Israel-Hamas (Gaza) War

March 18

Israeli strikes across Gaza kill at least 400 Palestinians and shatter ceasefire with Hamas

Israel launched airstrikes across the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, killing at least 400 Palestinians, including women and children, according to hospital officials. The surprise bombardment shattered a ceasefire in place since January and threatened to fully reignite the 17-month-old war. Read more.

What to know:

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the strikes after Hamas refused Israeli demands to change the ceasefire agreement. Officials said the operation was open-ended and was expected to expand. The White House said it had been consulted and voiced support for Israel’s actions.
A senior Hamas official said Netanyahu’s decision to return to war amounts to a “death sentence” for the remaining Israeli hostages. Izzat al-Risheq accused Netanyahu of launching the strikes to try to save his far-right governing coalition and called on mediators to “reveal facts” on who broke the truce. There were no reports of any attacks by Hamas several hours after the bombardment, indicating it still hoped to restore the truce.

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March 19

Why Netanyahu ended the Gaza ceasefire with surprise strikes

The wave of Israeli strikes that killed hundreds of Palestinians across the Gaza Strip early Tuesday was the culmination of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s efforts to get out of the ceasefire with Hamas that he agreed to in January. Read More.

Middle East latest: Israeli forces are recapturing a key corridor that cuts Gaza in half

The Israeli military is retaking control of a key corridor that cuts off northern Gaza from the south, Israel’s military said, deepening its renewed offensive in Gaza. Israel broke the ceasefire with Hamas on Tuesday in a wave of heavy strikes that have continued into Wednesday but at a lower intensity.

https://apnews.com/article/mideast-gaza-israel-hamas-war-latest-03-19-2025-66aa4bbedb043183aae78ea685b9bafb?

March 20

Israeli strikes kill dozens as military launches first ground campaign since ceasefire collapsed

Israel pounded Gaza overnight, killing dozens of Palestinians, a day after launching a fresh ground campaign as part of its renewed assault on the territory that shattered the two-month-old ceasefire with Hamas.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/19/middleeast/israel-ground-offensive-renewed-war-gaza-intl?

Gaza

The Israeli military launched a new ground offensive in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday in an effort to “expand the security zone and to create a partial buffer between northern and southern Gaza.” The move comes just one day after Israel broke a 2-month-old ceasefire with Hamas by conducting airstrikes in Gaza that killed at least 400 people, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. Hamas described the latest offensive as a “new and dangerous breach,” and said it remains committed to the ceasefire deal signed in January. Additional Israeli airstrikes overnight claimed at least 40 more lives, the European Hospital said.

Israeli strikes across Gaza hit multiple homes, killing at least 85 Palestinians

DEIR-AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes killed at least 85 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip overnight and into Thursday, according to local health officials. Hours later, Hamas fired three rockets at Israel without causing casualties, in the first such attack since Israel broke their ceasefire.

https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-ceasefire-hostages-03-20-2025-36c07d3dc7c03f66f86f44409d504d43?

March 21

Israel Violated the Gaza Ceasefire From the Start. Why Won’t the Media Tell You That?

Long before this week’s deadly strikes, Israel failed to abide by the terms of its ceasefire deal with Hamas.

https://theintercept.com/2025/03/19/israel-gaza-ceasefire-hamas/?

Hamas fires rockets at Israel for first time since truce collapses as toll mounts in Gaza

Hamas fired rockets at Israel from Gaza Thursday, the militant group’s first response to Israel’s renewed offensive in the Strip that shattered a fragile two-month ceasefire.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/20/middleeast/hamas-fires-rockets-at-israel-first-time-since-truce-collapse-intl?

March 24

50,000 killed in Gaza since start of Israel-Hamas war, health ministry says

More than 50,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since Israel’s war with Hamas began, the territory’s health ministry said Sunday, a grim milestone for a war with no end in sight as Israel resumes fighting and warns of even tougher days ahead.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/23/middleeast/50-000-killed-in-gaza-since-start-of-israel-hamas-war-intl/index.html?

March 27

Palestinians protest Hamas in a rare public show of dissent in Gaza

CAIRO (AP) — Thousands of Palestinians marched between the wreckage of a heavily destroyed town in northern Gaza on Wednesday in the second day of anti-war protests, with many chanting against Hamas in a rare display of public anger against the militant group.

https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-ceasefire-hostages-03-26-2025-ac541bac478575ca63e9a6da5d3133fc?

ps:Finally for the first time that I've ever heard the Palestinians stand up against Hamas!!!!!

March 28

Middle East latest: Israeli strikes kill a family of 6 and a Hamas spokesman in Gaza

A family of six and a Hamas spokesman were killed in separate Israeli strikes in the northern Gaza Strip overnight and into Thursday, according to the territory’s Health Ministry and another Hamas official.

https://apnews.com/article/mideast-gaza-israel-hamas-war-latest-03-27-2025-ba5813a7707ef9128dca32660533b50c?

