Israel-Hamas at war
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March 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM

Israel shuts off power to Gaza

Israel cut off the power from the last facility in Gaza that was receiving power, a desalination plant that officials said brought water to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians.
March 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
VIDEO: Israel shuts off power to Gaza
March 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM

Dad of last living US hostage in Gaza ‘really hopeful’ about talks

Adi Alexander, the father of Edan Alexander, discusses renewed talks between Israel and Hamas.
March 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
VIDEO: Dad of last living US hostage in Gaza ‘really hopeful’ about talks
March 10, 2025 at 10:33 AM

Israel says it is cutting off its electricity supply to Gaza

Israel has cut off the electricity supply to Gaza
March 10, 2025 at 10:33 AM
People take part in a protest in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, March 9, 2025, demanding the immediate release of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
March 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM

Israel cuts off electricity to Gaza

Foreign policy analyst Jenny Abamu reacts to Israel cutting electricity to the last facility in Gaza receiving Israeli power.
March 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
VIDEO: Israel cuts off electricity to Gaza
March 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM

Israel to cut off electricity to Gaza 'immediately'

Energy and Infrastructure Minister Eli Cohen said Sunday that Israel will cut electricity to Gaza "immediately."
March 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Israel to cut off electricity to Gaza 'immediately'
March 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM

State department warns foreign students against showing support for Hamas

ABC News’ Alex Presha reports on the first amendment implications from the state department’s actions.
March 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
VIDEO: State department warns foreign students against showing support for Hamas
March 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM

Trump again threatens Hamas with 'hell' to pay if it doesn't release 'all' hostages

He's called it a "final warning" for Hamas after making several similar threats.
March 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, March 4, 2025.
March 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM

Israel's cutoff of supplies to Gaza sends prices soaring as aid stockpiles dwindle

Ciaran Donnelly, International Rescue Committee senior vice president for crisis, discusses the ongoing aid and food insecurity crisis happening in Gaza.
March 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
VIDEO: Israel's cutoff of supplies to Gaza sends prices soaring as aid stockpiles dwindle
March 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM

'Hoping for the best': parent of American hostage held by Hamas

Parent of American hostage Edan Alexander, Adi Alexander, discusses the latest on Israel-Hamas ceasefire negotiations.
March 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
VIDEO: 'Hoping for the best': parent of American hostage held by Hamas
March 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM

2 Israeli bookstore owners open up about being raided by police

An Israeli raid of a famous Palestinian bookstore stokes censorship fears.
March 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
People visit Educational Bookshop bookstore, which was raided by Israeli forces on Feb. 9, in Jerusalem on Feb. 12, 2025.
March 7, 2025 at 8:43 AM

Aid operations in Gaza imperiled as millions of promised USAID dollars do not arrive

The Trump administration’s cuts to USAID have frozen hundreds of millions of dollars in contractual payments to aid groups, leaving them paying out of pocket to preserve the fragile Gaza ceasefire, according to officials from the U.S. humanitarian agency
March 7, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Buildings destroyed during the Israeli air-and-ground offensive in the Gaza Strip are seen from southern Israel, Sunday, March 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
March 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM

Hamas threatens to kill hostages if Israeli attacks resume

Hamas threatened to kill hostages if there is "any escalation" of attacks from Israel against "our people," a Hamas military spokesman said in a statement Thursday.
March 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Relatives and supporters of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip by Palestinian militants since October 2023, lift placards during a rally calling on the government for a deal that would bring all the remaining captives back, outside the prime minister residence in Jerusalem on March 2, 2025.
March 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM

Hamas dismisses Trump ultimatum to release all remaining hostages

The militant group reiterated that it will only free the remaining Israeli hostages in exchange for a lasting ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. ABC News’ James Longman reports.
March 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
VIDEO: Hamas dismisses Trump ultimatum to release all remaining hostages
March 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM

Hamas brushes off Trump's threat, will only free hostages in return for lasting truce

