Israel Defense Forces (IDF): News

25 Dec 2023

Israel

Israel releases Hamas tunnel video, 5 hostages found dead inside

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has released video footage of what it claimed is a massive tunnel in the Gaza Strip used by Hamas where five hostages were found dead.

23 Dec 2023

Israel

Israel used 'most destructive' 2,000-pound bombs in Gaza: Report

Israel allegedly used one of its biggest and most destructive bombs in areas it designated "safe" for civilians in the Gaza Strip during the first six weeks of its war against Hamas.

UN Security Council passes resolution to boost Gaza aid delivery

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has passed a resolution to boost aid delivery in war-struck Gaza as Israel broadened its ground offensive in the Hamas-controlled strip.

21 Dec 2023

Emmanuel Macron

Fighting Hamas doesn't justify Israel 'flattening' Gaza: Macron

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday flagged the Israeli military's aggression in Gaza and batted for a truce leading to a "humanitarian ceasefire" amid the war between Israel and Hamas.

18 Dec 2023

Israel

US defense chief lands in Israel to discuss Gaza war

United States (US) Secretary Llyod Austin on Monday landed in Israel to discuss the ongoing war in Gaza.

18 Dec 2023

Israel

Hostages mistakenly killed by Israel displayed 'SOS' using leftover food

Three hostages mistakenly shot dead by Israeli forces in Gaza's Shejaiya on Friday used leftover food to scrawl notes appealing for help, said Israel, per BBC.

18 Dec 2023

Hamas

'4km long': Israel discovers 'biggest' Hamas tunnel near Gaza border

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has announced that it discovered an unusually large concrete and iron-girded tunnel built by the Palestinian terror group Hamas.

17 Dec 2023

France

Israel-Hamas war: France excoriates Israeli bombing in Gaza

France, on Sunday, excoriated Israel for the bombing of a residential building in Gaza's Rafah, which resulted in the deaths of a French staff member and 10 other civilians.

16 Dec 2023

Israel

Israel mistakenly kills 3 hostages, Netanyahu says 'unbearable tragedy'

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Saturday announced its troops had shot and killed three hostages held by Hamas during its ground operation in the Gaza Strip after mistaking them for a "threat."

14 Dec 2023

Israel

Israel-Hamas war: Everything about 135 hostages held in Gaza

It has been over two months since the war between Israel and Palestinian terrorist group Hamas broke out, but there are still 135 hostages who reportedly remain in captivity inside the Gaza Strip.

UN prepares for Gaza ceasefire vote as Israel bombing continues

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) is reportedly gearing up to vote on an urgent humanitarian ceasefire in the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas in Gaza.

11 Dec 2023

Hamas

Palestinians don't support Hamas: Ex-Hamas minster amid war with Israel 

As the conflict in Gaza turns into a macabre scene, a former minister of Hamas has said ordinary people in Palestine do not support the terror organization.

11 Dec 2023

Israel

Hamas 'underestimated' our retaliation: Israeli defense minister

While Israel continues its military aggression in Gaza, the Jewish nation's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has said Hamas "underestimated" their retaliation to its unprecedented October 7 attack.

09 Dec 2023

Antonio Guterres

Gaza situation 'at breaking point': UN after Israel intensifies strikes

Israel has intensified attacks against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, hitting over 450 targets on Friday alone, Reuters reported.

07 Dec 2023

Israel

Israel knew about threat to Supernova Festival, didn't warn organizers

Israel's security forces were aware of the possibility of Hamas attacking the Supernova music festival on October 7. However, the organizers of the event were not alerted and were left to "fend for themselves" four hours after the attack, Haaretz reported.

05 Dec 2023

Hamas

Nowhere safe: UN after Israel extends war to southern Gaza

Israel has intensified its fight against Hamas in Gaza as its forces pushed further into the strip's southern region.

02 Dec 2023

Hamas

US state secretary blames Hamas for breaking truce with Israel

United States (US) Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday blamed Hamas for the end of the temporary ceasefire with Israel in Gaza.

30 Nov 2023

Mayim Bialik

Charting 'The Big Bang Theory's Mayim Bialik's support for Israel

Actor, author, neuroscientist, and game show host Mayim Bialik, who identifies as a staunch Zionist, has always been extremely vocal toward championing Israel's rights.

27 Nov 2023

Hamas

Hamas wants ceasefire extension with Israel under new conditions: Report

Palestinian terrorist group Hamas has said it is interested in extending the four-day truce with Israel if it releases more Palestinian detainees, reported Reuters.

26 Nov 2023

Israel

Israel slams Irish PM for 'lost' remark on 9-year-old hostage

Israeli government spokesperson Eylon Levy bashed Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar on Sunday for his allegedly insensitive statement on the release of a nine-year-old Irish-Israeli hostage.

