Inhabited by mostly Palestinian refugees and their descendants, Gaza is one of the most densely populated territories in the world. An end of 2024 estimate puts the population of the Strip at …

2 days ago · News Analysis Gaza and Lebanon Truces Are Fragile, but All Sides May Keep Them Going Bloodshed over the weekend highlighted the brittleness of the cease-fires in both …

3 days ago · Gaza Strip, territory occupying 140 square miles (363 square km) along the Mediterranean Sea just northeast of the Sinai Peninsula. The Gaza Strip is unusual in being a …

2 days ago · The long trek home by Palestinians comes as mediators helped end twin crises over ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon.

3 days ago · Mediator Qatar announced early Monday that an agreement has been reached to release an Israeli civilian hostage and allow Palestinians to return to northern Gaza, easing the …

3 days ago · Israel says a Hamas list shows that eight of the 33 hostages to be released in the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire are dead.

4 days ago · Tens of thousands of Palestinians began arriving in northern Gaza, months after Israel ordered them out. The Israel-Hamas cease-fire was holding after faltering over the …

Oct 11, 2024 · Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip and Beirut on Thursday have left dozens of people dead, Palestinian and Lebanese authorities said. The first strike, on a school sheltering the …

Aug 31, 2024 · In the Israeli-occupied West Bank, the military has been raiding and striking militant groups in several Palestinian cities, killing about 600 people since October, in the …

Oct 9, 2023 · After Israel's victory in the 1967 Six-Day War against its Arab neighbors, it gained control of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. For the next 38 years, it controlled the strip and …