Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to expand Israel's military operation in Gaza City despite opposition.

Israel said Wednesday its military had entered the first stages of a planned assault on the city, a campaign it begins while clashing publicly with major Western powers.

He argued that attacking Gaza City, where 1.1 million Palestinians lived at the start of Israel’s war with Hamas, would further overextend Israel’s military, already exhausted from the 22-month ...

Turkish port authorities have begun informally requiring shipping agents to declare that vessels are not linked to Israel and are not carrying military or hazardous cargo bound for the country, ...