26 Nov 2023

Hamas

2nd group of Hamas-held hostages released after delay

A total of 17 hostages were released by the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas after hours of delay on Sunday.

21 Nov 2023

Israel

Biden says Israel-Hamas truce deal close, IDF surrounds Indonesian Hospital

The deal for a truce between Israel and Hamas amid the ongoing war in Gaza is "closer," United States President Joe Biden and Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh have said.

20 Nov 2023

Israel

Israel posts footage of foreign hostages at Gaza's main hospital 

Israel has once again upped its claims of Palestinian terror group Hamas using Gaza's al-Shifa Hospital as its base, claiming a captive soldier was executed and two foreign hostages were held at the facility.

19 Nov 2023

Israel

US, Israel, and Hamas reach deal to free hostages: Report

The United States (US), Israel, and Hamas have reportedly reached a tentative agreement to free dozens of women and children hostages held in Gaza in exchange for a five-day pause in the ongoing war.

18 Nov 2023

Israel

450 patients left behind at Al-Shifa Hospital: Gaza health officials

Hundreds of people reportedly fled from Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital on Saturday after Israeli troops ordered evacuation "in the next hour" over loudspeakers, reported AFP.

17 Nov 2023

Israel

Mother of 5 Hamas hostage found dead near Gaza hospital

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Friday claimed to have found the body of a hostage who was abducted by Hamas terrorists during their October 7 attack near Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital.

17 Nov 2023

Israel

Hamas command center found in Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital, says Israel

Israel claimed to have found an operational command center used by Hamas at Gaza's largest medical facility—Al-Shifa Hospital.

15 Nov 2023

UNICEF

Israel tanks enter Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital, patients stranded

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has entered war-torn Gaza's biggest medical facility, the Al-Shifa Hospital, where hundreds of patients and civilians are stranded, with tanks, The Associated Press reported.

15 Nov 2023

Israel

Israel raids Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital, approves fuel for UN trucks

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Wednesday raided the Al-Shifa Hospital, the largest medical facility in war-torn Gaza, and called on Hamas fighters to surrender with thousands of Palestinian civilians sheltering there, per Reuters.

14 Nov 2023

Israel

Israel claims Hamas held hostages, stored weapons in hospital basement

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has released a video and photos of Gaza's Al-Rantisi children's hospital, claiming the Palestinian terror group Hamas used its basement for holding captives and storing weapons.

14 Nov 2023

Israel

Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital buried 179 in 'mass grave,' says director

War-torn Gaza's largest medical facility, Al-Shifa Hospital, has buried 179 people—including infants and intensive care unit patients—in a "mass grave" after a fuel shortage led to a humanitarian crisis, said Director Mohammad Abu Salmiyah, per AFP.

14 Nov 2023

Israel

Will free 70 hostages in exchange for 5-day ceasefire: Hamas

Amid the escalating war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, the Palestinian terror group's military arm, the Al-Qassam Brigades, has proposed a five-day ceasefire with Israel in exchange for the release of up to 70 women and children hostages, Reuters reported.

Gaza's biggest hospital 'not functioning anymore' amid Israeli bombing: WHO

Gaza's largest medical facility, al-Shifa Hospital, is no longer functional amid "constant gunfire and bombings in the area," World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.

12 Nov 2023

Israel

Will help evacuate babies from Gaza's largest hospital: Israel

Israel announced on Sunday that it is ready to assist with the evacuation of babies from Gaza's largest hospital amid the intense battle near the facility between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian terrorist group Hamas.

11 Nov 2023

Hamas

Gaza's largest hospital runs out of fuel, operations suspended

The largest hospital in Gaza has run out of fuel, forcing it to suspend operations.

11 Nov 2023

Israel

Blinken expresses concern over Palestinian deaths amid Israel-Hamas war

Too many Palestinians have lost their lives in Gaza, United States (US) Secretary of State Antony Blinken said while speaking on the ongoing war between the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas and Israel.

08 Nov 2023

Gal Gadot

Gal Gadot faces criticism for organizing Hamas massacre footage screening

Israeli actor Gal Gadot has come under fire for arranging a showing of unedited footage from the October 7 Hamas attack in Israel.

08 Nov 2023

Israel

Israel operating in Gaza City, US says occupation 'not good'

After splitting the Gaza Strip into two parts, Israel said on Tuesday that its forces were operating in the heart of Gaza City as the war entered its second month.

07 Nov 2023

Israel

Israel to take 'security' duty in Gaza indefinitely post-war: Netanyahu

As Israel's war with Hamas completed one month on Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly said his country will have an indefinite "overall security" role in Gaza once the conflict ends.

06 Nov 2023

Israel

Gaza Strip cut in 2, ready to attack north: Israel

Israel's military has said it cut the Gaza Strip into two pieces and is ready to attack northern Gaza at any moment.