Tag: Gaza

‘No innocent people’ in Gaza, says Israeli defence minister after 30...

TEL AVIV: Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Sunday there were “no innocent people” in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip after days of protests and...

Israeli troops martyr 12 Palestinians as Gaza border protests resume

GAZA BORDER: Israeli troops martyred at least 12 Palestinians and wounded hundred on Friday as they confronted one of the largest Palestinian demonstrations along...

Three Palestinians martyred as new clashes erupt along Gaza border

GAZA: The death toll of the ongoing confrontation between Palestinian protesters and Israeli soldiers has risen to three along the Gaza-Israel borders, medical sources said...

Israeli gunfire wounds 40 Palestinians in renewed Gaza border protest: medics

GAZA BORDER: Israeli forces shot and wounded at least 40 Palestinian protesters on Friday, Palestinian medics said, as thousands converged on Gaza’s border with...

Another Palestinian killed near Gaza-Israel border as more protests loom

GAZA:  A Palestinian man was killed by Israeli gunfire in Gaza on Tuesday, Palestinian medics said, raising the death toll from clashes along the...

In Gaza, pain but few regrets after deadliest day in years

GAZA CITY: Palestinian teen Bassel al-Helo winced in pain as he rolled over in a hospital bed Sunday, after having been shot by Israeli soldiers...

Erdogan condemns Israel’s deadly attack on protesters in Gaza

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday condemned Israel over its “inhumane attack” in Gaza after a major demonstration there led to clashes that...

UN fears Gaza situation might deteriorate in coming days

NEW YORK:  A senior United Nations official told the Security Council on Friday that the situation in Gaza “might deteriorate in the coming days”...

Gaza farmer killed by Israeli tank shell

GAZA: A Gaza farmer was killed and a second man was wounded by an Israeli tank shell on Friday, a Gaza health ministry spokesman...

Jews, Arabs nearing population parity in Holy Land: Israeli officials

JERUSALEM: The number of Jews and Arabs between the Mediterranean Sea and Jordan River is at or near parity, figures cited by Israeli officials...

Blast targets Palestinian PM’s convoy during rare Gaza visit

GAZA: An explosion targeted Palestinian prime minister Rami Hamdallah's convoy as he arrived in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday for a rare visit, lightly...

Israeli warplanes hit Gaza after new rocket attack

GAZA CITY: Israeli warplanes hit Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip early on Monday after a rocket fired by Palestinians slammed into southern Israel,...

Israeli jets destroy tunnel near Egypt-Gaza border

GAZA: The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said on Sunday it had destroyed a border-crossing Hamas attack tunnel – the third in recent months –...

Isreali Air force hits Hamas camp in Gaza after rocket fire

GAZA: The Israeli Air Force hit a Hamas camp in the southern Gaza Strip early Tuesday in response to a rocket fired at Israel...

Palestinian protester dies of wounds along Gaza, 106 injured

Al-Quds: A Palestinian young died on Saturday of wounds he sustained while confronting Israeli occupation forces east of al-Breij camp in central Gaza Strip...

Israeli air strike wounds 14 in Gaza

  GAZA: Israel aircraft attacked Hamas military facilities in the Gaza Strip on Friday night in response to alleged rocket attacks, the Israeli army claimed. It...

Hamas due to end decade-long dominance of Gaza by Friday

GAZA CITY: Hamas is due to end its decade-long dominance of Gaza by Friday in its biggest step yet towards Palestinian unity, but hopes raised...