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People walk by a gutted apartment building where residents used fabric to replace the walls at the Al-Shati camp in Gaza City, November 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
November 20, 2025, 12:52 am
IDF launches airstrikes across Gaza after troops come under fire
Hamas-linked authorities report 25 killed in strikes targeting commander of Hamas’s Zeitoun Battalion and naval chief; EU official says bloc wants to train up to 3,000 Palestinian police
By Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid, Agencies and ToI Staff
A tent camp for displaced Palestinians sits adjacent to destroyed homes and buildings in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, October 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
October 18, 2025, 4:37 pm
11 Palestinians said killed by IDF after crossing ceasefire line in Gaza City
Military says troops fired warning shots before targeting vehicle that approached forces in Zeitoun; Hamas says 15 more slain Gazans returned under truce deal
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
IDF graphic on Muhammad Abd al-Aziz Abu Zubaida. (IDF)
August 30, 2025, 3:34 am
IDF says strike killed highest-ranking ISIS official in Gaza
Hamas says 5 more people die of starvation, 48 killed over 24 hours; Netanyahu’s office criticizes WFP chief, claims her statements on hunger contradicted what she said at meeting
By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff
A Palestinian woman walks past a heavily damaged building in Gaza City on August 29, 2025. (BASHAR TALEB / AFP)
August 29, 2025, 2:40 pm
‘Dangerous combat zone’: IDF nixes daily humanitarian pauses in Gaza City, as takeover looms
Military says it will continue supporting aid efforts in rest of Gaza apart from northern city, where about half the population of the Strip is currently gathered
By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff
IDF troops from the 7th Armored Brigade operate in Gaza City's Zeitoun neighborhood, August 28, 2025. (Lazar Berman/The Times of Israel)
August 29, 2025, 1:28 pm
For IDF’s 7th Brigade, return to Gaza City is personal: Six of its crew are held hostage
As IDF attacks Zeitoun for 7th time, officers in the tank unit say focus on destroying buildings and tunnels on edge of Hamas stronghold aims to leave enemy with nowhere to hide
By Lazar Berman
Children play at a tent camp for displaced Palestinians in Gaza City, August 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
August 16, 2025, 10:29 pm
Israel to resume supply of tents, shelter gear as it readies to move Gaza City residents
COGAT says tents to be delivered to southern Strip as part of ‘preparations to move population’ from Gaza City in expanded op; IDF chief to review plans as troops push into Zeitoun
By Emanuel Fabian, AFP and ToI Staff
IDF troops operate in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, in a handout photo issued on August 15, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
August 15, 2025, 8:59 pm
In fresh offensive on Gaza City outskirts, IDF says dozens of ‘terror targets’ destroyed
Pushing into Zeitoun, army says troops working to ‘locate explosives, eliminate terrorists’; IDF seals 7km of Hamas tunnels with cement; UN says 1,760 killed seeking aid since May
By Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid, Agencies and ToI Staff
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir meets with top officers on August 13, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
August 13, 2025, 5:25 pm
IDF chief greenlights general outline of planned conquest of Gaza City
Military says plan for capture of Strip’s largest city ‘presented and approved,’ as Hamas reports heavy fighting, 123 dead; COGAT says nearly 320 aid trucks entered strip Tuesday
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
Palestinians carry the body of a person who was killed while trying to reach aid trucks entering northern Gaza Strip through the Zikim crossing with Israel, at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, August 6, 2025. (Jehad Alshrafi/AP)
August 6, 2025, 2:35 pm
20 Palestinians said killed, dozens wounded as Gaza aid truck overturns
Hamas accuses Israel of forcing deliveries to take dangerous routes; Jordan complains Israeli activists blocked another of its convoys; IDF orders evacuations in Gaza City, Khan Younis
By Nurit Yohanan, Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Defense Minister Israel Katz is seen in the Morag Corridor area of the southern Gaza Strip, between Rafah and Khan Younis, April 9, 2025. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
April 26, 2025, 1:18 am
Intense fighting reported in Gaza, as Katz says combat has ‘heavy prices’
Reservist seriously wounded, 2 lightly hurt in southern Strip, as Israel said to carry out major strikes across the enclave; IDF warns residents of Gaza City’s Zeitoun to evacuate
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Brig. Gen. Yehuda Vach, the commander of 252nd Division, during a military ceremony in the central Gaza Strip, November 6, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 1, 2025, 3:07 pm
Report: Soldiers allege division commander recklessly endangered troops in Gaza
Sources accuse 252nd Division chief Brig. Gen. Yehuda Vach of rushing forces into areas without necessary preparations, and enabling his brother to run a building-leveling campaign
By ToI Staff
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
Palestinians inspect damage at the site of an Israeli strike on a school housing displaced Palestinians and allegedly Hamas operatives in Gaza City's Zeitoun neighborhood on September 21, 2024. (Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP)
September 21, 2024, 6:51 pm
IDF says it struck Hamas operatives at inactive Gaza school; 21 reported killed
Hamas authorities say 13 children among fatalities at al-Falah school; senior Hamas intelligence officer and armed looters of aid killed in separate strikes
By Emanuel Fabian, AFP and ToI Staff
Staff Sgt. Amit Tsadikov, (left) and Master Sgt. (res.) Shlomo Yehonatan Hazut, both killed fighting in Gaza. (IDF)
August 25, 2024, 6:16 pm
Two IDF soldiers killed in Gaza as troops continue to advance in center of Strip
Staff Sgt. Amit Tsadikov, 20, killed in Khan Younis, Master Sgt. Shlomo Hazut, 36, slain in Gaza City; military calls on Palestinians in small section of humanitarian zone to evacuate
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
IDF Sgt. First Class (res.) Evyatar Atuar, killed by an explosive device during operations in Gaza City on August 23, 2024. (Courtesy)
August 23, 2024, 8:40 pm
IDF reservist killed, others wounded by explosive device in Gaza City
Troops were operating in Zeitoun neighborhood as part of efforts to expand central Gaza corridor; military issues evacuation warning after rockets fired at Sderot
By Emanuel Fabian
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