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The Latest Breaking News from Gaza Strip

Israel bombs Gaza after rocket fire, deadly Nablus raid

Israel attacks Gaza as tensions rise over an Israeli raid on the West Bank city of Nablus that killed 11 Palestinians.

Al Jazeera

Israeli strikes hits Gaza after rockets fired overnight

Israel's forces conducted strikes in the Gaza Strip on Thursday after rockets were fired from the area, the military said, a day after a raid in the flashpoint city of Nablus sparked clashes in which 11 Palestinians were killed and over 100 wounded.

Reuters

Roman-Era Sarcophagus Uncovered in Gaza

A Roman-era sarcophagus, likely to have belonged to a prominent individual, was uncovered at the site of a 2,000-year-old Roman cemetery discovered last year in the northern Gaza Strip, the territory's antiquities ministry said on Tuesday. So far 90 individual and mass graves have been found at the site, which…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Valentine's Day frowned upon by many, but not all, in Gaza Strip

Valentine's Day is considered un-Islamic by many of the 2.3 million Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip and business was slower than usual on Tuesday at those shops selling red roses, fluffy hearts and teddy bears.

Reuters

Explosions rock Gaza, Israel says it hit Hamas rocket factory

Several explosions rocked the Gaza Strip early on Monday, a Reuters witness said, as Israel's military said it attacked an underground site used by the Palestinian enclave's Hamas Islamists to manufacture rockets.

Reuters

Egypt hold talks seeking to prevent Israeli-Palestinian escalation in Ramadan

Egypt has stepped up mediation between Israel and the Palestinians in a bid to tamp down violence in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank and to prevent its spread to the Gaza Strip ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, officials said.

Reuters

First Thing: Crackdown on environmental defenders at ‘alarming level’

Shooting in Atlanta part of dangerous escalation in the criminalization of environmental defenders, campaigners warn. Plus, how to escape learned loneliness

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Israeli Air Strikes Hit Gaza Strip

Israel launched air strikes on the Gaza Strip early Thursday, which Palestinian fighters reacted to by firing rockets in the latest bout of unrest in the region. The overnight attacks -- which Israel's army confirmed in a statement at 02:41 am (0041 GMT) -- come hours after the army intercepted…

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Israel Says It Intercepted Rocket Fired from Gaza Strip

Sirens sounded in southern Israel and a rocket was intercepted from Gaza on Wednesday, the Israeli army said, as tensions soared between Palestinians and the country's new ultranationalist government. The army said in a statement that sirens sounded in the city of Sderot and in the area surrounding the Gaza…

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New shooting in east Jerusalem, hours after synagogue attack left seven dead

A young assailant shot and wounded at least two people in east Jerusalem on Saturday, Israeli medics said, hours after a Palestinian gunman killed seven outside a synagogue in one of the deadliest such attacks in years.

France 24

Tense but calm after deadly Jenin raid triggers Israel-Gaza rocket fire exchange

Palestinian Authority suspends security cooperation after nine people were killed by Israeli defence forces

The Guardian - UK

Palestinians cut security ties with Israel after deadly raid

The Palestinian Authority said it’s ending security ties with Israel after eight militants and one civilian were killed in a West Bank gunfight, in an escalation in violence that was later followed by a rocket attack from the Gaza Strip.

Tribune News Service

Seven killed in synagogue attack as West Bank violence spirals

A Palestinian gunman killed seven people and wounded three others in a synagogue on the outskirts of Jerusalem on Friday in an attack that heightened fears of a spiral in bloodshed, a day after the deadliest Israeli raid in the West Bank in years.

Reuters

Israel Asks Pope Francis, Red Cross to Help Release Four Citizens in Gaza

Israel appealed to Pope Francis, the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross, and the UN Secretary-General on Wednesday to help it recover four citizens held in the Gaza Strip for more than seven years. Reuters reported that Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen sent letters of appeal after…

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Israel asks Pope, Red Cross to help recover four citizens held in Gaza

Israel appealed to Pope Francis, the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the United Nations Secretary-General on Wednesday to help it recover four citizens held in the Gaza Strip for more than seven years.

Reuters

Israeli prime minister confirms citizen captured by Hamas in Gaza is alive

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Tuesday that an Israeli citizen held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip was alive, a day after the Palestinian Islamist militant group released a video showing the man appealing for help.

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B’Tselem: Israel Causing Collapse of Health System in Gaza Strip

The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (B’Tselem) warned of the collapse of the health system in the Gaza Strip as a result of Tel Aviv’s policy that makes it difficult for the health system to operate normally. In a report published on Monday, B’Tselem accused…

Reuters

Hamas releases video it says is of Israeli man captured in Gaza in 2014

Palestinian Islamist militant group Hamas released a video on Monday showing what they said was an Israeli citizen being held captive in the Gaza Strip. The unverified images of the man are the first since his capture in 2014.

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Israel to Rebuild Four Settlements It Withdrew from in 2005

Israeli head of the Shomron regional council, Yossi Dagan, announced that he met with the new Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and discussed the necessity of rebuilding four settlements that were evacuated in the West Bank. Dagan stated that the government of Benjamin Netanyahu is preparing to change the status…

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Israeli Settlers Insist on Rebuilding Homesh Settlement Near Jenin

A group of settler leaders, headed by the chief Ashkenazi rabbi, David Lau, toured the Homesh settlement, declaring their determination to rebuild the region, despite US warnings, the position of High Court of Justice in West Jerusalem, and the law that prohibits their entry to the area. The Homesh settlement…

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Palestinians Mull Next Moves after Israel Minister’s Al-Aqsa Visit

Palestinians are holding urgent talks on their next moves after an extreme-right Israeli minister visited Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound, a step so far met with stern words rather than violence. There have been fears Tuesday's controversial visit by Israel's new national security minister, firebrand Itamar Ben-Gvir, could spark a war.…

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s like another planet’: crossing the frontier from Gaza to work in Israel

Unemployment in the Gaza Strip stands at 44% but since 2021 permits to work in Israel have been issued in small numbers

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel’s New Defense Minister: Netanyahu Loyalist, Settlers’ Friend

Israel's new defense minister Yoav Galant is a former general, a staunch ally of Benjamin Netanyahu and a vocal advocate of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. In the military, the 64-year-old oversaw Israel's 2005 withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and later commanded the "Operation Cast Lead" offensive against…

Reuters

Gaza Christians say travel curbs separate families at Christmas

As pilgrims from around the world flock to Bethlehem, Jerusalem and Nazareth for Christmas, members of Gaza's Christian community wait to hear whether Israel will grant them a travel permit.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Pope Pledges to Release Israeli Captives Held by Hamas

Pope Francis met in Rome on Wednesday with the families of Israelis being held captive by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The meeting was held at the initiative of the Israeli Embassy in Rome. Pope Francis vowed before the Israeli delegation to work toward bringing home two Israeli civilians and…

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