COGAT

Israel to reopen Rafah Crossing to civilians, coordinate with Egypt, EU, PA on security

Entrance and exit through the crossing will be allowed only through coordination first with Egypt, Army Radio explained on Wednesday. Egypt will then transfer names to the Shin Bet.

A vehicle carries Egyptian soldiers near the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, in Rafah, Egypt, August 6, 2025
Buildings lie in ruins amid the rubble in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, December 8, 2025.

IDF confirms some 70,000 Gazans died in Israel-Hamas war, none from starvation

US and Israeli soldiers seen at the Civil-Military Coordination Center, in Kiryat Gat, southern Israel, November 17, 2025

European states see US-led Gaza base as ‘failure,’ consider pullback, diplomats say

 Palestinian workers wait to enter Ma'aleh Adumim, February 23, 2023; illustrative.

Foreign workers replace Palestinian labor in Israel, face hurdles


'Hamas agent in IDF uniform': Israeli arrested for threatening IDF's Druze COGAT chief

The suspect posted on Facebook that Alian was "a strategic security threat to the State of Israel at the level of a ticking bomb…” and “Ghassan Alian is a Hamas agent in an IDF uniform!"

 Major General Ghassan Alian, Head of Israel’s Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) arrives to the Supreme Court in Jerusalem for court hearing on the entering of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, July 21, 2024.

Civil Administration recovers dozens of looted artifacts from West Bank site

A targeted operation at "Burj Lasana," in Area B, near Wadi Haramiya, recovered Crusader- and Byzantine-era items from a villa built inside the site.

The Civil Administration seizes dozens of archaeological artifacts from the Burj Lasana site north of Ramallah in the West Bank, December 4, 2025.

WATCH: IDF, police arrest terrorists, weapons dealers in Kalkilya counterterrorism op.

During the operation, soldiers also shot and killed a terrorist who "hurled a suspicious object" at them. 

IDF, Border Police conduct large-scale counterterrorism operation in Kalkilya, December 4, 2025.

Hamas infiltrated, manipulated aid NGOs, captured Gaza documents reveal - report

"NGOs in Gaza do not operate independently or neutrally," NGO Monitor said. "They are embedded in an institutionalized framework of coercion, intimidation, and surveillance that serves Hamas' terror."

Hamas terrorists secure the area as Egyptian workers accompanied by members of the Red Cross search for the last two remaining bodies of hostages -an Israeli soldier and a Thai national- from under the rubble of the Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern of Gaza Strip on December 1, 2025.

New field hospital established in the Gaza Strip, COGAT announces

The hospital is currently able to offer 150 beds to those in need and is the 15th field hospital established in coordination with the international community since the start of the war.

New field hospital treating Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Hundreds of Gazans evacuated from Strip for medical treatment - COGAT

Nearly 300 Gazans needing medical care left Gaza via Israel and Jordan for treatment abroad after vetting and coordination with global partners.

 Palestinians carry their belongings as they flee their homes after the IDF issued evacuation orders, in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip, June 3, 2025

Top brass in limbo: Pressure builds as Katz blocks Zamir's key IDF appointments

Since becoming the defense minister in November 2024, Israel Katz has successfully blocked multiple appointments.

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen Eyal Zamir and Maj.-Gen. (res.) Sami Turgeman submit their findings to Defense Minister Israel Katz, November 9, 2025.

Israel opens Zikim crossing to boost humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza, COGAT announces

Opened under a government directive, the crossing allows UN‑coordinated aid trucks into Gaza after Defense Ministry inspections.

Displaced Palestinians carry food parcels and supplies from aid trucks near the Zikim border crossing between Israel and Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, August 18, 2025.

Israel says preparations to open Rafah crossing underway with Egypt, date to be announced later

COGAT says Israel and Egypt are preparing to reopen Rafah for people, while limiting aid and citing Hamas’s delay in returning hostage remains as a violation of the ceasefire deal.

Humanitarian aid trucks entering the Gaza Strip, October 8,. 2025.

Israel tells UN will only allow half agreed number of aid trucks into Gaza

The restriction will be enacted due to Hamas's failure to return the remains of deceased Israeli hostages within the 72-hour window agreed on by Israel and Hamas.

Palestinians gather to collect aid supplies from trucks that entered Gaza, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip October 12, 2025.