February 12, 2026. (Ghassan al-Duhaini on Facebook)
February 14, 2026, 7:39 pm
Anti-Hamas militia says it is destroying terror group’s tunnels in Gaza
Popular Forces leader al-Duhaini says militia ‘dismantling’ Hamas tunnels, confirms increasing Israeli support; troops kill Palestinian who crossed Gaza’s Yellow Line, IDF says
By Emanuel Fabian
A gardener tends to the lawn between the tombstones at the Commonwealth Gaza War Cemetery -- commonly known as the British War Cemetery and in which are interred the remains of 3,217 Allied soldiers who died during World War I -- in Gaza City on September 28, 2022. (Mahmud HAMS / AFP)
February 5, 2026, 11:59 am
IDF said to have damaged Gaza cemetery containing graves of Allied troops from world wars
Guardian report shows destruction, earthworks at graveyard east of Gaza City; IDF says area was ‘an active combat zone,’ contained tunnels used by Hamas terrorists
By ToI Staff
Palestinians walk along a street market where fruits and vegetables are displayed for sale in Gaza City on December 19, 2025. (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)
January 1, 2026, 9:22 pm
Israel lets Gaza merchants import ‘dual use’ items banned to aid groups — report
Security establishment assesses only half of Hamas tunnels on IDF-controlled side of ceasefire line have been destroyed; 15-year-old said killed by IDF in Gaza
By ToI Staff
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
Hamas operatives search for the bodies of Israeli hostages in the Shejaiya neighborhood of Gaza City, November 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
December 9, 2025, 5:48 pm
Hamas source to ToI: We’ll hold talks on disarming, but we can’t be forced to give up guns
In rare engagement with Israeli media, source in terror group argues weapons are used to ‘liberate’ Palestinians from Israeli rule, and therefore can’t be ceded until statehood secured
By Jacob Magid
Palestinians wave the national flag and celebrate by a destroyed Israeli tank at the southern Gaza Strip fence east of Khan Younis on October 7, 2023. (AP/Yousef Masoud)
November 23, 2025, 2:36 pm
Hamas spent years mining IDF troops’ social media for intel on bases, tanks – report
Terror group said to have spied on 100,000 soldiers’ online accounts, gathering data to map bases, build VR training models, and even learn how to disable tanks
By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian
John Spencer (courtesy) / Hamas gunmen search for the bodies of Israeli hostages in the Shijaiyah neighborhood of Gaza City, November 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
November 14, 2025, 8:55 am
Friday Focus with John Spencer: Hamas can be demilitarized. Here’s how
Urban warfare expert Spencer illuminates Gaza’s tunnel network and answers questions from ToI’s diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman on the ceasefire’s next steps
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman
IDF troops operate on the eastern side of the Yellow Line in southern Gaza's Khan Younis, in a handout photo issued on November 9, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
November 11, 2025, 11:40 pm
Kushner, Netanyahu still seeking solution to impasse on terrorists in Rafah tunnels
Official denies Israel has agreed to plan that would see Hamas fighters exiled to third country; US said to stress to Jerusalem that issue cannot derail Trump’s overall peace plan
By Lazar Berman, Stav Levaton and ToI Staff
Released hostage Bar Kuperstein wears tefillin at a prayer event at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv on October 31, 2025. (Paulina Patimer/Hostages Forum)
November 10, 2025, 6:53 pm
Freed hostage Bar Kuperstein says he prayed to God regularly in Hamas captivity
Released a month ago after two years of beatings and starvation in Gaza tunnels, Kuperstein says he and his fellow hostages would tell each other ‘we will not let them defeat us’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
A sketch of the Hamas tunnel network under the Tel Sultan neighborhood in Rafah, reportedly found in the pocket of slain Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar when he was killed. (Screenshot/Channel 12, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 4, 2025, 6:53 pm
Sinwar was reportedly found with map in his pocket of the Rafah tunnels he hid in
Israeli TV publishes blood-stained sketch listing code names of the Oct. 7 architect’s apparent hiding places before he was killed last year
By ToI Staff
Dead Hamas gunmen are seen following an attack by the terror group's operatives on an army encampment in southern Gaza's Khan Younis, August 20, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
August 21, 2025, 12:30 pm
IDF acknowledges ‘failure’ in Hamas attack on south Gaza army encampment
Updated army probe finds 15 gunmen killed by soldiers, tanks, and air force in assault in Khan Younis; operatives emerged from tunnel 40-50 meters from outpost
By Emanuel Fabian
Screengrab of an undated video showing apparent Hamas members enjoying fresh fruit in a tunnel underneath the Gaza Strip, shared by the IDF's Arabic Spokesman on July 23, 2025. (Screenshot/IDF)
July 23, 2025, 5:54 pm
As hunger mounts, IDF shows apparent Hamas terrorists flaunting food in Gaza tunnel
Army’s Arabic spokesman shares undated images and videos, which he says refute famine claims and show ‘the blatant disregard of Hamas saboteurs for the suffering’ of Gazans
By ToI Staff
Mourners pray beside the bodies of Palestinians who were reportedly killed by an Israeli airstrike, during their funeral at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, July 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
July 15, 2025, 9:10 pm
93 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza, Hamas-run health ministry says
Legislator from the terror group said killed in attack on Shati refugee camp that also killed 6 kids and their parents; IDF calls on areas of north Gaza to evacuate
By Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan and AP
Released hostage Ofer Calderon gestures during an interview broadcast on Channel 12, July 4, 2025. (Screen capture: Channel 12)
July 5, 2025, 10:48 am
Freed hostage Ofer Calderon recounts trauma of learning 2 children also captive in Gaza
In first interview since release in Feb., recalls how he spent just 3 hours above ground in Gaza, learned only 2 weeks before his release that his son had survived Oct. 7
By ToI Staff
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