Gaza war

Senior IDF officer: 1,000 days since Oct. 7 changed how Israel fights its enemies

"The way we look today at an emerging threat, our approach toward the enemy is different. Today there is no such thing as no response. That thinking is different from before," the officer said.

(Illustrative) IDF soldiers standing near the Gaza border, in Israel, February 4, 2026
IDF destroys four Hamas tunnels in Gaza over weekend, April 14, 2026.

Defense Minister Katz, IDF chief Zamir mark 1,000 days since Oct. 7 with warnings to Iranian regime

 A soldier stands guard and defends the Sderot MDA station on October 7

New Bullet-resistant MDA ambulance dedicated to two fallen IDF reservists

IDF Military Drone Unit train with their drones near the Syrian border, northern Golan Heights.

Dozens of drones entered Gaza Strip over recent months, fears Hamas could use in attack - report


Gaza war could have ended a year earlier, achieved more Hamas disarmament, ex-hostage chief says

An overlong war led to huge unnecessary losses in fallen soldiers and the death of up to 40 hostages, former lead hostage negotiations coordinator Maj.-Gen. (res.) Nitzan Alon said.

Former lead hostage negotiations coordinator Maj.-Gen. (res.) Nitzan Alon speaks at the Reichman University Conference, Herzliya, July 1, 2026.

'I won,' ex-hostage Rom Braslavski says after IDF kills PIJ terrorist who held him in Gaza

Braslavski posted the news on Instagram, sharing the abuse he endured by the killed terrorist and writing, "Now I can say 100% that I won."

Former hostage Rom Braslavski at the Israeli Premier League match between Maccabi Netanya and Beitar Jerusalem at the Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem on November 30, 2025.

IDF seals 16-kilometer Hamas tunnel where murdered soldier Hadar Goldin's remains were held

The IDF completed a three-month operation to seal a vast Hamas tunnel complex near the Philadelphi Corridor with more than 30,000 cubic meters of concrete.

IDF soldiers complete an operation to seal the underground tunnel in which the remains of Lieutenant Hadar Goldin were held captive by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip. June 29, 2026.

Beyond the Headlines: A fallen soldier's widow remarries, stories of renewal inspire - opinion

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The wedding of Miriam Shani and Ofek Dotan at the Kedar sheep farm near Ma'ale Adumim, June 2026.

IDF, Shin Bet kill Hamas Rafah Brigade defense, counterintelligence chief

Ismail Masri, Hamas’s Rafah Brigade military defense chief, was killed in a joint IDF and Shin Bet operation conducted in Gaza last Tuesday.

Palestinian Hamas terrorists stand guard on the day of the handover of hostages held in Gaza since the deadly October 7 2023 attack, as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, February 22, 2025.

Press watchdog CPJ reviewing Gaza casualty database over 'journalists' tied to Hamas, PIJ

A Meir Amit Center study from December found that 60% of individuals who identified as journalists and were killed in Gaza were members of or affiliated with terrorist organizations.

A journalist holds the blood-covered camera belonging to Palestinian photojournalist Mariam Dagga, a journalist who freelanced for AP since the start of the war and who was killed in an Israeli strike on Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, during her funeral on August 25, 2025.

IDF marks 1,000 days since beginning of Israel-Hamas war with situation assessment

The conference began with a memorial service for IDF soldiers who had been killed over the course of the war, including a minute of silence and a recording of Col. Asaf Hamami from October 7, 2023.

A SITUATION assessment marking 1,000 days since Israel entered the war.

WATCH: IDF killed Walid Haniyeh, nephew of former Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, military says

Haniyeh was the deputy commander of a Nukhba company, which was in charge of the infiltration of Israel during the October 7 attacks.

The IDF and Shin Bet eliminated Walid Haniyeh - Deputy Commander of a Nukhba company.

Hamas deploys armed guards, confiscates phones to suppress Gaza protest plans - report

Hamas reportedly intimidated activists, deployed armed operatives, and restricted movement to prevent planned anti-Hamas demonstrations across the Gaza Strip.

Hamas terrorists as Egyptian workers accompanied by members of the ICRC search for the last two remaining bodies of hostages -an Israeli soldier and a Thai national- from under the rubble of the Jabalia refugee camp, in the Gaza Strip on December 1, 2025; Illustrative.

Netanyahu heckled, told to 'go home' during combat officer graduation ceremony speech

Members of the crowd shouted "Go home" at Netanyahu, although cheering could be heard afterward.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz, and IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir attend the graduation ceremony of an IDF officers’ course in southern Israel, June 25, 2026.