The Hamas Beit Hanoun Battalion Commander was filmed walking among the rubble as he spoke of Hamas's 'victory' in Gaza. In May the IDF claimed to have eliminated him.
The IDF set its sights on clearing it of terrorist activity over the last month, and it is not the first time it has been cleared; the Beit Hanun problem is symbolic of the wider challenge in Gaza.
Amid growing resistance in Gaza, the Israeli army acknowledges the ongoing effectiveness of Hamas' military operations.
Israel and Hamas are nearing a cease-fire deal amid escalating death toll; 5 IDF soldiers were killed in Gaza on Monday amid growing warnings that Hamas is rearming.
The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is set to begin on Sunday, pausing the devastating 15-month war between Israel and the militant Hamas group in the Gaza Strip.
A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas began in Gaza on January 19. Hamas released three Israeli hostages on the same day, the first of 33 hostages expected to be freed during the first phase of the deal.
Small Hamas fighting groups employing guerrilla warfare to get around, attack Israeli forces, reports Israeli newspaper - Anadolu Ajansı
Thousands of families have started walking or dragging carts from displacement camps in Gaza City toward the razed towns and cities of Jabalia, Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip.
Hamas commander Hussein Fayyad, whom the Israeli military claimed to have killed last May, has appeared in a newly surfaced video, according to the Palestinian media outlet Arab48.
A Hamas commander who led Hamas fighters in Beit Hanoun and northern Gaza appeared in a video on January 22. Hussein Fiad, the commander, was believed to have been killed in May. However, he apparently has a new lease on life.
Palestinians in northern Gaza prepared tent encampments for displaced families on Thursday, two days before they were expected to return to their home area..