Hamas has brushed off President Donald Trump’s latest threat and reiterated that it will only free the remaining Israeli hostages in exchange for a lasting ceasefire in the Gaza Strip
March 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Demonstrators hold photos depicting the faces of Israeli hostages who are being held in the Gaza Strip, during a protest demanding their release from Hamas captivity, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
March 6, 2025 at 10:54 AM

Charity kitchen brings hope to displaced Palestinians in the West Bank during Ramadan

A charity kitchen in the occupied West Bank has expanded its usual operations to help displaced Palestinians trying to mark the Muslim holy month of Ramadan
March 6, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Volunteers at the Yasser Arafat Charity Kitchen in Tulkarem, West Bank, prepare an iftar meal for displaced Palestinians trying to mark the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on Monday, March 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
March 6, 2025 at 2:20 AM

Palestinian booksellers face crackdown in East Jerusalem

Britt Clennett reports on Palestinian booksellers under house arrest who deny accusations by Israeli authorities that they sell books allegedly “containing incitement and support for terrorism.”
March 6, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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March 5, 2025 at 7:57 AM

Israel cut off food and supplies to Gaza. Aid groups scrambling. What's happening?

Israel’s cutoff of food, fuel, medicine and other supplies to Gaza’s 2 million people has sent prices soaring and humanitarian groups into overdrive, trying to distribute dwindling stocks to the most vulnerable
March 5, 2025 at 7:57 AM
An Israeli soldier sits on the top of a tank near Israeli-Gaza border, as seen from southern Israel, Sunday, March 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
March 4, 2025 at 12:27 AM

Israel cuts all aid coming into Gaza

An Israeli source told ABC News that "the Israeli decision to halt aid into Gaza was coordinated with the Trump administration."
March 4, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Israel cuts all aid coming into Gaza
March 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM

Israel-Hamas ceasefire ‘exceptionally fragile’: Former NATO ambassador

Doug Lute, a former U.S. ambassador to NATO, says there’s “very little trust and zero good will” between the two warring parties.
March 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
VIDEO: Israel-Hamas ceasefire ‘exceptionally fragile’: Former NATO ambassador
March 3, 2025 at 11:38 AM

Israel halts all aid to Gaza

After ceasing the flow of aid to Gaza, Israel warns of more consequences if Hamas does not accept a new deal extending their ceasefire.
March 3, 2025 at 11:38 AM
VIDEO: Israel halts all aid to Gaza
March 3, 2025 at 7:18 AM

Israel says it is stopping the entry of all aid and supplies into the Gaza Strip

Israel faces sharp criticism after barring the entry of all food and other supplies into Gaza
March 3, 2025 at 7:18 AM
An Israeli soldier sits on the top of a tank near Israeli-Gaza border, as seen from southern Israel, Sunday, March 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
March 2, 2025 at 7:42 PM

Israel block on Gaza aid coordinated with Trump administration, Israeli source says

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office on Sunday said the country had imposed a blockade on all humanitarian aid heading into the Gaza Strip.
March 2, 2025 at 7:42 PM
People stand on trucks loaded with humanitarian aid in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip after entering from the Kerem Shalom crossing on Feb. 18, 2025.
March 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM

Israel blocks all aid into Gaza, insisting extension for phase 1 of ceasefire

Israel accused Hamas of rejecting a U.S. proposal to extend phase one of the ceasefire deal. Describing the aid stoppage as "blackmail," Hamas said it was ready to begin talks for the next phase.
March 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
VIDEO: Israel blocks all aid into Gaza, insisting extension for phase 1 of ceasefire
March 2, 2025 at 6:04 AM

Ramadan begins in Gaza amid a fragile ceasefire

For Palestinians observing Ramadan in Gaza, the Muslim holy month started this year under a fragile ceasefire agreement that paused more than 15 months of the Israel-Hamas war
March 2, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Fatima Al-Absi, left, shares Iftar, the fast-breaking meal, with her daughter and grandchildren on the first day of Ramadan in their damaged apartment in Jabaliya, northern Gaza Strip, on Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
March 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM

Palestinian man finds his Gaza home in ruins

Fadi Rafiq Assaf, 35, said he has lost dozens of family members since the war began on Oct. 7, 2023.
March 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Fadi Rafiq Assaf, 35, said he has lost dozens of family members since the war began on Oct. 7, 2023.
March 1, 2025 at 2:06 PM

He lost dozens of family members. Now he wants to leave Gaza behind

Fadi Rafiq Assaf, 35, once a merchant, told ABC News he wants "to get out of Gaza by any means."
March 1, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Fadi Rafiq Assaf standing by the piece of flattened land in Gaza, Feb. 2025.
February 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM

What’s next as phase one of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire is set to end?

ABC News’ Tom Soufi Burridge reports on what Egypt is calling “intensive discussions” with officials from Israel, Qatar and the U.S. on the ceasefire’s second phase.
February 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
VIDEO: What’s next as phase one of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire is set to end?
February 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM

Mourners bury one of the last hostages released from Gaza

Mourners are burying the remains of one of the last hostages released in the first phase of the ceasefire between Hamas militants and Israel
February 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Friends, family and soccer fans at a public memorial ceremony for slain hostage Tsachi Idan, a fan of Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C., who was killed in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, watch a van carrying his coffin outside of Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
February 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM

Israel will not withdraw from Philadelphi corridor as stipulated in ceasefire

Israel will not withdraw from the Philadelphi corridor -- the border separating Egypt and Gaza -- as stipulated by the ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel.
February 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Israeli soldiers take up positions next to the Philadelphi Corridor along the border with Egypt, in the Gaza Strip, Sept. 13, 2024.
February 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM

At least 13 injured after car rams into bus stop in Israel

At least 13 people have been injured after a car rammed into Karkur Junction, a bus stop in Israel, according to Israeli police.
February 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Israeli security forces inspect a vehicle that reportedly rammed into pedestrians at the Karkur junction south of the city of Haifa in northern Israel on February 27, 2025.
February 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM

At least 10 injured after car rams into bus stop in Israel

At least 10 people have been injured after a car rammed into Karkur Junction, a bus stop in Israel, according to Israeli police.
February 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
VIDEO: At least 10 injured after car rams into bus stop in Israel
February 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM

Newborns die of cold in Gaza amid frigid temperatures: Gaza Ministry of Health

Dr. Mimi Syed discusses the humanitarian crisis in Gaza which she says is preventable.
February 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
VIDEO: Newborns die of cold in Gaza amid frigid temperatures: Gaza Ministry of Health
February 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM

3 newborns die of cold in Gaza amid frigid temperatures: Gaza Ministry of Health

Three newborn babies froze to death in Gaza overnight, bringing the total number of children that have died from the cold to six in the last two weeks alone.
February 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Fire burns in damaged houses, amid a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, as seen from the Israeli side of the border, Feb. 24, 2025.
February 27, 2025 at 12:34 PM

Israel's refusal to withdraw from narrow strip of desert could threaten ceasefire

Israel’s refusal to withdraw from a narrow strip of desert on Gaza's border with Egypt, as called for in the ceasefire with Hamas, could threaten the truce
February 27, 2025 at 12:34 PM
FILE - Israeli soldiers take up positions next to the Philadelphi Corridor along the border with Egypt, in the Gaza Strip, Sept. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)
February 27, 2025 at 4:56 AM

Israel receives bodies of 4 deceased hostages in exchange: Israeli PM

Hamas has transferred the bodies of four dead hostages to the Red Cross, an Israeli security official confirmed.
February 27, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Palestinians walk near the rubble of buildings, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, Feb. 26, 2025.
February 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM

Hamas, Israel exchange dead hostages for Palestinian prisoners

Israel and Hamas will move forward with a hostage exchange with Hamas returning the bodies of four dead hostages in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners.
February 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
VIDEO: Hamas, Israel exchange dead hostages for Palestinian prisoners
February 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM

