Gaza City

IAF hits 170 Hamas targets across Gaza, eliminates terrorists in Gaza City

Israeli troops continued dismantling terrorist infrastructure and eliminating terrorists in Gaza City, Hamas’s last stronghold.

IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip. September 25, 2025.
PALESTINIANS MOVE southward after the IDF ordered residents of Gaza City to evacuate, last Saturday. The conquest of Gaza City, the final stronghold of Hamas, is an imperative for removing Hamas from power and for Israel to be perceived as the victor in the war, the writer argues.

An essential defeat: Why Israel must destroy Hamas in Gaza City - opinion

 Smoke rises as displaced Palestinians take shelter at Al Shifa hospital, amid the ongoing conflict between Hamas and Israel, in Gaza City, November 8, 2023.

WATCH: IDF footage exposes terrorists firing from Gaza’s Shifa Hospital

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Israel at War day 718: What's going on in Israel, Gaza, West Bank?


'They are still there': Hostage families mark second Rosh Hashanah since October 7

As the hostages now approach their third Simchat Torah in Gaza, she said, the feeling that time has frozen only grows stronger.

Families of hostages held in Gaza and their supporters protest outside the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem, calling for their release, September 21, 2025.

Curses and blessings from 5785, and why it is important to recognize them - comment

Jewish tradition is keenly aware of suffering, exile, persecution, and uncertainty, while it also reflects Jewish resilience and hope. It carries both the sober memory of hardship and hope.

A MAN blows a shofar outside the Jerusalem Central Bus Station. One of the areas of life on which we concentrate in the Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur period is health, says the writer.

The IDF's invasion of Gaza unlikely to achieve war goals, return hostages – analysis

Without honing in on the hostages and on Hamas’s hidden fighters in Gaza City, the IDF controlling more land is unlikely to achieve strategic goals.

IDF's 162nd Division deepens ground maneuvers in Gaza City, September 19, 2025.

IDF: 550,000 out of one million civilians have fled Gaza City

At the initial stages of evacuations a couple of weeks ago, only around 70,000 civilians fled. By early last week, the numbers had risen to around 250,000.

Displaced Palestinians, fleeing northern Gaza due to an Israeli military operation, move southward after Israeli forces ordered residents of Gaza City to evacuate to the south, in the central Gaza Strip, September 17, 2025.

Hamas rebuilds Gaza City tunnels, IDF halts underground op. fearing hostages present - N12

As many as 10,000 terrorists are understood to be hiding out in Gaza City.

IDF soldiers operate in Gaza City, September 17, 2025.

Israeli soldier moderately wounded by Hamas sniper fire in Gaza City area as incursion intensifies

The IDF targeted underground terrorist infrastructure, weapons depots, and terrorist cells.

IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip on September 20, 2025.

Hamas publishes archive photo of remaining 48 hostages, labeling them each as 'Ron Arad'

The terrorist organization said that "the fate of the hostages will be like Ron Arad," referencing the IAF navigator who was taken captive in Lebanon.

The picture released by Hamas that has reach of the remaining hostages label with IAF navigator Ron Arad's name and a number.

COGAT accuses Hamas of firing at UN vehicles, IDF transfers thousands more soldiers to Gaza City

Hostage families demonstrate for deal • IDF soldier moderately wounded in Gaza City • Egypt threatens to send troops • IDF to increase forces in West Bank ahead of holidays

IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip on September 20, 2025.

Terrorists loot aid trucks of baby formula in Gaza City, UNICEF and COGAT confirm

While UNICEF named the parties only as “armed individuals,” COGAT announced that Hamas had robbed the aid trucks.

Baby formula-filled aid trucks looted by Hamas in Gaza City

WATCH: Israeli forces battle Hamas terrorists in Gaza City incursion

While in Gaza City, troops have killed numerous terrorists using tank fire, armed drones, and air strikes.

This picture taken from a position at Israel's border with the Gaza Strip shows smoke billowing on September 16, 2025.

Trump says fewer than 20 hostages still alive, Portugal to recognize Palestinian state

IDF confirms death of four soldiers • IDF kills Hamas Bureij Battalion official • Hamas says Gaza City invasion will kill hostages • Edan Alexander, Naama Levy give speeches on their Gaza captivity

US President Donald Trump in front of posters protesting for the release of the hostages (illustrative)