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May 14, 2023 at 10:44 am

Family with disabled children among hundreds of Gaza’s homeless after latest fighting with Israel VIEW

The Nabhan family is among some 600 Palestinians that rights groups say were left homeless by a five-day battle between Israel and militants in the...

May 13, 2023 at 11:16 pm

Israeli cease-fire with militants in Gaza appears to hold, despite new rocket launch VIEW

A fragile cease-fire between Israeli forces and militants in the Gaza Strip appears to be holding after a five-day clash that killed 33 Palestinians and...

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May 13, 2023 at 1:08 am

Israel and Islamic Jihad agree on cease-fire to end 5 days of fighting VIEW

Israel and the Islamic Jihad militant group in the Gaza Strip have agreed to an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire, ending five days of intense fighting that left...

May 11, 2023 at 11:34 pm

Palestinian militants fire more rockets, Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza despite cease-fire efforts VIEW

The most violent confrontation in months between Israel and Palestinian militants marks its third straight day, as Israeli warplanes struck targets in the Gaza Strip...

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May 11, 2023 at 12:00 am

New fighting kills 2 Palestinian militant commanders, elderly man in Israel as Egypt pushes truce VIEW

Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip have killed two militant commanders, while a 70-year-old man has been killed by Palestinian rocket fire in the first...

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Rockets are launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, in Gaza City, Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Israeli aircraft struck targets in the Gaza Strip for a second straight day on Wednesday, killing at least one Palestinian and pushing the region closer toward a new round of heavy fighting. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) XOB106 XOB106

May 10, 2023 at 3:29 am

Israeli-Palestinian fighting intensifies as Egyptian cease-fire efforts falter VIEW

Palestinian militants have fired hundreds of rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israel, while Israel is pressing ahead with a series of airstrikes that have...

May 8, 2023 at 4:56 pm

Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 3 senior militants, 12 others VIEW

The Israeli military says it has killed three senior commanders of the militant Islamic Jihad group in targeted airstrikes.

A man inspects damage to a shopping center from an intercepted rocket fired from Lebanon in Shlomi, northern Israel Thursday, April 6, 2023. Israeli air defenses intercepted a rocket fired from Lebanon into northern Israel, the Israeli military said. It was not immediately clear who was behind the rare rocket fire from Lebanon. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) XMA112 XMA112

April 5, 2023 at 11:45 pm

Israel stages rare strikes in Lebanon, also hits Gaza Strip VIEW

Militants have fired a barrage of rockets from Lebanon at Israel on Thursday, the Israeli military said, forcing people across Israel’s northern frontier into bomb...

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Israeli police arrest a Palestinian woman at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound following a raid at the site in the Old City of Jerusalem during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Wednesday, April 5, 2023. Palestinian media reported police attacked Palestinian worshippers, raising fears of wider tension as Islamic and Jewish holidays overlap.(AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean) XMA128 XMA128

April 4, 2023 at 9:33 pm

Violence erupts at Jerusalem holy site for a 2nd night VIEW

Violence has resumed for a second straight night in Jerusalem after Palestinian worshippers barricaded themselves inside Al-Aqsa Mosque at the Old City’s sensitive compound and...

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April 4, 2023 at 12:32 am

Violence at Jerusalem mosque prompts fears of wider fighting VIEW

Israeli police have stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City, firing stun grenades and beating Palestinian youths who hurled stones and firecrackers in a...