March 30

Israel admits firing at ambulances in Gaza after Palestinians say rescuers missing in Rafah

Israel’s military admitted on Saturday it had fired on ambulances in the Gaza Strip after identifying them as “suspicious vehicles”, with Hamas condemning it as a war crime that killed at least one person.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/29/israel-admits-firing-at-ambulances-in-gaza-after-palestinians-say-rescuers-missing-in-rafah?

March 31

Gaza

The Israeli military has stepped up its renewed campaign against Hamas, launching deadly airstrikes in Gaza on the first day of Eid-al-Fitr. Bombs struck a tent and a home housing displaced people in southern Gaza on Sunday, killing at least 10, including children, rescuers in the enclave said. The bodies of more than a dozen aid workers were also recovered from a “mass grave.” They disappeared a week ago after Israeli forces opened fire on ambulances and fire trucks in southern Rafah. One medic is still missing. Since Israel shattered the two-month-old ceasefire with Hamas, it has renewed its assault on the enclave, killing hundreds of Palestinians, imposed a complete blockade of humanitarian aid and vowed to occupy parts of Gaza until the release of the remaining 24 hostages who are believed to still be alive. On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to step up the campaign, saying the pressure on Hamas was “working.”

Israeli military orders the evacuation of Gaza’s southern city of Rafah

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel’s military on Monday issued sweeping evacuation orders covering Rafah and nearby areas, indicating it could soon launch another major ground operation in the Gaza Strip’s southernmost city.

https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-03-31-2025-ceasefire-hostages-5eb495e726371ad88570b4ab4df84cba?

April 2

🇮🇱 Israel plans to reoccupy 25% of Gaza

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Palestinian children living in Jabalia refugee camp play games today among the rubble of buildings destroyed by Israeli attacks in Gaza City. Photo: Mahmoud Issa /Anadolu via Getty Images

The Israeli military will expand its ground operation in Gaza to occupy 25% of the enclave over the next two to three weeks, Axios' Barak Ravid reports.

An Israeli official said the operation is part of a "maximum pressure" campaign aimed at forcing Hamas to release more hostages.

💡 Yes, but: Reoccupation could go beyond Israel's stated objectives.

The move has already begun. It's forcing the displacement of Palestinian civilians who returned to their homes in the northern and southern Gaza Strip after a ceasefire was announced in January.

If no new hostage-and-ceasefire deal is reached, the ground operation could expand and lead to the reoccupation of most of Gaza — and the displacement of most of the 2 million Palestinian civilians living there to a small "humanitarian zone."

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April 2

Israeli troops killed 15 Palestinian medics and buried them in a mass grave, UN says

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinians held funerals Monday for 15 medics and emergency responders killed by Israeli troops in southern Gaza, after their bodies and mangled ambulances were found buried in an impromptu mass grave, apparently plowed over by Israeli military bulldozers.

https://apnews.com/article/gaza-medics-killed-israel-ambulances-f34b6ecc985d9127265a400bd52c72b7?

Israel

Israel announced a major expansion of its military operation in Gaza today, one that will involve seizing large areas of land from the Palestinians in an effort to “crush and clear the area of terrorists and terror infrastructure.” Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said the operation will involve a “large-scale evacuation of Gaza’s population,” after which time these areas will be “incorporated into Israel’s security zones.” Since breaking the two-month-old ceasefire with Hamas two weeks ago, Israel has resumed its attacks on Gaza, killing hundreds of Palestinians, according to officials in the enclave. Israel has also continued to block humanitarian aid from entering Gaza, and the UN has warned that food supplies are running out. A lack of flour and fuel has also caused all 25 of the World Food Programme’s bakeries in Gaza to shut down. The closures are likely to accelerate the spread of famine, the head of the local Bakery Owners’ Association told the Palestinian Press Agency Safa.

April 3

Netanyahu says Israel will establish a new security corridor across Gaza to pressure Hamas

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel is establishing a new security corridor across the Gaza Strip to pressure Hamas, suggesting it would cut off the southern city of Rafah, which Israel has ordered evacuated, from the rest of the Palestinian territory.

https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-gaza-operation-04-02-2025-6b653fc8fa1e6f0c1a0c8d322bd48ccc?

April 7

Israel walks back its account of the killing of 15 medics in Gaza after video seems to contradict it

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Israeli military backtracked on its account of the killing of 15 Palestinian medics by its forces last month after phone video appeared to contradict its claims that their vehicles did not have emergency signals on when troops opened fire on them in the Gaza Strip.

https://apnews.com/article/mideast-wars-medics-ambulances-killed-rafah-069ae07c011250d8a5cef7bdfc26f9df?

