IAF pilot almost emergency landed in Tehran over fuel malfunction • Hamas likely to step up efforts to kidnap IDF troops • Most Israelis favor single-phase deal to return hostages, end Gaza war

Rejecting international calls for a ceasefire, the Israeli army has pursued a brutal offensive on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, 2023, killing nearly 57,900 Palestinians so far, most of them women and children. The relentless bombardment has destroyed the enclave and led to food shortages and a spread of disease.

E arlier this week hopes for an imminent end to the war in Gaza were at their highest in months. As Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, touched down in Washington on July 7th, talks to finalise a ceasefire agreement had already begun 11,

All responsive individuals reported they were attempting to access food distribution sites,” the Red Cross said after the shootings near Rafah.

Eli Cohen says Tel Aviv has no intention to help rebuild enclave’s devastated infrastructure, says media reports - Anadolu Ajansı

Cash is the lifeblood of the Gaza Strip’s shattered economy, and like all other necessities in this war-torn territory -- food, fuel, medicine -- it is in extremely short supply.

Shelah described the reality of the war in Gaza as “soldiers dying and great exhaustion for the army.” Referring to plans to displace Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, Shelah affirmed that, contrary to what some Israeli figures hope,