Gaza war

Pineapples stuffed with thousands of smuggled cigarettes intercepted by IDF at Gaza crossing

The cigarette-filled pineapples were transported in a truck carrying a shipment purchased by an Israeli company, intended to reach the Kerem Shalom Crossing as part of humanitarian aid.

Pineapple filled with cigarettes intended to be smuggled across the border into Gaza.
Palestinian doctor Hussam Abu Safiya, who was captured by the Israeli military in Gaza in late 2024 and still held in detention, appears via video link at the Israeli Supreme Court hearing in Jerusalem, June 10, 2026.

High Court weighs petition over Hamas-linked Gazan doctors in Israeli custody

A woman walks past a mural depicting football player Lamine Yamal waving a Palestinian flag during the Catalans' title parade, painted by Palestinian artists on the rubble of buildings destroyed during the war, at Shati (Beach) refugee camp in Gaza City on May 13, 2026.

Hamas dissolution of Gaza government is a trick to keep weapons, expert warns

Government Media Office Director Ismail Thawabteh (R) and Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem (L) speak at a press conference regarding the resignation of the head of the Government Emergency Committee and the acting head of Government Follow-up.

If Hamas dissolves its Gaza government, who will enforce its disarmament? - analysis


'I am proof of Hamas's violence': Ex-hostage Ilana Gritzewsky tells 'Post' of sexual abuse in Gaza

A Hamas terrorist was "hugging me, kissing me, saying that I'm beautiful, that I'm going to marry him," Gritzewsky told the Post • 'I am a woman who survived'

Former hostage Ilana Gritzewsky sharing her experience of sexual abuse at the UN Human Rights Council.

Senior IDF officer: 1,000 days since Oct. 7 changed how Israel fights its enemies

"The way we look today at an emerging threat, our approach toward the enemy is different. Today there is no such thing as no response. That thinking is different from before," the officer said.

(Illustrative) IDF soldiers standing near the Gaza border, in Israel, February 4, 2026

Defense Minister Katz, IDF chief Zamir mark 1,000 days since Oct. 7 with warnings to Iranian regime

Defense Minister Israel Katz said that Israel had “changed the face of the Middle East” after October 7 and that Israel "emerged a more united people and a stronger, more determined state."

IDF destroys four Hamas tunnels in Gaza over weekend, April 14, 2026.

New Bullet-resistant MDA ambulance dedicated to two fallen IDF reservists

Nitai Meizels and Amishar Ben-David were remembered in Eli with a new ambulance designed to protect patients and medical teams.

 A soldier stands guard and defends the Sderot MDA station on October 7

Dozens of drones entered Gaza Strip over recent months, fears Hamas could use in attack - report

At least 28 drones reportedly entered Gaza in recent months, raising concerns they reached Hamas, despite the IDF thwarting 89 drone smuggling attempts since January, according to Army Radio.

IDF Military Drone Unit train with their drones near the Syrian border, northern Golan Heights.

Gaza war could have ended a year earlier, achieved more Hamas disarmament, ex-hostage chief says

An overlong war led to huge unnecessary losses in fallen soldiers and the death of up to 40 hostages, former lead hostage negotiations coordinator Maj.-Gen. (res.) Nitzan Alon said.

Former lead hostage negotiations coordinator Maj.-Gen. (res.) Nitzan Alon speaks at the Reichman University Conference, Herzliya, July 1, 2026.

'I won,' ex-hostage Rom Braslavski says after IDF kills PIJ terrorist who held him in Gaza

Braslavski posted the news on Instagram, sharing the abuse he endured by the killed terrorist and writing, "Now I can say 100% that I won."

Former hostage Rom Braslavski at the Israeli Premier League match between Maccabi Netanya and Beitar Jerusalem at the Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem on November 30, 2025.

IDF seals 16-kilometer Hamas tunnel where murdered soldier Hadar Goldin's remains were held

The IDF completed a three-month operation to seal a vast Hamas tunnel complex near the Philadelphi Corridor with more than 30,000 cubic meters of concrete.

IDF soldiers complete an operation to seal the underground tunnel in which the remains of Lieutenant Hadar Goldin were held captive by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip. June 29, 2026.

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The wedding of Miriam Shani and Ofek Dotan at the Kedar sheep farm near Ma'ale Adumim, June 2026.

IDF, Shin Bet kill Hamas Rafah Brigade defense, counterintelligence chief

Ismail Masri, Hamas’s Rafah Brigade military defense chief, was killed in a joint IDF and Shin Bet operation conducted in Gaza last Tuesday.

Palestinian Hamas terrorists stand guard on the day of the handover of hostages held in Gaza since the deadly October 7 2023 attack, as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, February 22, 2025.