Israel controls 50% of Gaza after razing land to expand its buffer zone

By Jeremy Diamond, Muhammad Darwish, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Mohammad al-Sawalhi, CNN Israeli forces have transformed the entire Gaza Strip into a wasteland, less than half a mile from Israel's border. Armored bulldozers have systematically leveled home after home. Combat engineers have planted explosives to demolish once-bustling factories. Soldiers have vandalized and denied Palestinians access to the fertile farmland that once sustained their…

Israel expands footprint in Gaza Strip

Israel has dramatically expanded its footprint in the Gaza Strip since relaunching its war against Hamas last month. It now controls more than 50 percent of the territory and is squeezing Palestinians into shrinking wedges of land. The largest contiguous area the army controls is around the Gaza...

Israeli forces seen building positions in Gaza as they take more ground

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Hatem Khaled

Israeli soldiers reveal systematic destruction of Palestinian property to create Gaza buffer zone

Israel’s military has transformed every bit of Gazan territory within about half a mile of the Israeli border into a wasteland.

Israel Controls 50% of Gaza After Razing Land to Expand Its Buffer Zone

Israel has dramatically expanded its footprint in the Gaza Strip since relaunching its war against Hamas last month. It now controls more than 50% of the territory and is squeezing Palestinians into shrinking wedges of land.

Israel Holds Interest Rates for 10th Straight Meeting

Israel’s central bank held interest rates for a 10th straight meeting, waiting for markets to stabilize and inflation to decelerate before starting cuts.