Much of the territory is in ruins. Israel began its offensive after a Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7, ⁠2023 in which 1,200 people were killed and about 250 were taken to Gaza as hostages, ...

Two of northern Gaza’s last functioning hospitals have been encircled by Israeli troops, preventing anyone from leaving or entering the facilities, hospital staff and aid groups said this week, ...

On Wednesday evening, medical sources in Rafah, in Gaza’s southernmost area, reported that Israeli soldiers fired live rounds at displaced Palestinians near the Al‑Alam Junction in Mawasi Rafah, ...