The Latest Breaking News from the Gaza Strip

Israel has announced plans to launch a full-scale offensive on the town of Rafah in the southern Gaza strip, claiming it is the only way to "completely destroy" Hamas. But according to former French military officer and author Guillaume Ancel, a large-scale military operation in the city that is now…

The loss of life in Gaza is unbearable. At least 29,000 Palestinians, mostly civilians, have been killed since October 7, according to the Hamas-run health ministry. Even if the fighting were to stop today, thousands more could still die due to the public health crisis in the Gaza Strip.

Israel is in talks with the Palestine Authority to ease tensions in Gaza as the Ramadan month nears including a £59 million Gaza tax revenue issue that funds services in the region while it took over the last unoccupied town Rafah.

The talks come as Israel signals it may soon launch an invasion of Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip. The talks were expected to center on a plan that would pause the fighting for up to six weeks.

At least 45 Palestinians died after an aerial assault on a camp in Rafah but the international horror at the carnage looks unlikely to change Israel’s war policy

Israel and Hamas are reportedly making progress towards a ceasefire deal and the release of hostages in Gaza, as talks continue in Cairo.

The latest updates on the Israel-Hamas conflict: progress in cease-fire talks, concerns over hostages' well-being, calls for a halt to the violence.

An Israeli air strike on Monday seriously wounded a local Hezbollah official in his car in Lebanon's south, a Lebanese security source told AFP. Israeli forces and the Lebanese movement Hezbollah, a Hamas ally, have traded near-daily fire since war broke out on October 7 between Israel and the Palestinian…

Israeli special forces successfully rescue two hostages from Hamas in a daring operation in the Gaza Strip. Benjamin Netanyahu personally oversees the mission.