Israel troops were redeployed near the Gaza border following an air strike in a United Nations school, resulting in 10 civilian deaths.
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Israel destroys Hamas tunnels
The mosque is a site of heavy fighting between Israeli and Hamas militant forces. According to Israeli soldiers, the mosque is one of the safe havens that the Hamas used to attack Israel, serving as an entrance to a tunnel that allows Hamas forces to attack settlements in southern Israel.
DFA raises alert level 2 in Israel and west bank
Threats to security caused by the worsening conflict between Israel and Hamas, has prompted the Department of Foreign Affairs to issue alert level 2 in Israel and the West Bank.
Israel poised for Gaza incursions after truce collapses
(Reuters) – Israel urged the evacuation on Wednesday of several Gaza Strip areas where more than 100,000 people live, threatening ground operations after briefly holding fire under an Egyptian truce proposal that failed to stop Palestinian rocket salvoes. Authorised by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s security cabinet to escalate an eight-day-old offensive, the military said it had sent out evacuation warnings in northeastern Gaza. “Failure to comply will endanger your lives and the lives of your […]
Eight killed in blasts in Egypt’s Sinai region
CAIRO Sun Jul 13, 2014 7:11pm EDT (Reuters) – One security officer and seven others were killed in two successive explosions around security areas in Egypt‘s Sinai region, near the border with Israel, the Interior Ministry and security officials said. Egypt has been hit by an Islamist insurgency led by Sinai-based militants, who have mainly targeted security forces since last year’s army ouster of elected Islamist President Mohamed Mursi. Hundreds of soldiers and police officers […]
Israel holds off on escalating Gaza barrage; West wants truce
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dan Williams GAZA/JERUSALEM Sun Jul 13, 2014 8:10pm EDT (Reuters) – Israel appeared to hold off on a threatened escalation of its week-old Gaza Strip barrage on Monday despite balking at Western calls for a ceasefire with an equally defiant Hamas. On Sunday, the Israeli military had warned residents of the northern border town of Beit Lahiya to leave or risk their lives when, after nightfall, it planned to intensify air […]
Gaza death toll rises; Hamas fires rockets at Tel Aviv
BY NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI AND MAAYAN LUBELL (Reuters) – An Israeli air strike on the home of Gaza’s police chief killed 18 people on Saturday, Gaza’s health ministry said, and Hamas fired the largest salvo of rockets yet on Tel Aviv since the start of the Jewish state’s offensive in the Palestinian enclave. The strike on the home of Tayseer Al-Batsh in Gaza City was the deadliest bombing since Israel launched its offensive on Tuesday to […]
U.S. ready to broker Gaza ceasefire
The United States is prepared to broker a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza as they exchange aerial strikes and rocket fires.
Gaza dead reach 78 as Israelis hint at invasion
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Jeffrey Heller GAZA/JERUSALEM Thu Jul 10, 2014 8:24pm EDT (Reuters) – At least 78 Palestinians, most of them civilians, have been killed in Israel’s Gaza offensive, Palestinian officials said on Thursday as militants in the enclave kept up rocket attacks on Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and other cities. As Israeli officials seemed to hint at a possible invasion by ground forces, eight members of one family, including five children, were killed in […]
Israel deploys tanks near Gaza border
As Israeli aerial offensive continues on its third day, with tanks of the Israeli army reported to be seen approaching the border.
Israel launches more air strike, target Gaza homes
Israel launched more air strikes at the Gaza strip, injuring at least nine Palestinians.
Israel launches military offensive against Gaza militants
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Allyn Fisher-Ilan GAZA/JERUSALEM Mon Jul 7, 2014 8:53pm EDT (Reuters) – Israel launched an aerial offensive in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, bombing more than 30 targets including homes and calling it part of a campaign named “Operation Protective Edge” targeting Hamas Islamist militants firing rockets at the Jewish state. The military urged Israelis within a 40-km (24-mile) radius of the southern coastal territory to stay within reach of protected areas […]
