Demonstrations against Hamas erupted on March 25 in the northern Gaza Strip and spread since then to other parts of the territory. Three common themes can be easily detected in the demands of the demonstrators: a cry for help,

Palestinians hold signs at a protest against the war and Hamas in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, March 26, 2025, in a rare show of public anger against the militant group that rules the territory. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, File)

New military corridors, airstrikes, evacuation and a blockade of humanitarian aid exacerbate the humanitarian situation in Gaza. On Wednesday, Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said that Israeli forces were establishing a new security corridor between the cities of Rafah and Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.

Prime minister says country has ‘shifted gears’ in its efforts to force Hamas to release 59 hostages it still holds

Israel’s military operation in the Gaza Strip is expanding to seize “large areas,” the defense minister said, while officials at hospitals inside the Palestinian territory said that Israeli strikes overnight and into Wednesday had killed more than 40 people,

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz announced Wednesday a major expansion of military operations in Hamas-run Gaza, saying the army would seize "large areas" of the Palestinian territory.

Israel has been accused of executing Palestinian paramedics after bodies were found in a mass grave with their hands tied and bullet wounds to the head.

The defence minister said large areas of the territory would be seized

Israel to seize territory in the war-torn Palestinian enclave as it prepares for more intense fighting with Hamas.

Hamas is ready to release all remaining 59 hostages in Gaza in exchange for a permanent cease-fire with Israel, Palestinian officials said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that the military was "dissecting" the Gaza Strip and seizing territory to pressure Hamas into freeing hostages still held in the enclave.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that his military is dissecting the Gaza Strip and seizing territory to pressure Hamas into freeing hostages still held there.

Hamas decided not to respond or engage with Israel's counter-proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza, an official told Reuters on Wednesday, affirming it is committed to the mediators' plan instead.

The bodies of 14 children and five women were recovered from the school in the Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel had seized a corridor of land that would split one of Gaza’s largest cities from the rest of the enclave.