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Nuseirat refugee camp

Mais Al-Gharam, second from right, poses for a photo with her six siblings from Gaza, who were granted Israeli passports, in her home in Nazareth, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
July 22, 2026, 2:15 pm
A family split between Israel and Gaza reunites in Nazareth after years of war
After years-long effort, Mais al-Gharam’s siblings join her in northern Israeli city, but nothing can bring back their parents and brother, who were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Nuseirat
By AP
Palestinians collect water in jerrycans during a sandstorm in Gaza City, March 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
March 15, 2026, 4:00 pm
Israeli strike reportedly kills four in central Gaza; no immediate comment from IDF
Strike in Nuseirat comes following reports of Palestinians killed Friday and Saturday in the Strip; IDF says it killed 20 Gaza terror operatives over past week
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
Palestinians check the damage outside a house hit by an Israeli strike in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip on September 27, 2025. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)
September 27, 2025, 6:11 pm
IDF says 780,000 have fled Gaza City; Hamas says dozens killed in unrelenting strikes
Army says it hit some 120 ‘terror targets’ over past day; Shifa hospital director says tanks approaching as UN says airstrikes every few minutes hamper aid and evacuation efforts
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
Israeli hostages released February 22, 2025 (left to right): Tal Shoham, Avera Mengistu seen on stage in Rafah (Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP/Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo); Eliya Cohen, Omer Shem Tov and Omer Wenkert on stage in Nuseirat (Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo); Hisham al-Sayed in Gaza (X screenshot)
February 22, 2025, 4:53 pm
Hamas frees final 6 living hostages in phase 1 of deal; all reunite with family in Israel
October 7 captives Tal Shoham, Omer Shem Tov, Omer Wenkert, Eliya Cohen back after over 500 days in Hamas captivity; Avera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed return after decade in Gaza
By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian
Men mourn by the bodies of victims killed in overnight Israeli strike, outside the morgue of Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on December 23, 2024. (Bashar Taleb/AFP)
December 26, 2024, 10:24 am
IDF strike kills five staffers of Islamic Jihad-affiliated TV station in Gaza Strip
Military says strike in central Gaza’s Nuseirat hit PIJ terror cell; baby dies of hypothermia in humanitarian zone, said to be third within days
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Displaced families who fled northern Gaza arrive in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on October 5, 2024. (BASHAR TALEB / AFP)
October 5, 2024, 8:29 pm
IDF calls on parts of central Gaza to evacuate ahead of fresh incursion
Military preparing for expected Hamas attacks on anniversary of October 7; says it struck former school used as Hamas command post
By Emanuel Fabian and AP
People gather to search the rubble of a collapsed building in the aftermath of an Israeli strike on what the IDF says were Hamas operatives hiding in the Al-Jaouni UNRWA school in central Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp, July 6, 2024. (Eyad Baba / AFP)
July 6, 2024, 8:54 pm
IDF says it struck UNRWA school in Gaza used by Hamas as command center
Army says ‘great efforts’ taken to protect civilians at the scene; Hamas says strike killed 16; sirens in south as rockets fired
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
Hamas operations chief Raed Saad speaks in an undated photo. (social media; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 22, 2024, 9:27 pm
Israeli strike said to target Hamas operations chief Raed Saad in Gaza; unclear if he died
Palestinians say dozens killed in attacks in Gaza City; IDF probing Red Cross claims its office was hit in strike
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
Illustrative: Smoke from an Israeli strike billows in the background near an area previously housing displaced Palestinians who left Rafah toward Khan Younis on June 20, 2024, in the southern Gaza Strip. (Bashar Taleb/AFP)
June 22, 2024, 4:44 am
IDF says it’s investigating Red Cross claims strike hit Gaza office, killed 22
Army says it did not target facility, but does not rule out attack; Red Cross doesn’t specify who carried out shelling in area of tent camp as Hamas blames Israel
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
Palestinians children play on the site of a destroyed building, purportedly where Israeli hostages were held and rescued during an Israeli military operation, in the Nuseirat refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip on June 15, 2024. (Eyad BABA / AFP)
June 17, 2024, 7:42 pm
Rescued hostages were held by families with known ties to Hamas, says report
Nuseirat residents tell Wall Street Journal they were surprised to learn about the presence of four Israelis in the camp, and some are ‘furious’ that Hamas endangered them
By ToI Staff
IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi (left) and Shin Bet security services Director Ronen Bar at the special operations room overseeing a mission to release hostages in the Gaza Strip, June 8, 2024. (Shin Bet security services)
June 15, 2024, 5:23 am
New details on hostage rescue indicate operation was nearly canceled at the last minute
Conditions at one of the locations housing hostages were seen as suboptimal, but a decision was made to proceed; IDF issues footage of troops in Gaza during the extraction
By ToI Staff
Israeli hostages pictured after their rescue from Hamas captivity in Gaza on June 8, 2024. From left: Shlomi Ziv (IDF); Andrey Kozlov and Almog Meir Jan (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90); and Noa Argamani (Courtesy).
June 12, 2024, 12:34 am
All four rescued hostages released from hospital as UN raises possible ‘war crimes’
Noa Argamani, Almog Meir Jan, Andrey Kozlov, Shlomi Ziv clear post-captivity medical tests; rights body says Israel, Hamas may both be responsible for civilian deaths in rescue raid
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike, in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip, on June 8, 2024. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
June 9, 2024, 8:04 pm
Gazans claim IDF special forces posed as civilians, Hamas fighters to near hostages
Locals says Israeli forces entered Nuseirat camp in disguise before rescue op, with some claiming to be displaced Gazans renting an apartment in building where Noa Argamani was held
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Youths inspect damage to a storage container that was hit by an Israeli strike at the Asmaa school, run by the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), in Gaza City's Shati refugee camp, June 7, 2024. The IDF says a Hamas cell was operating from the container. (Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
June 7, 2024, 10:11 pm
IDF says strike hit Hamas command room housed in container at Gaza City UN school
Army doesn’t say how many gunmen hit; Palestinians say 15 dead, including at least 3 civilians; IDF identifies 17 terror operatives killed in Thursday strike on UNRWA school
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
IDF soldiers operate in the central Gaza Strip in an undated handout photo published April 10, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
April 11, 2024, 2:32 pm
IDF launches ‘targeted operation’ in central Gaza’s Nuseirat after heavy bombardment
Military: Strikes on dozens of targets based on intelligence of ‘terror infrastructure’ in area largely passed over by soldiers until now; troops also find several rocket launchers
By Emanuel Fabian
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