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Gaza Strip
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Gaza
The Gaza Strip is a self-governing Palestinian coastal territory bordering Israel and Egypt. Known as a protracted conflict zone under Hamas governance since 2007, with recurring large-scale military confrontations and a longstanding blockade. Recently, the territory has seen sustained IDF operations, expanding Israeli territorial control, Hamas leadership attrition, and multinational stabilization force deployments. Last updated 1 day ago
Israeli strikes overnight destroyed several Hamas weapons sites across Gaza, the IDF announces. Targets included a weapons depot, a manufacturing site, and a rocket-launching position, all meant to harm IDF soldiers and Israeli civilians.
Fmr. Hamas official Dr. Muhammad Ibrahim Al-Madhoun:
"Many Hamas decision-makers would not have launched the October 7 attack had they known the scope of destruction in Gaza. If it were up to me, I would not have done it for even a quarter of the damage."
Israeli Defense Minister, Israel Katz: 'In a giant tunnel that was recently exposed in the Shuja'iyya neighborhood in Gaza together with Maj. Gen. Yaniv Asor, who is leading Operation "Until the Last Tunnel" - to destroy the terror tunnels in Gaza. Today Shuja'iyya is destroyed and the IDF is inside - as in most areas of Gaza - and the tunnel leading to Nahal Oz is in the process of destruction.'
Morocco has joined the International Stabilization Force (ISF), set to operate in the Gaza Strip under the "Peace Council." A signing ceremony was held in Rabat.
An Israeli airstrike killed Hamas's Jabalia police chief and several officers in northern Gaza. Nine people dead total, per the Hamas-run Interior Ministry.
For the first time, the IRGC has issued a direct statement to the people of Jordan following strikes on a U.S. air base on Jordanian soil:
"Noble and Muslim people of Jordan;
This morning, the warriors of Islam, in the third stage of the ...
For the first time, the IRGC has issued a direct statement to the people of Jordan following strikes on a U.S. air base on Jordanian soil:
"Noble and Muslim people of Jordan;
This morning, the warriors of Islam, in the third stage of the second wave of Operation "Promised Victory 2," targeted important facilities and the location of the American enemy in an air base occupied by the child-killing American army on your soil.
This base was being used to attack us, and the American criminals were held accountable for their actions.
On the first day of these attacks, the arrogant American regime, using these same bases, brutally murdered 168 innocent school children and their teachers in Minab.
You know very well that we not only have no animosity towards your country, but we also deeply love you, the noble people. You understand the suffering and injustice of the Palestinian people better than any other nation, and you are aware of the crimes of the Zionist regime in the massacre of seventy thousand Palestinians, including twenty thousand children in Gaza, which was carried out with the direct involvement of the United States.
Your serious demand for the removal of American occupation bases from the region would be a great help in saving the people of Palestine and restoring security to the region.
A Hamas naval commander and three gunmen were killed in separate strikes across Gaza yesterday, the IDF says.
In Gaza City, Osama Naim Hamdi Shamlakh, a Hamas naval force cell commander, was killed. He worked throughout the war to rebuild the force and advance attacks "in the maritime domain."
A separate strike in northern Gaza killed three armed gunmen the military says were advancing attacks on troops.
The IDF eliminated Palestinian weapons smuggler Mustafa Owaisi in an airstrike in southern Gaza yesterday.
Owaisi kept smuggling equipment to rebuild Hamas's military wing in violation of the ceasefire, intended for the "naval and aerial arenas," per the IDF.
The European Commission is launching a "Team Gaza Initiative," pooling €883.6 million in financial contributions from more than 12 countries, along with the European Investment Bank and the World Bank.
Two drivers delivering aid were assaulted and a WFP warehouse raided after Hamas gunmen stormed a UN food distribution site in Jabalia, northern Gaza. Food distributions were halted, per the UN.
According to a report by Israel’s Channel 12, newly revealed handwritten notes attributed to Yahya Sinwar show that, while planning the October 7 attack, he acknowledged Israel might respond with overwhelming force, writing that it could even use a nuclear bomb on Gaza. Despite that assessment, he concluded the operation should proceed, reflecting a willingness to accept even the most catastrophic consequences to achieve Hamas’s objectives.
Egypt is quietly looking to deepen economic ties with Israel despite the public diplomatic freeze, Kann News reports.
Cairo would welcome Israeli economic delegations and expanded trade, and is trying to bring the U.S. into the trade track. Energy cooperation between the two remains extensive.
The diplomatic deadlock persists over Gaza, with Cairo still refusing to approve Israel's ambassador Uri Rothman.
The IDF eliminated two Hamas commanders in separate airstrikes in Gaza this week: Khalil Jamal Khalil Manna of the military wing's Weapons Production Headquarters, and Osama Walid Deeb Muhareb, a company commander in the Nuseirat Battalion.
Andy Burnham, widely seen as the frontrunner to succeed Keir Starmer as UK prime minister, apologized for Labour’s initial response to Israel’s military campaign in Gaza.
“I know many people feel that my party didn’t get it right, and I am...
Andy Burnham, widely seen as the frontrunner to succeed Keir Starmer as UK prime minister, apologized for Labour’s initial response to Israel’s military campaign in Gaza.
“I know many people feel that my party didn’t get it right, and I am sorry about that,” Burnham told The Guardian. “The response has too often not been good enough. We need to do better.”
He added, “We’ve got to do more to put pressure on the Israeli government.”
“Yes, we have taken some important steps, but let’s be honest, the UK was too slow to call for a ceasefire,” Burnham said. “We must now do more to strengthen our approach.”
Burnham said a future government under his leadership would consider additional sanctions on Israeli individuals and entities, as well as potentially banning trade in goods produced in Israeli settlements.
NEW: Reports: Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem reportedly survived an Israeli assassination attempt in Gaza, according to Palestinian and Arab media sources.
IDF: Two operatives were eliminated in Gaza yesterday.
In the south, Rashid al-Qadhi, a section head in Islamic Jihad's production division, responsible for manufacturing and supplying weapons to the group's military wing.
In the north, Hamas sniper Abdullah Baha al-Din Razk al-Souti.
Gaza reports: Targeted IDF strikes in Gaza reportedly eliminated three today. One was killed in a drone strike on a vehicle at the Al-Abbas junction in western Gaza City, while two others were killed earlier in a strike in the Batan al-Samin area of Khan Yunis.
