Israel Archives - Page 13 of 69

May 6, 2025 4:09 PM

Israel may seize all Gaza in expanded operation, officials say

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday an expanded offensive against Palestinian militant group Hamas would be "intensive" after his security cabinet approved plans that may include seizing the Gaza Strip and controlling aid. Howev...

May 5, 2025 4:29 PM

Israeli leadership votes to expand Gaza ground offensive

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security cabinet voted to scale up the offensive against Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza to the point of seizing the entire enclave and holding its territories, an Israeli official said on Monday. A rep...

May 2, 2025 3:17 PM

Israel strikes near Syrian presidential palace in ‘message’ to Sharaa

Israel bombed an area near the presidential palace in Damascus early on Friday in its clearest signal yet of hostility toward the Islamist-led Syrian authorities and a preparedness to ramp up military action in the name of Syria's Druze minority. Is...

April 28, 2025 1:11 PM

Israel’s Gaza aid blockade contested in World Court hearings

Israel will face accusations of breaking international law by refusing to let aid into the Gaza Strip when dozens of nations present arguments at the International Court of Justice during a week of hearings starting in The Hague on Monday. Since...

April 19, 2025 11:44 AM

Israel still eyeing a limited attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities

Israel has not ruled out an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities in the coming months despite President Donald Trump telling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the U.S. was for now unwilling to support such a move, according to an Israeli ...

April 16, 2025 4:46 PM

Israel will keep Gaza buffer zone, minister says, as ceasefire efforts stall

Israeli troops will remain in the buffer zones they have created in Gaza even after any settlement to end the war, Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Wednesday, as efforts to revive a ceasefire agreement faltered. Since resuming their operation la...

April 7, 2025 11:49 AM

Hamas fires rockets at Israeli cities, Israel issues evacuation orders in Gaza

Palestinian militant group Hamas said it fired a barrage of rockets at cities in Israel's south on Sunday in response to Israeli "massacres" of civilians in Gaza. Israel's military said about 10 projectiles were fired, but most were successfully int...

April 7, 2025 9:29 AM

Israeli military changes initial account of Gaza aid worker killings

The Israeli military has provided new details that changed its initial account of the killing of 15 emergency workers near the southern Gaza city of Rafah last month, but said investigators were still examining the evidence. The 15 paramedics an...

April 3, 2025 5:37 PM

Hundreds of thousands flee as Israel seizes Rafah in new Gaza ‘security zone’

Hundreds of thousands of fleeing Gazans sought shelter on Thursday in one of the biggest mass displacements of the war, as Israeli forces advanced into the ruins of the city of Rafah, part of a newly announced "security zone" they intend to seize. A...

April 2, 2025 5:49 PM

Israel to seize parts of Gaza as military operation expands

Israel announced a major expansion of military operations in Gaza on Wednesday, saying large areas of the enclave would be seized and added to its security zones, accompanied by large-scale evacuations of the population. In a statement, Defence Mini...