Hamas ruled the Gaza Strip before the war there, which was triggered by its October 7, 2023, cross-border attack on Israel in which 1,200 people were killed and 250 abducted, ...

Israel has hit a wall in Gaza, some US officials say, as civilian deaths mount. Tom Vanden Brook, Francesca Chambers and Dan Morrison, USA TODAY. Updated August 16, 2024 at 1:10 PM.

Israel has retaken control of the Gaza border fence breached by Palestinian Hamas gunmen who carried out a weekend mass-incursion, and is planting mines in the parts where the barrier was toppled ...