Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday he had ordered the country's military to take control of 70 percent of the Gaza Strip, in defiance of the terms of a fragile ceasefire that took effect in October. "We are currently squeezing Hamas. We now control 60 percent of the territory i»»»

Israel’s defence minister has said he is committed to the ethnic cleansing of Gaza through large-scale migration of Palestinians as part of Israel’s long-term plans for the territory. Israel Katz said the government would implement a plan for large numbers of Palestinians to leave Gaza “at the righ»»»

Image used for representative purposes Hamas’s armed wing on Wednesday confirmed that its military chief, Mohammed Odeh, was killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza a day earlier, after Israel had announced his death on Tuesday.In a statement identifying him as the “Chief of Staff of the Ezzedine Al-Qa»»»

The Global Sumud Flotilla set sail from Turkey last week in an effort to breach Israel's blockade of Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has hit out at his security minister after video footage showed him taunting detained activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla who had been attempting»»»

1 Israel is facing growing international criticism after far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir shared a controversial video showing detained international activists who were attempting to deliver aid to Gaza. The activists were part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, a Gaza-bound aid miss»»»

Foreign Minister Penny Wong ordered the Israeli ambassador, Hillel Newman, to be called into the department over a video posted by far right Israeli national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, in which he insults and taunts detained members of the flotilla carrying aid for Palestinians. Wong said o»»»

As Israel remembers its war dead, critics say it reinforces a one-sided narrative of sacrifice that excludes Palestinians. With the sounding of a siren at 8pm on Monday, Israel begins the commemoration of Memorial Day, remembering soldiers killed since the establishment of the first Jewish settleme»»»