The Gaza Strip, or simply Gaza, is a self-governing Palestinian territory on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, that borders Egypt on the southwest for 11 kilometers (6.8 mi) and Israel on the east and north along a 51 km (32 mi) border. Gaza and the West Bank are claimed by the only de jure sovereign State of Palestine.
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said an attack helicopter struck a Hamas target in the northern Gaza Strip late Thursday in response to the launch of incendiary balloons into Israeli territory.. WorldNews - Published
Four rockets were fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the Israeli military said, and it responded with air strikes against facilities belonging to the enclave's ruling Hamas militant.. Reuters - Published
Four rockets were fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the Israeli military said, and there were no reports of casualties or damage. Reuters - Published
The U.S. is cautioning U.S. citizens to be vigilant in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza on account of "heightened tension in the Middle East."
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Hundreds of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Saturday mourned the death of Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander Qassem Soleimani, killed by a U.S. air strike in Iraq. Reuters - Published
The road to justice in Palestine has had plenty of checkpoints, roadblocks and other obstacles along the way. The latest detour came with this month’s announcement by Fatou Bensouda, the chief.. WorldNews - Published
Muslim women in the Palestinian Gaza Strip have been hand-crafting gifts for the approaching Orthodox Christmas as part of a project to empower a traditional community. Reuters - Published
A rocket on Wednesday was launched from the Gaza Strip at a southern Israeli city where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s election campaign was hosting a rally, forcing him to take shelter.. WorldNews - Published Also reported by •Reuters
Palestinians in Gaza will scale back protests along the fortified border with Israel, factions in the strip said on Thursday, in a sign of a lasting detente between Israel and Gaza's Islamist rulers.. Reuters - Published
Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu was rushed off the stage of an election rally on Wednesday after sirens rang out, warning of a rocket attack from the Gaza Strip. Authorities confirmed that a.. USATODAY.com - Published
Sirens warning of rocket fire from Gaza cut short a rally by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Wednesday evening as he campaigned for his party's primaries the following day, public.. France 24 - Published
A rocket was launched from the Gaza Strip at a southern Israeli city on Wednesday as it hosted a campaign visit by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, prompting him to briefly take shelter, Israeli TV.. Reuters - Published
Fewer than half of Christians from Gaza who sought Israeli permits to visit holy cities such as Bethlehem and Jerusalem at Christmas have so far had their applications granted, members of the small.. Reuters - Published
Christians in the Palestinian territory of Gaza will be permitted to enter Jerusalem and the West Bank for Christmas, Israel’s government said on Sunday. The announcement comes just two days before.. WorldNews - Published
Christians in the Gaza Strip will be allowed to visit holy cities such as Bethlehem and Jerusalem at Christmas, Israel authorities said on Sunday, reversing a decision not to issue them permits. Reuters - Published
A full investigation into alleged war crimes in the Palestinian Territories, which could include charges against Israelis or Palestinians, is to be opened by the International Criminal Court (ICC)... WorldNews - Published
Israeli warplanes have targeted a weapons factory allegedly run by Hamas. Overnight, Israel's Iron Dome defence system intercepted a rocket launched into the Israeli territory surrounding the Gaza.. WorldNews - Published
Qatar will continue providing humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip into next year, the gas-rich Gulf state's envoy to the Palestinian enclave said on Wednesday, a pledge that may help stave off conflict.. Reuters - Published
The Political Bureau Chief of the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement has said the movement seeks to further deepen its ties with Iran and is not interested in talks with the US, despite.. WorldNews - Published
Christians in the Gaza Strip will not be allowed to visit holy cities such as Bethlehem and Jerusalem to celebrate Christmas this year, Israeli authorities said on Thursday. Reuters - Published
Nickolay Mladenov, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, spoke to FRANCE 24 in Jerusalem about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the stalled peace process. Mladenov also.. France 24 - Published
The Israeli military says three rockets have been fired from the Gaza Strip toward southern Israel. The military said Saturday air defenses intercepted two of the missiles. There have been ...... WorldNews - Published
Palestinian journalist Amjad Yaghi was just nine years old when his mother left the Gaza Strip on what should have been a short trip to Egypt for medical treatment. Reuters - Published
A U.S. charity building a tent hospital in the Gaza Strip is causing Palestinian unease by offering foreign medical volunteers the opportunity of weekend tourism in Israel, just across the volatile.. Reuters - Published
Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian teenager near the border fence with the Gaza Strip on Friday, Palestinian officials said. Reuters - Published
Bolivia said Thursday it will restore diplomatic ties with Israel, a decade after then-President Evo Morales severed relations because of an Israeli military offensive in Gaza. Advertising The renewal.. WorldNews - Published
JERUSALEM, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Israeli military said that militants in the Gaza Strip fired two rockets at southern Israel on Tuesday night. Israel's anti-rocket Iron Dome system intercepted one of.. WorldNews - Published
Last week, Israeli bombing of Gaza killed 34 Palestinians. Eight Palestinians in a single household – five under 13 – died. When we see photos of newly orphaned 35-day-old baby Farah, found in her.. WorldNews - Published
Ramallah/Gaza -- The remarks of the United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that Israeli settlements in the West Bank "don't contradict with the international laws" have on Monday outraged the.. WorldNews - Published
The U.S. embassy in Jerusalem on Monday warned Americans about traveling in Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza, soon after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the United States was softening its.. Reuters - Published
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is using an offensive against a Palestinian militant group in Gaza to try to patch together a coalition of national cohesion, Leila Shahid, the Palestinian.. France 24 - Published
Palestinian militants fired two rockets deep into southern Israel from Gaza on Saturday, and the Israeli military responded with a number of air strikes on militant targets, shaking an already tenuous.. Reuters - Published
Israeli missile defenses on Saturday intercepted two Palestinian rockets that were fired deep into southern Israel overnight on Saturday from the Gaza Strip, Israel's military said. Reuters - Published
Israel's military said on Friday it was investigating "harm caused to civilians" from an air strike it carried out in Gaza that Palestinian medics said killed eight members of one family including five.. Reuters - Published
JERUSALEM: Israel said on early Friday it has completed a series of airstrikes on targets linked to the Islamic Jihad militant group in Gaza after rocket fire that rattled a day-old truce. The military.. WorldNews - Published
Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad and Israel declared a halt to hostilities across the Gaza Strip border on Thursday but a lasting ceasefire appeared tenuous as they differed on terms. France 24 - Published Also reported by •Reuters
Israel will follow suit if Palestinian fighters in the Gaza Strip stop cross-border attacks, an Israeli official said on Thursday, denying that Israel had changed open-fire policy as demanded by the.. Reuters - Published
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