Tag: Gaza

Israeli minister confirms Netanyahu met Sisi over Gaza

JERUSALEM: Israel's finance minister confirmed on Tuesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Egypt in May to discuss...

Gaza protest toll rises to three

  GAZA CITY: A 40-year-old Palestinian hit by Israeli fire on the Gaza border died of his wounds on Saturday, taking the death toll from...

Gaza ceasefire holds after two-day flare-up

  GAZA/JERUSALEM: The Israel-Gaza border was quiet on Friday after an Egyptian-brokered truce ended a surge in violence that had shaken southern Israel and the...

Gaza protesters halt fire after deadly flare-up with Israel

  GAZA CITY: Gaza militants halted fire Thursday after targeting Israel with some 180 rockets and mortars, provoking Israeli strikes across the enclave that killed...

Israeli strike kills two Hamas militants in Gaza

GAZA (Reuters): Israeli tank fire killed two Hamas militants in Gaza on Tuesday in a strike the Israeli military said was launched against a...

Israeli minister says Egypt bears equal responsibility for Gaza

JERUSALEM (Reuters): Egypt bears as much responsibility for the Gaza Strip as Israel does, an Israeli cabinet minister said on Monday, in remarks that...

Exiled Hamas leaders enter Gaza to discuss truce with Israel

GAZA CITY: Gaza's ruling Hamas says exiled members of its decision-making political bureau have entered the territory for high-level discussions about an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire...

Fresh tension as Israel reimposes Gaza fuel blockade

JERUSALEM: Israel reimposed a blockade on fuel deliveries to Gaza on Thursday citing a resurgence in kites carrying firebombs over the border and signalling...

Israel to reopen Gaza terminal, extend fishing on Tuesday if quiet...

JERUSALEM: Israel will reopen Gaza’s main commercial crossing and expand its fishing zone on Tuesday if a lull in cross-border tensions holds after a...

Israel, Hamas agree to restore calm in Gaza

GAZA: Hamas said on Saturday it had agreed a truce with Israel in the Gaza Strip, a day after clashes killed an Israeli soldier...

3 Hamas fighters killed by Israeli fire in Gaza

GAZA City: Israel targeted militant sites in Gaza, after Palestinians shot at its forces near the border, the military said Friday, using airstrikes and...

Israeli air strike kills Hamas man in Gaza

  GAZA: An Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip killed a member of the Islamist militant Hamas group on Thursday and wounded three others,...

Israel places new limitations on cargo crossing into Gaza

  JERUSALEM: Israel placed new restrictions on its only cargo crossing with the Gaza Strip on Tuesday in response to continued Hamas hostilities, even after...

Israel and Gaza militants agree to end fierce flare-up of fighting

GAZA-ISRAEL BORDER: Israel and Gaza militant groups agreed a ceasefire on Saturday, a Palestinian official said, after Israel launched dozens of air strikes against...

UN says Israeli closure will worsen conditions in Gaza

GAZA CITY: The UN agency for Palestinian refugees says new Israeli restrictions on Gaza will worsen living conditions there. Agency spokesman Chris Gunness said Thursday...

Israel fires on would-be infiltrators from Gaza, teen killed

GAZA CITY: The Palestinian health ministry in Gaza says a teenager has died after being wounded in Israeli shelling along the border. The Israeli military...

Abbas aide slams reported US plans to raise funds for Gaza

RAMALLAH: A Palestinian official has condemned reported US plans to secure Gulf funding for major economic projects in blockaded, impoverished Gaza. Nabil Abu Rdeneh, an...