The Israeli gov’t says the Gaza envelope is safe for residents to return. Hostage families ask: If it’s safe, why not stop the fighting? i24NEWS Correspondent Robert Swift reports hearing intense fighting from the northern Gaza Strip area

At least 2 rockets launched out of north Gaza, likely Beit Hanoun. Irone Dome intercepted 2 rockets over Sderot. Israeli air strikes have been hitting north Gaza for at least last 2 hours.

'We never had a strike with this kind of missile,' Robert Swift reports After a direct hit by an Iranian ballistic missile blew out the roof of Soroka Hospital, Israel's medical and defense systems are being forced to advance their protocols in place for these situations

i24NEWS Correspondent Robert Swift Robert Swift reports live from outside the U.S. Embassy branch office in Tel Aviv, where protests are taking place. Demonstrators are calling for an end to the war.

Protesters rallied outside the US Embassy branch office in Tel Aviv last night, demanding all hostages be freed from Gaza and calling on Trump to push for a finalized deal amid the Netanyahu-Trump meeting in Washington, DC @swiftjournalism reports:

Southern Israel's Soroka Hospital gears up for any future Iranian attack after it was hit by a ballistic missile, with collaboration with IDF's Homefront Command credited with preventing more casualties @swiftjournalism and @taltadmor report:

Today in Tel Aviv: army-bound teens are burning their draft orders in the street. “We won’t take part in genocide. We won’t serve apartheid.” The movement to resist is growing. Refuse-- you are not alone.

Speaking to the Druze living in the border zone separating Syria and Israel, i24NEWS' Robert Swift has heard a variety of perspectives on their identity and affiliation; yet everyone voiced concern, if not outright fear, about Syria's new ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa.

If Keir Starmer continues to refuse to recognise the state of Palestine, then the SNP will introduce a Bill in Parliament to do just that. And we will force a vote to ensure his Government has no place to hide. #Gaza

The translate button is doing more damage to Israeli information interests than all the Iranian propaganda ever made.

An aerial view of what the Gaza City area looked like this week. Taken from a Jordanian military aircraft, by our colleague heidi levine.

To those who dismiss everything coming out of Gaza as Hamas propaganda—you’re more than welcome to send international press to cover it on the ground and provide truly independent reporting. But you can’t. Do you know why?

Setting the Record Straight on the Gaza Hunger Photo Controversy We’ll start with an important note: We understand this is a highly sensitive and emotionally charged discussion - but it must still be based on facts. So here are the facts 🧵

Significant pushback against the proposed takeover in the Gaza Strip has sparked protests tonight in Jerusalem. i24NEWS correspondent Robert Swift is reporting live from the scene

As the Gaza famine death toll rises, UK imports of Israeli fruit and veg have soared - £51.3m in just three months, up from £29.1m. While Palestinians starve, Israel’s agricultural exports to Britain are booming. Full story by ‘Slicker’ in the latest issue.

In defending and arming Israel over the last two years, Western governments have shown the hollowness of international law. The genocide will be remembered as a decisive moment in the collapse of liberalism. jacobin.com/2025/08/gaza-w…

Breaking and of UTMOST importance. 1/ Thread In a move that is likely Netanyahu's greatest "fuck you" to the int'l community, Israel's closest supporters and the prospects of any two-state outcome, the Government of Israel will on Aug. 20 extend statutory approval to E-1.

20 years after the disengagement, some Gush Katif evacuees believe that the October 7 tragedy underscored that their removal from Gaza was a historic mistake, but one that can now finally be righted. Robert Swift has the report:

Just think about it -- Ukraine is now supposedly expected to simply capitulate and hand over its territories to the aggressor who has not managed to defeat it -- all because the American president is bored, he is tired, he knows nothing and does not want to know anything about

Protesters in Tel Aviv chant “Take a deal to free the hostages” and “Do not leave anyone behind” as they march through the streets. i24NEWS Correspondent Robert Swift is on the scene