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ABC News (DOHA, Qatar) — Israel has conducted a precise strike in Doha targeting senior Hamas leadership on Tuesday, according to separate statements from the Israel Defense Forces and Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “For years, these members of the Hamas leadership have led the terrorist organization’s operations, are directly responsible for the brutal October […]
Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images (LONDON) — A high-rise building in Gaza City was leveled by an Israeli strike on Friday, videos verified by ABC News show. Mushtaha Tower was located in the west of the city, near several large tent encampments where Palestinian civilians are sheltering. Video reviewed and verified by ABC News shows […]
(LONDON) — Israel has begun its ground operation in Gaza City, Israel Defense Forces Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said Tuesday. “We are going to increase and enhance the strikes of our operation, and that is why we called you,” Zamir said in Hebrew, addressing reservists who have been called up […]
IDF soldiers prepare tanks on August 18, 2025 near the Gaza Strip’s northern borders, Israel. (Elke Scholiers/Getty Images) (LONDON) — Israel has begun the “first stages of the attack on Gaza City” on Wednesday as it plans to call up to 50,000 to 60,000 reservists in order to occupy the city, according to Israel Defense […]

IDF soldiers prepare tanks on August 18, 2025 near the Gaza Strip’s northern borders, Israel. (Elke Scholiers/Getty Images) (LONDON) — Israel will send call-ups to 50,000 to 60,000 reservists as part of its plans to invade and occupy Gaza City, according to an Israeli military official. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz approved on Wednesday the […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (TEL AVIV, Israel) — Hamas’ latest response to a U.S.-brokered Gaza ceasefire proposal is “currently being reviewed” by Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Thursday. Hamas announced Wednesday night it had submitted to mediators a response to the ceasefire deal currently on the table. The details of Hamas’ response were […]
Abdulkarem Al-Mohammad/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — The Israel Defense Forces said it struck “the entrance” of Syria‘s military headquarters in Damascus on Wednesday. Syria’s Ministry of Health told the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency that at least one person was killed and 18 others were injured Wednesday in the Israeli airstrikes on the capital, Damascus. The high-profile […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu/ Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump said on social media Monday evening that Israel and Iran had agreed to a ceasefire, signaling a possible end to nearly two weeks of escalating air assaults by the two countries. The agreement described by Trump involved two 12-hour ceasefire periods, starting […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Senior administration officials tell ABC News that top Netanyahu advisers — Israel’s national security adviser Tzachi Hanegbi and Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer — were traveling from Israel to Washington to meet with national security adviser Jake Sullivan at the White House on Thursday. The move comes amid […]

A Palestinian boy sits in a truck of the World Health Organization (WHO) at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. Many Palestinians have sought refuge in a United Nations-run school in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing hostilities. (Photo by Ahmed Zakot/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) […]