Gaza Strip

Hamas is not just an armed group. It runs a full-fledged government in the Gaza Strip. In a scenario where there is no Hamas in Gaza, who would fill that vacuum? There has been a trickle of hints from Israeli leaders who are understandably…

The Israeli government on Sunday drew ire after Minister Amichai Eliyahu suggested that dropping nuclear weapons on Gaza is “one of the options” and that no aid should be transferred to Gaza. Heritage Minister Amichay Eliyahu, an…

Israeli troops and tanks launched a brief ground raid into northern Gaza overnight into Thursday, the military said, striking several militant targets in order to “prepare the battlefield” ahead of a widely expected ground invasion after…

Pope Francis pleaded Sunday for an end to the Hamas-Israeli conflict amid fears it could widen, and called for more humanitarian aid to be allowed into to the Gaza Strip. “War is always a defeat, it is a destruction of human fraternity.…