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June 20, 2019 at 3:10 am

Hamas chief: Israel ignoring cease-fire terms for Gaza

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas' chief Ismail Haniyeh on Thursday accused Israel of dragging its feet in carrying out its obligations under an...

June 17, 2019 at 5:20 am

Qatari envoy delivers aid to Gaza in cease-fire effort

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A Qatari envoy has delivered $25 million to the Gaza Strip to help shore up a cease-fire between Israel...

In this Monday, May 27, 2019 photo, Muna Awad, mother of 5-year-old Aisha al-Loulu, shows a photo of her daughter while in a Jerusalem hospital, at the family home in Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza Strip. Instead of a family member, Israeli authorities had approved a stranger to escort Aisha from the blockaded Gaza Strip to the east Jerusalem hospital. As her condition deteriorated, the child was returned to Gaza unconscious. One week later, she was dead. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) DV501 DV501

June 11, 2019 at 11:06 pm

Israel's permit system often keeps Gaza parents from joining their hospitalized children VIEW

JERUSALEM (AP) — When Palestinian preschooler Aisha a-Lulu came out of brain surgery in a strange Jerusalem hospital room, she called out for her mother...

May 15, 2019 at 3:47 am

Palestinians mark anniversary of mass displacement VIEW

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinians on Wednesday marked the 71st anniversary of their mass displacement during the 1948 war around Israel's creation with...

May 13, 2019 at 4:21 am

UN envoy to Mideast warns of war between Israel, Hamas

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The U.N. envoy to the Mideast said Monday that the recent ceasefire between Gaza's Hamas rulers and Israel was...

May 10, 2019 at 2:01 am

Palestinian killed at Israel-Gaza border protest after truce

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli gunfire killed one Palestinian at a weekly demonstration along the Gaza-Israel border fence, Gaza officials said Friday, in...

Palestinians inspect a damaged bedroom following a late night Israeli missile strike on a building in town of Beit Lahiya, Northern Gaza Strip, Monday, May. 6, 2019. The Israeli military has lifted protective restrictions on residents in southern Israel while Gaza’s ruling Hamas militant group reported a cease-fire deal had been reached to end the deadliest fighting between the two sides since a 2014 war. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) KH109 KH109

May 5, 2019 at 10:14 pm

Gaza quiet after Israel, Hamas agree to cease-fire VIEW

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military lifted protective restrictions on residents in the south on Monday, while Gaza's ruling Hamas militant group reported a cease-fire...

May 5, 2019 at 11:30 am

Month of Ramadan fasting for many Muslims begins Monday VIEW

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Muslims in Southeast Asian countries like Indonesia and Malaysia, and much of the Middle East, including Egypt, Iraq and...

May 4, 2019 at 10:49 pm

Israel steps up strikes as Gaza rocket attacks intensify VIEW

JERUSALEM (AP) — Gaza militants fired hundreds of rockets into southern Israel on Sunday, killing at least four Israelis and bringing life to a standstill...

May 4, 2019 at 12:41 am

Under heavy rocket fire, Israeli reprisals kill 6 VIEW

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian militants on Saturday fired over 250 rockets into Israel, drawing dozens of retaliatory airstrikes on targets across the...