The Latest Breaking News from Israel

IN THE PRESS – Wednesday, December 6: We look at how papers are discussing Israel's new phase in its war against Hamas, as its military targets southern Gaza. Many argue Israel is failing to achieve its objective of destroying the Islamist militant group. Also: the OECD's PISA rankings for 2022…

Israeli forces battled Hamas militants in Gaza's main southern city on Wednesday in some of the most intense combat of the two-month-old war sparked by the October 7 attacks.

At least 63 journalists have been killed in the Israel-Hamas fighting since October 7. The death toll shot up after Israel resumed its bombing of Gaza last week after a seven-day “humanitarian pause”. At least five journalists have been killed since December 1, the Committee to Protect Journalists reported.   

Israeli forces are battling Hamas militants across Gaza after expanding their ground offensive to its second-largest city

The statement came after Israel launched an offensive in southern Gaza after the ceasefire ended.

Israel’s widening air and ground offensive in southern Gaza has displaced tens of thousands more Palestinians and is worsening the enclave’s dire humanitarian conditions

In recent days, three Israeli-linked commercial vessels were targeted by ballistic missiles and drones launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, marking a clear escalation in maritime attacks in the critical Bab el Mandab strait between the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.

The release of Palestinian prisoners under the Israel-Hamas cease-fire agreement last week has touched nearly everyone in the occupied West Bank, where 750,000 Palestinians have been arrested since 1967

Scientists warn many of the gravest threats to humanity are drawing closer as carbon pollution heats the planet