Israel says it is conducting strikes in southern Syria

Israel confirmed it is conducting strikes in southern Syria, as the new Syrian government calls for the full withdrawal of Israeli forces from Syrian territory.
February 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Israel's outgoing Foreign Minister Israel Katz during the handing over ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem, Nov. 10, 2024.
February 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM

What one Palestinian woman finds after returning to Gaza

Tala Herzallah explored the remains of home and university in Gaza City 16 months after she and her family evacuated amid Israeli bombardment.
February 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Palestinians walk among the rubble of buildings destroyed during the Israeli offensive, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Feb. 24, 2025.
February 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM

Operation Iron Wall kills 70 in West Bank: IDF

The operation began after phase one of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas went into effect on Jan. 19. ABC News’ Lama Hasan reports.
February 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
VIDEO: Operation Iron Wall kills 70 in West Bank: IDF
February 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM

6 babies have frozen to death in Gaza as displaced people shelter in tents: Medics

Palestinian medics say at least six infants have died from hypothermia in the last two weeks in the Gaza Strip
February 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Palestinians queue to purchase bread outside a bakery in Gaza City, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
February 25, 2025 at 9:30 AM

Palestinians struggle to restart their lives in the ruins of Gaza

Palestinians who returned to their homes in northern Gaza after the ceasefire began on Jan. 19 are still struggling to find shelter, food, water and other necessities
February 25, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Rawya Tamboura and her son Yazan wash dishes next to their home, which was struck by an Israeli airstrike on Oct. 20, 2023, in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
February 25, 2025 at 3:02 AM

What one Palestinian woman finds upon her return to northern Gaza

ABC News follows 22-year-old Tala Herzallah on her journey back to northern Gaza to discover her home and university destroyed.
February 25, 2025 at 3:02 AM
What one Palestinian woman finds upon her return to northern Gaza
February 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM

Hostage video showing sign of life is ‘red flag’ to save them: Family

Gal Dallal, brother of hostage Guy Dallal, and Ilay David, brother of hostage Evyatar David, react to watching a Hamas-released propaganda video of their siblings.
February 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
VIDEO: Hostage video showing sign of life is ‘red flag’ to save them: Family
February 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM

Israel said it will delay release of prisoners

Hamas released six living hostages on Saturday in separate locations of the Gaza Strip.
February 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM
VIDEO: Israel said it will delay release of prisoners
February 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM

After Hamas releases 6 hostages, Israel says it will delay release of prisoners

Hamas released six living hostages on Saturday in separate locations of the Gaza Strip. Hours later, Israel said it would delay releasing Palestinian prisoners
February 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Palestinian Hamas militants parade three newly released Israeli hostages on stage in Nuseirat, Gaza Strip, on Feb. 22, 2025, as part of the seventh hostage-prisoner release.
February 23, 2025 at 3:45 AM

Hamas releases 6 more Israeli hostages from Gaza

Four of the hostages were kidnapped during the Oct.7, 2023, attack and two have been in captivity for more than a decade.
February 23, 2025 at 3:45 AM
VIDEO: Hamas releases 6 more Israeli hostages from Gaza
February 23, 2025 at 1:41 AM

Parent of American hostage on ceasefire

Adi Alexander, parent of American hostage Edan Alexander, discusses the most recent hostage and prisoner swap between Israel and Hamas.
February 23, 2025 at 1:41 AM
VIDEO: Parent of American hostage on ceasefire
February 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM

Body of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas has been returned, family says

The body of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas has been returned to Israel after Hamas sent back the wrong human remains.
February 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM
This undated photo provided by Hostages Family Forum shows Shiri Bibas, who was abducted and brought to Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023.
February 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM

Hamas frees more hostages in new swap

Hamas has released six living Israeli hostages from Gaza.
February 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
VIDEO: Hamas frees more hostages in new swap
February 22, 2025 at 2:07 AM

Hamas: Correct remains now returned

Hamas claims it has now returned the correct body of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas, 24 hours after Israel said the terror group returned the wrong remains.
February 22, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Hamas: Correct remains now returned