The Latest Breaking News from Gaza Strip

Sirens sounded in southern Israel and a rocket was intercepted from Gaza on Wednesday, the Israeli army said, as tensions soared between Palestinians and the country's new ultranationalist government. The army said in a statement that sirens sounded in the city of Sderot and in the area surrounding the Gaza…

A young assailant shot and wounded at least two people in east Jerusalem on Saturday, Israeli medics said, hours after a Palestinian gunman killed seven outside a synagogue in one of the deadliest such attacks in years.

Israel appealed to Pope Francis, the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the United Nations Secretary-General on Wednesday to help it recover four citizens held in the Gaza Strip for more than seven years.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Tuesday that an Israeli citizen held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip was alive, a day after the Palestinian Islamist militant group released a video showing the man appealing for help.

The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (B’Tselem) warned of the collapse of the health system in the Gaza Strip as a result of Tel Aviv’s policy that makes it difficult for the health system to operate normally. In a report published on Monday, B’Tselem accused…

Palestinian Islamist militant group Hamas released a video on Monday showing what they said was an Israeli citizen being held captive in the Gaza Strip. The unverified images of the man are the first since his capture in 2014.

Israeli head of the Shomron regional council, Yossi Dagan, announced that he met with the new Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and discussed the necessity of rebuilding four settlements that were evacuated in the West Bank. Dagan stated that the government of Benjamin Netanyahu is preparing to change the status…

A group of settler leaders, headed by the chief Ashkenazi rabbi, David Lau, toured the Homesh settlement, declaring their determination to rebuild the region, despite US warnings, the position of High Court of Justice in West Jerusalem, and the law that prohibits their entry to the area. The Homesh settlement…

Palestinians are holding urgent talks on their next moves after an extreme-right Israeli minister visited Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound, a step so far met with stern words rather than violence. There have been fears Tuesday's controversial visit by Israel's new national security minister, firebrand Itamar Ben-Gvir, could spark a war.…