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IDF, COGAT evacuate illegal outpost near Hebron three months after residents attack police - report

The outpost, known as Givat Or Yehuda, was reportedly the site of a violent incident three months earlier, which Army Radio cited as the reason for Monday's evacuation.

Israeli settlers are evacuated from illegal outpost Givat Or Yehuda, in the southern Hebron hills, on August 17, 2026.
Alexander De Croo, (3rd-R) Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), visits a food distribution point in Gaza City, on February 16, 2026; illustrative

UN official condemns ‘de facto authorities’ assault on humanitarian workers, fails to name Hamas

Pineapple filled with cigarettes intended to be smuggled across the border into Gaza.

Pineapples stuffed with thousands of smuggled cigarettes intercepted by IDF at Gaza crossing

Palestinians gather to receive aid, including food supplies, at a distribution center in Gaza City, June 26, 2025

Gaza received more than triple of UN's food aid requirements during ceasefire, COGAT reveals


Hamas misleads Gaza residents about safe zones, Israel says

The IDF said it would “increase the pace of strikes” in Gaza City, aiming to “target Hamas’ terror infrastructure, disrupt its operational readiness," among other goals.

Israeli flares light the skies above Gaza City on Sept. 10, 2025.

Battle over W. Bank Palestinian work permits heats up after Jerusalem terror attack

Defense Minister Israel Katz announced canceling 750 Palestinian work permits and demolishing homes after the Jerusalem attack, drawing pushback from security chiefs.

 Palestinian workers at an Israeli checkpoint in Tulkarm, West Bank, August 21, 2022.

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The scene of a terror attack at Ramot junction, near the entrance to Jerusalem, September 8, 2025.

In first, former police commissioner to head Israeli unit spearheading Gaza aid

Israel named retired Police Commissioner Yoram Halevy to lead COGAT, the army unit managing humanitarian aid in Gaza and coordination with the Palestinian Authority and global organizations.

Jerusalem police chief Yoram Halevi attends a recognition day for Israeli police at the Israeli parliament on February 05, 2018.

Gazan school principal: Hamas are 'murderers,' I was happy to see hostages go home

Saad Al-Mashalal, whose son was killed by Hamas during one of its attacks on aid distribution sites in Khan Yunis, cursed the terror group for its violence in a video released by COGAT.

Hamas terrorists carrying clubs and firearms secure humanitarian aid trucks in the northern Gaza area of Jabaliya on June 25, 2025.

Solar panels and cellphones among smuggled goods seized from Gaza aid trucks - Army Radio

According to the Army Radio, preventing smuggling through humanitarian aid deliveries falls to multiple agencies, which include the IDF, COGAT, the Shin Bet, and border customs.

Trucks carrying humanitarian aid line up near the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt, August 13, 2025.

Netanyahu calls for secret meeting to discuss Palestinian evacuation from Gaza - report

The Mossad was reportedly tasked with figuring out which countries would be willing to accept the evacuated Palestinians, so that future diplomatic avenues could be explored.

Displaced Palestinians seen near their tents near the sea in Gaza City, September 2, 2025.

New study debunks Gaza genocide claims, finds flaws in UN, int'l reporting on war

Researchers also propose a new methodological framework to ensure crucial fact-finding missions in ongoing conflicts can continue their work while resisting political and media-driven narratives.

Palestinians displaced by the Israeli military offensive take shelter in a tent camp, as Israeli forces escalate operations around Gaza City, in Gaza City, September 2, 2025.

Media's Gaza reports should focus more on Hamas abuses than wider humanitarian picture - editorial

Coverage must stop treating Hamas only as a combatant against Israel. It is also an authoritarian force over Palestinians today. Videos of beatings should not be dismissed as propaganda.

Hamas terrorists carrying clubs and firearms secure humanitarian aid trucks in the northern Gaza area of Jabaliya on June 25, 2025.

Gazan child featured on Daily Mirror suffers from disease, not malnutrition, Israel reveals

According to COGAT, Mu'amar is suffering from a genetic illness called Fanconi syndrome, which could lead to muscle and urinary tract weakness.

The Daily Mirror's front page showing Gazan child Karim Ali Fouad Abu Mu’amar