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Gaza Civil Defense spokesperson Mahmoud Basal, who the IDF says is part of Hamas's military wing, speaks to reporters at the site of a strike on the Safad School in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, September 1, 2024. (STRINGER/AFPTV/AFP)
June 8, 2025, 12:47 pm
IDF: Records prove spokesman for Gaza Civil Defense is ‘active terrorist’ in Hamas
Documents show a request to transfer individuals working in civilian agencies to military duties, among them Mahmoud Basal, who is widely quoted in international media
By Emanuel Fabian
A man walks past a bus inside a crater in the aftermath of an Israeli strike in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on May 14, 2025. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)
May 15, 2025, 11:57 am
Gazans report new strikes at site where IDF targeted Sinwar, whose fate is still unclear
Israeli strikes across Gaza Strip kill over 110 in past day, says Hamas; reports say other top Hamas leaders, including spokesman Abu Obeida, were in bunker with Muhammad Sinwar
By Agencies, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Members of the Palestinian Red Crescent and other emergency services pray by the bodies of fellow rescuers killed a week earlier by Israeli forces, during a funeral procession at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on March 31, 2025. Israel has said at least six were Hamas operatives. (Eyad Baba/AFP)
April 8, 2025, 11:26 am
Red Crescent says autopsies show slain Gaza medics were shot ‘with intent to kill’
Medical org calls for international commission of inquiry into shooting of first responders, says they were buried without ‘human dignity’; IDF says at least 6 were Hamas operatives
By Agencies and Emanuel Fabian
Palestinians evacuate a survivor from a destroyed house hit by an Israeli airstrike in town of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, during the Israel-Gaza war, October 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Mohammed Dahman)
October 17, 2023, 3:24 pm
Gaza’s medics work under Israeli strikes, lack of supplies in battle to save lives
Shifa Hospital chief says responders hear survivors under rubble, can’t help; Israel says it is striving to avoid harming Gaza civilians while working to destroy Hamas terror group
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Firefighters try to extinguish a fire near moshav Givat Ye'arim, near Jerusalem, on August 16, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
August 17, 2021, 6:42 pm
Palestinian firefighters help Israel battle Jerusalem-area blazes
Gantz, Lapid thank Ramallah as it sends 20 firefighters and four fire trucks to assist on third day of wildfires that forced thousands to flee their homes
By Aaron Boxerman
Israeli and Palestinian firetrucks in Jenin on March 19, 2019. (Credit: COGAT)
March 20, 2019, 3:53 pm
Israeli and Palestinian firefighters participate in joint exercise in Jenin
Rescuers douse flames in four locations, in drill overseen by Israeli and Palestinian Authority officials
By Adam Rasgon
Palestinian Civil Defense members rescue an Israeli settler who had been stuck in a pit for six days, November 26, 2016. (Screenshot/Channel 10)
November 26, 2016, 6:21 pm
Palestinians rescue Israeli settler stuck in pit for 6 days
Resident of Avnei Heffetz in northern West Bank found dazed, dehydrated after nearly a week in dark hole
By ToI Staff
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