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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 344

Nuseirat refugee camp

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 Raad Saad 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 Raad 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
MK Ahmad Tibi speaks during a protest against the war, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, on December 28, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
January 14, 2024, 10:43 am
Three members of MK Ahmad Tibi’s extended family killed in Gaza bombing
Due to communication problems in war-torn Palestinian enclave, veteran lawmaker reportedly only informed of cousins’ deaths days later
By ToI Staff
L-R: Master Sgt. (res.) Maor Lavi, Cpt. (res.) Shaul Greenglick, Cpt. Shay Shamriz. (Israel Defense Forces)
December 26, 2023, 11:23 pm
3 more troops killed as IDF hits Hamas in central Gaza, battles al-Bureij battalion
Military death toll in ground offensive reaches 161; army says focus shifting to central area of Strip; rocket hits synagogue in Gaza border community, but no injuries
By Emanuel Fabian
A smoke-filled street in the Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza after a huge fire broke out on March 5, 2020. (Screenshot: Al-Aqsa TV)
March 5, 2020, 7:49 pm
10 Palestinians die, dozens injured after blaze breaks out in central Gaza
Hamas-run Interior Ministry says fire caused by gas leak inside bakery; PA premier orders authorities to ensure care provided to injured
By Adam Rasgon
View from the Gaza Strip filmed by an Israeli aircraft during an exercise simulating warfare in the coastal enclave in June 2018. (Screen capture: Israel Defense Forces)
June 7, 2018, 8:11 pm
As Hamas tensions heat up, IDF jets practice bombing ‘hundreds’ of Gaza targets
Air force simulates fighting wars on multiple fronts; military says exercise unrelated to current unrest in coastal enclave
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative. Israel Defense Forces holds an exercise in southern Israel on November 27, 2014. (Amit Shechter/Israel Defense Forces/Flickr)
June 3, 2018, 11:46 am
Amid peak tensions, army to launch multi-day exercise in south
Air force to run separate drill over the entire country as Gaza terrorist groups fire rockets at Israel and army retaliates with strikes in Strip
By Judah Ari Gross
An explosion is seen in Gaza City after an airstrike by Israeli forces in response to a rocket attack earlier in the evening on June 2, 2018. (AFP PHOTO/Mahmud Hams)
June 3, 2018, 6:32 am
IDF conducts second round of Gaza airstrikes after overnight fire
Sirens blare in southern Israel throughout night, sending thousands to bomb shelters; three projectiles intercepted, one rocket said to land in open area
By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff
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