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September 18, 2021 at 5:18 pm

Israeli army arrests last 2 of 6 Palestinian prison escapees

Israeli forces have arrested the last two of six Palestinian prisoners who escaped a maximum-security Israeli prison two weeks ago

September 10, 2021 at 10:55 pm

Israel arrests 4 Palestinian fugitives who escaped prison VIEW

Israeli police say they have arrested four of the six Palestinians who broke out of a maximum-security prison this week — including a famed militant...

September 10, 2021 at 12:07 pm

Israeli media: 4 Palestinian escapees captured, 2 at large VIEW

Israeli media reports say two more of the six Palestinians who broke out of a maximum-security prison this week have been arrested, leaving two prisoners...

August 24, 2021 at 9:01 pm

Through four wars, toll mounts on a Gaza neighborhood VIEW

Gaza's story can be seen through the prism of Zaki and Jawaher Nassir, their family and their neighbors in the town of Beit Hanoun

Nation & World

June 1, 2021 at 11:04 pm

Gaza’s bereaved civilians fear justice will never come VIEW

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The al-Kawlaks, a family of four generations living next door to each other in downtown Gaza City, were utterly...

May 31, 2021 at 6:31 am

After Gaza war, Hamas chief calls for Israel prisoner swap

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas's top leader in the Gaza Strip on Monday expressed optimism about reaching a prisoner exchange with Israel, while...

May 24, 2021 at 11:49 am

Gaza-based journalists in Hamas chat blocked from WhatsApp

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A few hours after the latest cease-fire took effect in the Gaza Strip, a number of Palestinian journalists in...

Children gather beside the crater where the home of Ramez al-Masri was destroyed by an air-strike prior to a cease-fire reached after an 11-day war between Gaza’s Hamas rulers and Israel, Sunday, May 23, 2021, in Beit Hanoun, the northern Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) XJM165 XJM165

May 23, 2021 at 11:24 pm

After another war, displaced in Gaza face familiar plight VIEW

Thousands of Gazans have been made homeless by another war between Israel and the territory’s Islamic militant Hamas rulers. The U.N. estimates that about 1,000...

Nation & World

Palestinians on a horse carte loaded with belongings, pass by destroyed homes, to which they returned following a cease-fire reached after an 11-day war between Gaza’s Hamas rulers and Israel, in town of Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, Friday, May 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) KH122 KH122

May 20, 2021 at 11:12 pm

Palestinians see victory in Gaza truce as Israel warns Hamas VIEW

The 11-day war left more than 200 dead and brought widespread devastation to the already impoverished Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. But the rocket barrages were seen...

May 20, 2021 at 8:56 am

DIARY: Fleeing bombs, trying to endure in a city under fire

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Are the Israeli airstrikes following us? If you're in Gaza City these days, no matter who you are, that's...