Gaza Strip

The body of Ran Gvili, a 24-year-old Israeli police officer, is the last not yet returned by Hamas from Gaza. Palestinians are clearing rubble from archaeological sites, but restoration is hampered by Israeli restrictions on building materials. The BBC's International Editor reflects on the ...

December 3, 2025 - In recent days, hundreds of families were reportedly displaced in two neighbourhoods in eastern Gaza City following strikes and movement of military equipment, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists in New York on Wednesday.

Amid constant danger, each planted seed was a tiny act of resistance. As they grew, they offered us food – and a sense of achievement amid the devastation, says Taqwa Ahmed al-Wai, a writer, poet and editor based in Gaza

Two young brothers were among the latest killed - reportedly in an Israeli air strike as the Gaza ceasefire remains fragile.

December 6, 2025 - Every day, we hear the sounds of ... Thursday. “Just yesterday, a group of my relatives was directly targeted in the area; three of them were killed, and several others were critically injured.”...

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14 hours ago - Israel’s enforcement of its shifting demarcation line in Gaza has left hundreds of Palestinians dead in the months since an Oct. 10 ceasefire.

October 21, 2025 - US Vice President JD Vance and his wife Usha departed for Israel yesterday as Israeli forces have continued to kill dozens of Palestinians in Gaza, according to Anadolu news agency.

3 days ago - The Gaza war is an armed conflict in the Gaza Strip and Israel, fought as part of the unresolved Israeli–Palestinian and Gaza–Israel conflicts. The war began on 7 October 2023, when the Palestinian militant group Hamas led a surprise attack on Israel, in which 1,195 Israelis and foreign nationals were killed and 251 were taken hostage.

1 day ago - Hamas operatives opened fire toward an area in the northern Gaza Strip where Israeli forces were operating earlier today, the IDF and Shin Bet say, calling the incident a “blatant violation” of the ceasefire agreement.

Israeli forces killed at least four Palestinians in two separate strikes in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, hours after the military said it had hit the site of a failed militant rocket launch, the latest violence to jeopardise the ceasefire.

The Egyptian Red Crescent Society confirmed on 12 October that 400 trucks carrying more than 9,000 tonnes of aid had crossed the border into Gaza. This includes flour, fresh bread, baby milk, tents, medical supplies and medicines. The Jordan National Red Crescent Society also has a full warehouse and is ready to deliver aid into Gaza when conditions allow.

People across the Gaza Strip urgently need clean water and sanitation services, hygiene items (including menstrual products), fuel, food, medicines and clinical supplies, shelter, lighting and energy, and protection and mental health support.

1 week ago - Since the cease-fire began on October 10, Israel has released almost 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, and Hamas has returned all living hostages as well as most of the bodies of those killed, in keeping with the Trump administration’s 20-point ...

3 weeks ago - While the ceasefire has improved ... are still grappling with severe shortages. Since the ceasefire, more than 730 000 people have been displaced, many living in makeshift shelters and are heavily reliant on humanitarian ...

Although a ceasefire was declared in October 2025, Israel has repeatedly violated the agreement, killing hundreds more Palestinians since. Israel also continues to several restrict food, water, medicine, and other lifesaving aid from entering Gaza.

Get the latest developments as the war between Israel and Hamas unfolds.