Tag: Gaza

Gaza calm as truce deal takes hold

Calm returned to Gaza on Thursday as a truce between Israel and Hamas took hold after a bloody 24 hours of violence that left...

Skies quiet over Gaza as truce deal takes hold

The skies over Gaza were quiet Thursday as an Egyptian-brokered truce between Israel and Hamas took hold after a spurt of violence left four...

Gaza strikes kill 4 militants as 68 rockets hit Israel

Tensions soared around Gaza on Wednesday after Israeli air raids killed four militants and Palestinian armed groups fired 68 rockets at southern Israel, seriously...

3rd Palestinian killed in Israeli air raids on Gaza: medic

A Palestinian died in an Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip early Wednesday, a medic said, bringing to three the number of militants...

Qatari emir enters Gaza on landmark visit

Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani crossed into the Gaza Strip on Tuesday in the first visit by a head of state since...

Top Gaza Salafist among 3 killed by Israel raids on Gaza

A top Salafist leader whose Islamist faction has recently fired rockets at Israel was among three people killed in Israeli air strikes on Gaza,...

Israel hits Gaza after rocket strike

The Israeli air force hit three targets in Gaza on Saturday, hours after a rocket fired from the territory exploded near a house in...

Gaza Salafist group accuses Hamas of torturing members

The Gaza-based Salafist group Jaysh al-Umma accused the ruling Hamas movement on Monday of arresting and torturing six of its members, including its leader. In...

Gaza court gives life terms to 2 killers of Italian activist

Four Palestinian hardliners were jailed, two for life, on Monday after a Gaza military court found them guilty of the kidnap and murder of...

Hamas announces cabinet reshuffle in Gaza

Ismail Haniya, head of the Hamas government in Gaza, announced a cabinet reshuffle on Sunday, appointing seven new ministers including a new finance minister. Haniya...

Palestinians hurt in Gaza blast

Three Palestinians were wounded in an overnight blast in a building in Gaza City, a medical official in the enclave said on Wednesday. "One of...

Christian ‘forced conversion’ claim roils Gaza

Gaza’s Hamas government on Tuesday denied claims that a Christian man had been forced to convert to Islam, saying he had willingly changed religion. The...

One killed, two hurt in Israel strike on Gaza

A Palestinian militant from the ruling Hamas movement was killed and two others wounded on Thursday in an Israeli air strike on eastern Gaza...

Israel raid kills 2 Gaza teens, prompts rare Hamas fire

Two Palestinian teenagers died in an Israeli air strike on central Gaza on Tuesday, prompting a rare bout of rocket fire from the military...

Hamas permits election committee to work in Gaza

Gaza’s Hamas rulers on Monday gave the green light to the Palestinian Central Election Commission to begin updating voter lists throughout the coastal strip,...

Israel raids Gaza after rockets but shaky truce holds

Israeli warplanes conducted two air strikes in northern Gaza early on Wednesday, several hours after militants fired rockets at southern Israel, the military said,...

Five Palestinians killed as Gaza fighting rumbles on

Israeli warplanes pounded the Gaza Strip for a fourth day Monday, killing four more Palestinians, as a teenager died in a mystery blast, raising...