Gaza population

Israeli man accused of transporting two illegal residents from Gaza in exchange for NIS 50

Khatib, a 74-year-old resident of Kafr Kanna, was charged with transporting illegal citizens, while the two Gazans were charged with entering and remaining in Israel without permits.

A Gazan without permission to be in Israel was apprehended by police (August 4 2026).
Moroccan Apache helicopters take part in the "African Lion" joint military exercise between US and Moroccan forces in the Tan-Tan region in southwestern Morocco on May 8, 2026.

Why Morocco's commitment is a major milestone for the US peace plan in Gaza - analysis

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

A woman walks past a mural depicting football player Lamine Yamal waving a Palestinian flag during the Catalans' title parade, painted by Palestinian artists on the rubble of buildings destroyed during the war, at Shati (Beach) refugee camp in Gaza City on May 13, 2026.

Hamas dissolution of Gaza government is a trick to keep weapons, expert warns


Israeli mayors to US: Help resolve Gaza electricity, water crisis

The lack of power has crippled the treatment of sewage in Gaza, such that some 90,000 cu.m. of sewage flow daily into the Mediterranean Sea and other waterways.

Palestinian fishermen are reflected in wastewater as they prepare their boat on a beach in the central Gaza Strip June 26, 2014.

COGAT works to thwart disease from sewage pollution

The sewage travels in Gaza through Wadi Hanun, near Beit Hanun and continues into Israel around the area of the Erez Crossing, Bromberg said.

IDF LT. LIOR SHWEITZER (left) prepares the delivery to Gaza of pesticide at a border crossing last week

In Pictures - Summer camp: Hamas-style

There were no marshmallows or bonfires at this summer camp.

Young Palestinians swing across monkey bars over fire during a military-style exercise at a Hamas summer camp in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip July 27, 2017.

Gaza health care suffers as Palestinian factions play blame game

Hamas says that Abbas restricted transfers of medicine to Gaza in March, accusing Hamas of failing to reimburse the PA for its purchases, and cut the salaries of its officials in May.

Palestinian boy Ahmed Abu Saman, 16, who was injured in a car accident, lies on a bed at the emergency department at Shifa hospital, Gaza's largest public medical facility, in Gaza City, March 29, 2017.

PA has not sent medical shipments to Gaza for over three months

Source says Abbas is pressuring Hamas to cede its control of Gaza.

Palestinian boy Ahmed Abu Saman, 16, who was injured in a car accident, lies on a bed at the emergency department at Shifa hospital, Gaza's largest public medical facility, in Gaza City, March 29, 2017.

Five reasons why Gaza's electricity crisis could spark a war

In the Middle East tinderbox, it doesn't take much for things to rapidly escalate.

Hamas soldiers in Gaza

Netanyahu: Israel doesn’t want Gaza violence outbreak

He spoke two-days after the security cabinet agreed to cut by 40% the amount of electricity it supplies to Gaza.

PM Benjamin Netanyahu

Looking for a new equation in Gaza

Israel and the world should think outside the box.

A WOMAN looks out a window in the Gaza Strip

UN envoy blames Palestinians, Israel for Gaza energy crisis

"Residents can no longer be held hostage by disagreements and closures."

Palestinians walk on a road during a power cut in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip.

Cancer patient stopped at Gaza-Israel crossing with explosive material

An initial Shin Bet investigation indicated that the explosives were sent by Hamas and that the group was planning to carry out terror attacks in Israel in the near future.

Erez crossing