1. Historical Background: The Israel and Palestine conflict has roots dating back to the late 19th century, when Zionist aspirations emerged for the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. Over the years, tensions between Jewish and Arab communities grew, leading to a series of conflicts. 2. Creation […]
BY JOSEPH KRAUSS Updated 9:58 AM GMT+5:30, October 12, 2023 JERUSALEM — In the three and a half decades since it began as an underground militant group, Hamas has pursued a consistently violent strategy aimed at rolling back Israeli rule — and it has made steady progress despite bringing […]
BY JOSEF FEDERMAN AND ISSAM ADWAN Updated 8:15 PM GMT+5:30, October 7, 2023 JERUSALEM— The Israeli military says that Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers are holding Israeli civilians and soldiers captive in the Palestinian enclave, marking major escalation in the fighting. The military confirmed Hamas claims that its fighters had kidnapped a […]
GAZA, Oct 12 – Health authorities and charities in Gaza are stepping up efforts to persuade women to be tested for breast cancer, hoping to overcome social stigma in the conservative Palestinian enclave over dealing with the disease. As part of a “There’s no shame in it” campaign […]
JERUSALEM — Israeli aircraft struck a series of targets in the Gaza Strip early Monday in response to rocket launches out of the Hamas-ruled territory. It was the third consecutive night of fighting between the two sides, even as Israel’s foreign minister sought to dangle incentives for calm. […]
Israel fired artillery and mounted extensive air strikes on Friday against a network of Palestinian militant tunnels under Gaza that it dubbed “the Metro”, amid persistent rocket attacks on Israeli towns. An Israeli military spokesman said that while ground forces had taken part in the 40-minute, pre-dawn offensive, […]
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Weary Palestinians on Thursday prepared for a somber feast marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, as Gaza braced for more Israeli airstrikes and communal violence raged across Israel after weeks of protests and violence in Jerusalem. The latest outburst […]
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said after meeting with senior defense officials that Israel will increase its strikes against militants in the Gaza Strip. Netanyahu said Tuesday that Hamas will “receive blows now that it didn’t expect.” THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s […]
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — When Nima Amraa returned to the Gaza Strip from neighboring Egypt earlier this month, she was surprised to learn she was being placed in a makeshift quarantine center set up by the ruling Hamas group. But her initial jitters turned to fear when […]
Gaza militants fired fresh rocket barrages at Israel early Sunday in a deadly escalation that has seen Israel respond with waves of strikes as a fragile truce again faltered and a further escalation was feared. Gazan authorities reported four Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes in the escalation that […]
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