An official from the Israel Defense Forces told NBC News that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for strikes in retaliation for a Hamas attack in Rafah.

PM Benjamin Netanyahu says he is deciding next steps after Hamas returned the remains of a previously recovered captive.

Israel will not allow Turkish troops to take part in an international force the United States has proposed to oversee the ceasefire agreement in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, Israel's top diplomat said Monday.

The government says "a Hamas person" was helping Red Cross and Egyptian personnel trying to find hostage bodies.

More than 39,000 children in Gaza have lost one or both of their parents since Israel’s war on Gaza began two years ago.

As a guarantor of the cease-fire, Turkey is keen to play a role in Gaza’s future, seeing political and economic benefits. Israel is having none of it.

Israel on Monday lifted the state of emergency for areas near the Gaza border for the first time since Hamas’s October 2023 attack. Defence Minister Israel Katz said the move reflects “the new security reality” in the south as a ceasefire continues to hold.

One woman is desperate to be evacuated for cancer treatment while another is recovering from abuse in an Israeli prison.