Gaza: Palestinian militants in Gaza fired dozens of rockets into Israel on Friday in response to Israeli airstrikes which killed at least 10 people, including a senior commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement.
Read MoreMilitants lob rockets after Israeli strike
Rocket sirens have sounded in southern and central Israel as Palestinian militants in Gaza responded to Israeli air strikes which killed at least 10 people, including a senior commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement.
Read MoreEgypt, UN push for Gaza Strip ceasefire
The UN and Egypt are pressing Israel and militants in Gaza to agree on an immediate ceasefire as both sides exchanged fire for a second consecutive day, raising fears of a wider conflict that would deepen civilian woes in the blockaded Palestinian enclave.
Read MoreIsrael and Islamic Jihad begin ‘fragile’ Gaza truce
Israel and Islamic Jihad militants on Sunday began a precarious Egyptian-brokered truce hoped to end three days of intense conflict in Gaza that has left at least 44 Palestinians dead, including 15 children.
Read MoreCeasefire between Israel, Palestinians takes effect in Gaza after dozens killed
Gaza City: A ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants has taken effect in a bid to end nearly three days of violence that killed dozens of Palestinians and disrupted the lives of hundreds of thousands of Israelis.
Read MoreUS supports Israel in defending itself
The United States has fully supported Israel’s right to defend itself, the State Department says, and it urged all sides to avoid further escalation as Israeli air strikes pounded Gaza while the militant Islamic Jihad group fired rockets into Israel.
At least 24 Palestinians, including six children, have been killed and 203 wounded during the two days of firing, according to the Gaza health ministry.
Read MoreIsrael/OPT: End solitary confinement of Palestinian prisoner jailed as a child
Responding to today’s decision by the Israeli Prison Service to renew the solitary confinement of Ahmad Manasra, a Palestinian prisoner who has developed serious mental health problems since his arrest as a child seven years ago, Heba Morayef, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, said:
Read MoreSenior militant among more than 15 dead as Israel strikes Gaza
Israel pounded Gaza with air strikes on Friday, killing at least 15 people, and triggering a barrage of retaliatory rocket fire from militants in the Palestinian enclave.
The most severe Gaza violence since a war in May of last year followed days of tensions between Israel and the Islamic Jihad group, which Israel accused of planning attacks.
Read MoreMilitant killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza, with Palestinian group Islamic Jihad firing 100 rockets in response
Palestinian officials say seven dead after Israel said it was preparing to ‘remove the threat from this region’
Israeli warplanes struck numerous sites in the Gaza Strip on Friday in what Israel said was a preemptive strike against Palestinian factions allegedly planning rocket strikes at targets in Israel.
Read MoreSmoke rises in Gaza City after Israel airstrike – video
Israel unleashed a wave of airstrikes in Gaza on Friday amid heightened tensions after the arrest of a senior member of the Islamic Jihad militant group in the occupied West Bank earlier this week. It was not immediately clear what Israel was targeting or if there were casualties, but the strikes risked igniting yet another […]
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