Gaza Strip
At least 21 people were killed and several others injured when a fire broke out in a building where residents attended a party in the...
Israel bombs Hamas sites in Gaza over fire balloons
Israeli warplanes bombed Hamas sites in Gaza in response to incendiary balloons launched from the Palestinian enclave that caused brush fires in southern Israel, its...
Israel strikes Hamas site in Gaza over fire balloons
Israeli aircraft bombed a Hamas site in the Gaza Strip overnight in response to incendiary balloons launched from the Palestinian enclave, Israel’s military said on...
Gaza violence erupts for first time since end of last month’s fighting
Israeli aircraft struck Hamas sites in Gaza on Wednesday after incendiary balloons were launched from the Palestinian enclave in the first such attacks since the...
Israel pounds Gaza to curb Palestinian militants but rockets still fly (Update)
Israel pummelled Gaza with artillery fire and air strikes on Friday as it targeted Palestinian militant tunnels to try to stop persistent rocket attacks on Israeli towns....
Israel masses troops along Gaza as rocket fire, air strikes escalate (Update 2)
Israel prepared ground troops along the Gaza border on Thursday and Hamas launched rocket barrages at Israel as international calls mounted for an end to...
Israel strikes kill senior Hamas commander, Palestinians fire rockets (Update 3)
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Jeffrey Heller Israel said it killed 16 members of the Hamas armed wing in Gaza in a barrage on Wednesday and...
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declares a state of emergency (video)
Violence in mixed Jewish-Arab towns in Israel flared early on Wednesday amid growing anger within the country’s Arab minority over Israeli air strikes on Gaza...
Palestinian rockets, Israeli airstrikes jolt tenuous Gaza truce
Palestinian militants fired two rockets deep into southern Israel from Gaza on Saturday, and the Israeli military responded with a number of air strikes on...
Explosions hit Gaza police checkpoints, three dead
Explosions hit two police checkpoints in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, killing three officers and wounding several other Palestinians, the Hamas-run interior ministry said, declaring a state...