Israel

It’s been a month since Israel cut off humanitarian supplies to the Gaza Strip and without that much-needed aid, the living situation of 2 million civilians has rapidly deteriorated. In the past few weeks, Israel’s renewed bombing campaign has claimed hundreds of lives and displaced more than 280,000 people, according to UN officials. Without access to food, fuel and clean water, hunger in Gaza is worsening and could lead to famine. A lack of basic infrastructure and sanitation could also spark outbreaks of disease. The UN and other aid groups have accused Israel of violating international law by blocking the flow of aid into Gaza and using starvation as a weapon of war. On Sunday, Israel announced that it would continue to withhold aid to pressure Hamas into releasing more hostages and would impose new conditions on the extension of the ceasefire agreement.

April 7

Israel controls 50% of Gaza after razing land to expand its buffer zone

Israel has dramatically expanded its footprint in the Gaza Strip since relaunching its war against Hamas last month. It now controls more than 50% of the territory and is squeezing Palestinians into shrinking wedges of land. Read more.

Key points:

The largest contiguous area the army controls is around the Gaza border, where the military has razed Palestinian homes, farmland and infrastructure to the point of uninhabitability, according to Israeli soldiers and rights groups. This military buffer zone has doubled in size in recent weeks.
Israel has depicted its tightening grip as a temporary necessity to pressure Hamas into releasing the remaining hostages taken during the Oct. 7 attack. But the land Israel holds, which includes a corridor that divides the territory’s north from south, could be used for wielding long-term control, human rights groups and Gaza experts say.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said last week that even after Hamas is defeated, Israel will keep security control in Gaza and push Palestinians to leave.

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April 8

Gaza mass grave

Newly released audio and video contradicts the Israeli military’s account of the March 23 attack on first responders in southern Gaza. On that day, an ambulance crew in Rafah disappeared, prompting the dispatch of a convoy of emergency vehicles. The fate of those emergency workers would also remain a mystery for over a week until rescue teams were allowed into the area. That’s when they discovered a mass grave containing the bodies of 15 first responders and their crushed emergency vehicles. The Israel Defense Forces claimed the convoy was moving suspiciously, without headlights or flashing lights, toward Israeli troops and that members of the emergency teams were militants. But a video found on one of the bodies showed the convoy’s lights were on, their vehicles were clearly marked and the rescuers were wearing reflective emergency responder uniforms when the Israeli troops opened fire. The IDF said it has begun re-investigating the incident.

April 10

School closures

Israeli forces raided six UN schools in East Jerusalem and ordered them to close within 30 days. The closures will affect approximately 800 students, who may not be able to finish the school year. The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), which runs schools for Palestinians in areas occupied by Israel, condemned the order. “UNRWA schools are protected by the privileges and immunities of the United Nations,” Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said. “Today’s unauthorized entries and issuance of closure orders are a violation of these protections.” Israel has accused employees of UNRWA of involvement in Hamas, a claim the UN denies. Israel’s Ministry of Education told parents to register the students in other schools. However, due to the war in Gaza, the enclave's education system is in ruins. At least 70% of school buildings have taken direct hits from Israeli airstrikes and 24% of university campuses have been destroyed.

April 10

Israeli strike on Gaza apartment building kills at least 23, officials say

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli aircraft struck a residential block in war-ravaged northern Gaza on Wednesday, killing at least 23 people, health officials said, as the renewed fighting in the devastated Palestinian enclave showed no signs of slowing.

https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-ceasefire-hostages-04-09-2025-ae1a50218b0679bf1186b259fddbea37?

April 12

Israel releases 10 Palestinians detained from Gaza. They say they suffered abuse

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Ten Palestinians detained from Gaza by Israeli troops were freed and returned to the territory on Thursday, saying they had suffered constant abuse while imprisoned.

https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-ceasefire-hostages-04-10-2025-041f0c4b64e8746bef9333edc3ffd2dd?

April 14

“An Abrupt Plunge Into Hell”: Gaza After the Ceasefire

It feels as though time has folded back on itself. The bombing on Gaza resumed in the darkness of the night of March 18, and has continued for weeks since. It feels like a flashback — like the first day of October 7, when the morning broke with the same shock, the same uncertainty.

https://theintercept.com/2025/04/12/gaza-bombing-after-ceasefire/?

April 15

Hamas says it’s sending a delegation to Qatar to continue Gaza ceasefire talks

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A Hamas official said Monday that the Palestinian militant group is sending a delegation to the Gulf state of Qatar to continue indirect ceasefire talks with Israel over the war in Gaza, as the territory’s Health Ministry said that 38 people were confirmed dead over the past day.

https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-14-04-2025-bf163cdef4d9cff34c28c619525fe71f?

