Israel's tanks pushed into the heart of Jabalia in northern Gaza on Thursday, facing anti-tank rockets and mortar bombs from militants concentrated there, while in the south, its forces pounded Rafah without advancing,

Officials are poised to begin ferrying badly needed humanitarian aid into the enclave besieged over seven months of intense fighting in the Israel-Hamas war.

Five Israeli soldiers have been killed in northern Gaza where Israel is once again operating despite having previously said it cleared the area of Hamas. Follow live updates.

American and Israeli officials are offering increasingly blunt assessments about Hamas’s resilience and Netanyahu’s failure to plan for postwar Gaza.

A full-scale assault on Rafah would provoke "anarchy" but only leave Israel on the course to inherit a Hamas "insurgency," Secretary of State Antony Blinken told NBC's "Meet the Press."

Gun battles between Israel and militants from Hamas, Islamic Jihad and smaller Palestinian factions intensified overnight into some of the fiercest in months in both northern and southern Gaza, both sides said on Wednesday.

The U.S. military finished installing a floating pier for the Gaza Strip on Thursday for delivering badly needed humanitarian aid into the enclave besieged over seven months of intense fighting in the Israel-Hamas war.

The U.S. military finished installing a floating pier for the Gaza Strip, with officials poised to begin ferrying badly needed humanitarian aid into the enclave as the Israel-Hamas war rages on.

The US military announced it has completed a temporary pier to get aid to Palestinians and anchored it to a beach off Gaza as Israel continues attacking the enclave

The US military said a floating pier has been placed off the coast of Gaza to allow more humanitarian aid into the enclave. Meanwhile, Israel says five IDF soldiers were killed by friendly fire. DW has the latest.