Gaza City

IDF, Shin Bet reveal details of secret Gaza City mission to recover Oron Shaul's remains

In a series of clandestine operations, the IDF and Shin Bet put together more and more pieces of a complex puzzle until they located Shaul's remains. 

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
IDF soliers operate in the Gaza Strip, September 28, 2025.
People examine cars damaged and vandalized by attackers in the Arab village of Ein Rafa, near Jerusalem, January 8, 2026

IDF strikes Hamas and Hezbollah, kills key terrorists after ceasefire breaches

IDF soldiers were deployed to the scene in the outskirts of Jalud, a village under the jurisdiction of the Samaria Brigade, but found no suspects. 

|ByTZVI JASPER, SHOSHANA BAKER
IDF graphic showing the trajectory of the rocket that landed short in Gaza on January 8, 2026.

IDF strikes Gaza after terror rocket aimed at Israel falls near hospital

The military noted that it detected the launch coming from Gaza City and that it quickly responded by striking the source of the fire.

|BySAM HALPERN, MIRIAM SELA-EITAM
The new Hamas spokesperson in front of an ilustrative image of former Hamas spokesperson Abu Obeida's coffin.

In first message from new spokesperson, Hamas admits death of Abu Obeida, Mohammed Sinwar

The new terror spokesperson also confirmed the deaths of Hakham Muhammad Issa al-Issa, Muhammed Shabana, and Ra'ad Sa'ad. The IDF killed all the terror leaders within the past year.

|ByJAMES GENN

Gaza clans struck after refusing Israeli offers to govern Gaza, undermine Hamas – report

Israeli intelligence reportedly approached powerful Gaza clans with offers of support in exchange for turning against Hamas. Their refusal was followed by deadly airstrikes from Israel.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Destruction after an Israeli airstrike on a house in the Nuseirat refugee camp, west of Gaza City, September 27, 2025.

WATCH: IDF strikes 140 terror targets across Gaza, ramps up Gaza City offensive

IAF aircraft eliminated a terrorist cell that fired an RPG at IDF soldiers

SEPTEMBER 28, 2025ByPESACH BENSON/TPS
IDF soliers operate in the Gaza Strip, September 28, 2025.

Katz: Gaza will be destroyed, Hamas eliminated if terror group does not disarm, return all hostages

Defense Minister Israel Katz warns Hamas to disarm and release hostages as the IDF gains control of over half of Gaza City and demolishes terror infrastructure.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Defense Minister Israel Katz on a tour in the Gaza Strip, August 5, 2025.

IDF controls over half of Gaza City as 800,000 residents flee the area - Southern Command

In recent days, the IDF has expanded the scope of strikes across Gaza City, targeting more than 140 sites each night.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2025ByAMIR BOHBOT
Smoke rises during an Israeli military operation in Gaza City, as seen from the central Gaza Strip September 27, 2025.

IDF evacuation of Gaza City reaches 700,000 civilians

Although approximately 300,000 Palestinian civilians remain, the general population is continuing to evacuate.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2025ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Palestinians evacuating amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas travel on a vehicle in Khan Younis in the Southern Gaza Strip May 6, 2024.

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.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2025ByEHUD AMITON/TPS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip. September 25, 2025.

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

A victory of Israel will inject encouragement to the conservatives and the nationalists in the free world, who mostly view Israel as a Western nationalist bastion in a rough neighborhood.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2025ByEFRAIM INBAR
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.

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

In using the hospital in this way, Hamas is intentionally putting at risk the lives of civilians, including hospital patients and staff, the military stated.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2025BySAM HALPERN
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.

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

Trump to present Gaza peace deal • UN says Israel seeks permanent Gaza control • Turkey's Erdogan calls on other countries to recognize Palestinian

SEPTEMBER 23, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

'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.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2025ByMAYA COHEN
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.