Israel

Geraint Rowland Photography/Getty Images (LONDON) — A Gaza road being extended and expanded for use by the Israeli military now runs across the full width of the Gaza Strip from east to west, satellite imagery provided by Planet Labs shows. The expansion of the road opens the possibility that much-needed humanitarian aid could be delivered […]

pawel.gaul/Getty Images As war rages in Gaza, civilians have repeatedly been told by Israel to go to the city of Deir al-Balah, in the center of the enclave, for safety. The city lies below the Wadi Gaza, the line south of which Israel warned people to move starting in mid-October. And after a cease-fire in […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hundreds of people have died and thousands more are injured after Hamas militants launched an unprecedented attack from Gaza into Israel Saturday, Israeli authorities said. The Israeli Defense Forces declared “a state of alert for war,” the IDF said early Saturday morning. As of Thursday, at least 1,200 people have […]

Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least 900 people have died and more than 2,500 others have been injured in Israel after the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented incursion from air, land and sea on Saturday, Israeli authorities said. Hamas fired thousands of rockets toward Israel and an estimated 1,000 fighters crossed […]

Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least 700 people have died and more than 2,300 others have been injured in Israel after the militant group Hamas fired a barrage of rockets from the neighboring Gaza Strip in an unprecedented incursion on Saturday, Israeli authorities said. Palestinian militants fired at least 2,200 rockets toward […]

Joel Carillet/Getty Images (GAZA) — Over 100 Israelis have died and more than 900 were injured after rockets were fired from Gaza by Hamas militants, Israeli officials said Saturday. The Palestinian Health Ministry said 198 were killed in Gaza and at least 1,610 were injured Saturday in retaliatory attacks from Israel. At least 50 Israelis […]

Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least 300 people have died and over 2,000 have been injured in Gaza and Israel after rockets were fired from Gaza into Israel by Hamas militants, Israeli authorities said. The Palestinian Health Ministry said 198 are dead and 1,610 others are injured in Gaza. According to the […]

pawel.gaul/Getty Images (LONDON) — Israeli lawmakers on Monday approved the key part of a divisive judicial overhaul plan pushed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Part of the plan — which was proposed as a sweeping reform by Netanyahu’s hardline nationalist government — removes the court system’s ability to strike down “unreasonable” decisions by the government. […]

pawel.gaul/Getty Images (LONDON) — Israeli lawmakers on Monday approved the key part of a divisive judicial overhaul plan pushed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Part of the plan — which was proposed as a sweeping reform by Netanyahu’s hardline nationalist government — removes the court system’s ability to strike down “unreasonable” decisions by the government. […]

Alexandre Morin-Laprise/Getty Images (JENIN, West Bank) — Israel withdrew its forces from the Jenin refugee camp just after midnight Wednesday, ending the largest military operation it’s conducted in the occupied West Bank in nearly twenty years. The Israeli operation — which included drone airstrikes, hundreds of special forces and tanks — lasted 48 hours, leaving […]