Tag: Palestine

LONDON- British lawmakers voted overwhelmingly in favour of recognising Palestine as a state on Monday, in a non-binding motion heavy with symbolism but unlikely...

The site houses Islamic holy sites the Dome of the Rock and the al Aqsa mosque and is revered by Jews as the location of the biblical Jewish temple, considered Judaism’s holiest place.

JERUSALEM — Israeli special forces stormed a West Bank hideout early on Tuesday and killed two Palestinians suspected in the June abduction and slaying...

JERUSALEM— Israeli troops killed a Palestinian man during an arrest raid in the West Bank early Wednesday that was met with violent resistance, the...

Israel has said that it would press for Hamas's disarmament in indirect talks in Cairo aimed at charting a way forward for Gaza in the wake of a 50-day war that killed more than 2,200 people - almost all Palestinians.

JERUSALEM— An open-ended cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip was holding Wednesday, as many people on both sides of the...

GAZA- Israeli air strikes launched before dawn on Tuesday killed two Palestinians and destroyed much of one of Gaza's tallest apartment and office buildings,...

GAZA CITY- An Israeli airstrike on a Gaza farm killed two Palestinians on Friday, a Gaza health official said, as fighting continued for a third...

GAZA CITY- The armed wing of Hamas announced Thursday that three of its senior commanders were killed in a pre-dawn Israeli air strike in Rafah...

Palestinian negotiator optimistic about lasting truce as Hamas spokesperson says agreement only possible if Israeli side accepts all demands of unified Palestinian delegation Israeli and...

GAZA STRIP- A fragile ceasefire extension between Hamas and Israel entered its second day Friday as the two sides in the Gaza conflict ponder Egyptian-mediated...

GAZA CITY- A foreign journalist was among at least five people killed in northern Gaza on Wednesday as Palestinian experts were dismantling an Israeli...

GAZA CITY- Israeli warplanes kept up a punishing campaign of air strikes over Gaza, killing five Palestinians on Saturday as militants fired rockets into...

GAZA- The armed wing of Hamas called on Palestinian negotiators in Cairo not to extend a 72-hour truce unless their demands, in particular for...

WASHINGTON- President Barack Obama on Wednesday backed Egyptian efforts to broker a durable Israel-Hamas ceasefire in Gaza but also called for a longer-term solution...

RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Asmahan Ismail Abu al-Rous started wondering a year ago about the cause of the cracks on the walls of her Gaza...

GAZA- A cease-fire between Israel and Hamas meant to last at least three days has taken effect in the Gaza Strip. The truce was...