An anti-Hamas protest in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on March 26, 2025. Contributor Demonstrations against Hamas erupted on March 25 in the northern Gaza Strip and spread since then to other parts of the territory.

Israel's defense minister says the country's military operation in the Gaza Strip is expanding to seize 'large areas' of the Palestinian territory.

A top official said “large areas” of the enclave would be seized, suggesting that Israel intended to hold on to more territory.

Members of the Abu Samra clan — a known family in central Gaza — admitted to killing the Hamas operative in Deir al-Balah on Tuesday after he gunned down their relative earlier in the

Israel says its war in Gaza is "expanding to crush and clean the area" of Hamas, but Palestinian civilians are once again being killed and displaced in huge numbers.

The Israeli military is set to expand its ground operations to occupy 25% of Gaza in the coming weeks to apply “maximum pressure” on Hamas to release the remaining hostages, officials

In the midst of a renewed Israeli military campaign and a U.S. proposal to take ownership of the Gaza Strip, a senior Israeli diplomat has told Newsweek that the country had no plans to govern the war-battered Palestinian territory once Hamas was defeated.