The Latest Breaking News from Gaza City

Following a night of intense bombardment, residents were struggling Tuesday to grasp the sheer scale of damage inflicted on the upscale Rimal neighborhood in central Gaza City

Tens of thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are packed into United Nations shelters as Israeli warplanes pound the tiny territory of 2.3 million people after their Hamas militant rulers launched an unprecedented weekend attack on Israel

Israeli warplanes pounded downtown Gaza City, home to Hamas centers of government, with relentless bombardments into early Tuesday, after Israel’s prime minister vowed retaliation against the Islamic militant group that would “reverberate for generations.”

Israel was still finding bodies from Hamas’ weekend attack on southern Israeli towns. Rescue workers found 100 bodies in Beeri — around 10% of that farming community’s population — after a long hostage standoff with gunmen. In Gaza, thousands fled as airstrikes leveled buildings.

Residential buildings in besieged strip bombed by Israel forces, killing hundreds, after Hamas’s unprecedented attack.

The Israel Defence Forces launched air strikes on Gaza late Saturday in response to an unprecedented multi-pronged assault from the Palestinian militant group Hamas at dawn. More than 600 Israelis are reported to have been killed in the surprise assault, and at least 370 Palestinians have been killed in the…

Offensive launched from Gaza represents a major failure of Israeli intelligence and is likely to have long-lasting repercussions

Action follows deaths of civilians during Israel’s Shield and Arrow assassination strike campaign

Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Lying in a Gaza hospital, Najwa Abu Aisha says she stood on the roof of her home when shrapnel sliced through her spinal cord in the latest cross-border violence.

Beit Lahia (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - After her house was levelled by an Israeli strike, Najah Nabhan wonders what will become of her and dozens of relatives left homeless by the latest fighting to hit Gaza. 

Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Calm returned to Gaza Sunday as a fragile ceasefire largely held, leaving Palestinians and Israelis to count the cost of five days of cross-border fire that killed dozens.