April 21

‘Professional failures’ led to killing of Palestinian medics in Gaza, says Israeli military

The Israeli military says “professional failures” led to the killing of 15 paramedics and first responders in an incident in Gaza in March, according to an investigation released Sunday.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/20/middleeast/israeli-military-professional-failures-gaza-medics-intl?

Israeli probe into the killings of 15 Palestinian medics in Gaza finds ‘professional failures’

JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli investigation into the killings of 15 Palestinian medics last month in Gaza by Israeli forces said Sunday it found a chain of “professional failures” and a deputy commander has been fired.

https://apnews.com/article/gaza-palestinians-israel-hamas-war-medics-killed-437b6ae1e9cf45b3099134524380f004?

April 21

Israel

The Israeli military now says “professional failures” led to the deadly March 23 attack on first responders in southern Gaza. An ambulance crew in Rafah disappeared that day, prompting the dispatch of a convoy of emergency vehicles. The fate of those emergency workers would also remain a mystery for over a week until rescue teams were allowed into the area and discovered a mass grave containing the bodies of the 15 first responders and their crushed emergency vehicles. The Israel Defense Forces originally claimed the convoy was moving suspiciously, without headlights or flashing lights, toward Israeli troops and that members of the emergency teams were militants. But a video found on one of the bodies showed the convoy’s lights were on, their vehicles were clearly marked, and the rescuers were wearing reflective emergency responder uniforms when the Israeli troops opened fire. The latest Israeli probe identified several failures during the incident, as well as breaches of orders and a failure to fully report what happened.

April 25

While the world watches Gaza, this is what’s happening in the West Bank

Since the war in Gaza erupted, Israeli military operations in the occupied West Bank grew in size, frequency and intensity. Here’s a look at where things stand, with data collected by the U.N.’s humanitarian office and Peace Now, an Israeli anti-settlement tracking group. Read more.

Key points:

Since Hamas’ attack on Oct. 7, 2023, the majority of Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in the West Bank have been shot during military raids in villages and towns. Israel says the operations are needed to stamp out militancy. Many of the dead were militants killed in clashes, or youths throwing stones or firebombs. But Palestinians and rights groups say scores of uninvolved civilians have been caught in the crossfire. Of those killed since the Hamas attack, at least 182 have been children under 18, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. Rights groups accuse Israel of using excessive force.
Israel’s raids across four major refugee camps in the north of the West Bank, at their height, pushed 40,000 people from their homes. Forces have ripped up roads, destroyed infrastructure and demolished hundreds of homes. Israel says it is dismantling terrorist infrastructure. But civilian homes have also been destroyed.
Settler attacks causing injury or death to Palestinians surged in the wake of the Hamas attack. Israel says it opposes settler violence and blames it all on a small, extremist fringe. Palestinians say that the Israeli army does little to protect them, and that the attacks are part of a systematic attempt to expel them from their land. Israel’s government, dominated by settler leaders and supporters, has established 13 new settlements since the war began, at least five of which originally sprung up as outposts. That brings the total number of settlements to 140. Most of the international community considers settlements illegal, though U.S. President Donald Trump has supported them.

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May 7

Strikes across Gaza kill at least 92 as Israel prepares to ramp up its offensive

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes across Gaza killed at least 92 people, including women, children and two journalists, officials said Wednesday, as Israel prepares to ramp up its campaign in the strip, with the devastating war now entering its 20th month.

https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-07-05-2025-e6c7f8b3b57f24518e1e66a66fee7713?

May 12

Hamas says it will release American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander on Monday

An American-Israeli soldier taken captive and held for more than 19 months in the Gaza Strip is expected to be released on Monday, Hamas said, as part of a good will gesture for the Trump administration that could lay the groundwork for a new ceasefire between the warring sides. Read more.

Key points:

Edan Alexander was snatched from his military base in southern Israel during Hamas’ cross-border attack on Oct. 7, 2023. His expected release would be the first since Israel shattered an 8-week ceasefire with Hamas in March when it unleashed fierce strikes on Gaza, which have killed hundreds.
On Monday, a statement from Netanyahu’s office said Alexander’s release was expected and that Israel was not granting any concessions for it. The statement said Israel would still carry on with its plans to ramp up its offensive in Gaza despite the expected hostage release.
Israel says that, including Alexander, 59 hostages remain in captivity, about 24 of whom are said to be alive and the rest are deceased. Many of the 250 hostages taken by Hamas-led militants in the 2023 attack were freed in ceasefire deals.

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Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander returns to Israel after Hamas release

Edan Alexander, the last known living American hostage in Gaza, was released by Hamas and reunited with his family on Monday, ending an 18-month ordeal that began with the militant group’s October 7 attack.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/12/middleeast/israel-hamas-edan-alexander-release-intl?

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