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A network of fake fitness coaches, Vietnamese bots, Facebook ads aimed at Brits - and a bogus 'humanitarian fund' for Gaza. A Haaretz and Libération investigation exposes a digital operation whose infrastructure leads back to BlackCore, the Israeli influence firm under investigation in France
The IDF has approved plans for renewed fighting in Gaza, citing intelligence that Hamas has rebuilt parts of its infrastructure, including some tunnels. Israeli political sources stressed that the Netanyahu government has yet to approve another offensive
The closure of Gaza's border crossings due to Iranian missiles is not the story. The story is how familiar the sequence has become: A regional crisis erupts. Security measures are introduced. Gaza absorbs the cost
While Palestinians in Gaza warned of shortages, the IDF said the crossings would reopen gradually, subject to the security situation. Meanwhile, in the West Bank, attention turned to whether the escalation would lead to tighter movement restrictions
Original Hebrew and translated books on Gaza are beginning to appear in Israel, but will Israelis read them? Also: the hottest queer Arab party from Haifa to Jaffa
Soldiers who served in Gaza after an October cease-fire say they are angered and saddened, describing continued killings along the contested Yellow Line, expanded Israeli control and permissive 'shoot to kill' rules, while Israel says most dead posed threats
Organizers of the Gaza flotilla said activists were subjected to abuse, with several hospitalised with injuries and at least 15 reporting sexual assaults, including rape. Israeli forces arrested 430 people on board 50 ships in international waters earlier this month
Tzvika Mor headed the 'Tikva Forum,' which united six hostage families who called on the government during the October 7 war with Gaza to halt negotiations with Hamas and urged to continue the war
Dahlan was expelled from Fatah and the Palestinian Authority, facing allegations that he had assassinated Yasser Arafat. He is an influential figure in Gaza but is not affiliated with the PA or Hamas. A source says he has a direct line to U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner
Resuming the war would undoubtedly benefit Netanyahu politically. The prime minister doesn't want to go into this year's election with Hamas still in Gaza. He will want to be in a position to tell voters: We are nearly done with Hamas
International Jewish and pro-Israel groups condemned Itamar Ben-Gvir over his treatment of detained Gaza flotilla activists, saying it undermines Israel's standing and values. The criticism followed videos of restrained activists being taunted, which groups called an illegal 'public humiliation
Adalah – the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel says that many of the international activists detained for trying to breach the Israeli blockade of Gaza claim to have been subjected to extreme violence and sexual humiliation, adding that many suffered severe injuries
The army's representative told the Knesset Education Committee meeting that applying the law to Gaza 'could be perceived as characteristics of de facto annexation.' She added that the plan is not 'consistent' with the Trump plan for the Gaza Strip's rehabilitation
The flotilla's significance has never rested on its practical ability to deliver aid. The power lies in the ability to force attention toward Gaza at a moment when governments increasingly seem invested in turning catastrophe into routine
Israel's assassination of Hamas' military chief signals the possibility of a renewed war in Gaza, as Hamas holds up its objection to disarm • Netanyahu holds his breath as U.S. President Trump mulls a strategic decision which may reignite the war with Iran
A senior Hamas official confirmed Izz al-Din Haddad was killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza on Friday. The IDF also confirmed the assassination. Hamas sources admit the group is currently incapable of threatening rocket fire against Israel in retaliation
Haddad is the last remaining Hamas official in Gaza who was part of the group's leadership before the Hamas-led attack on October 7, 2023, and is considered one of the operation's planners. A senior security official told Haaretz that the assassination attempt was successful
Speaking to Channel 13, Iris Haim, mother of hostage Yotam killed by IDF fire, describes a conversation with a soldier involved in the Shujaiyeh shooting and says troops told her they had 'unequivocal orders' to shoot to kill 'everything you see' in Gaza, and recalls a call saying 'Let me finish it'
The countries' previous presidents recalled their ambassadors amid the post-October 7 war in Gaza. The newly-elected right-wing, pro-Israel presidents told Herzog on Friday that they would return to Israel in the coming weeks
One of the captains is also accused of helping smuggle a civilian out of Gaza without reporting it, an act constituting 'fraud and breach of trust,' while a reserve corporal is also charged. One defendant had already been convicted in March in a related smuggling case and was later re-indicted
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