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Israel has closed the Nahal Oz crossing into Gaza for security reasons. Host to the sole oil and gas terminal serving Gaza, it's also the site of several recent militant attacks.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Monday evening rejected reports of gunfire during its operations earlier in the day in the Gaza Strip. "Earlier today, IDF forces conducted regular security activities along the security fence in the Gaza Strip," Maj. Erik Snider, head of the Foreign Press Branch of IDF Spokesperson Unit, told Xinhua. "IDF forces did not open fire, nor did they come under fire ...
Israeli army tanks have opened fire on houses and farmlands in the northern sector of the Gaza Strip, according to a report.
The Islamist Hamas-run government ruling Gaza has approved a legal change that will allow for the execution of convicted drug dealers, its attorney general said on Monday.
Israel's state prosecutor on Sunday provided a broad outline of a plan to release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for a kidnapped Israeli soldier who has been held by militants in the Gaza Strip for more than three years.
The Israeli military has announced that it will begin recruiting computer experts for a planned Internet and new media department unit.
Israeli inspectors armed with aerial maps and empowered to confiscate construction equipment have begun enforcing a limited government moratorium on new building in West Bank settlements, officials said on Monday.
Facing the growing missile threat, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) operations directorate established a new department responsible for coordinating efforts to protect army bases, local daily The Jerusalem Post reported Tuesday. The main task of the department will be to set the standard for required levels of protection that the bases will need to meet in order to continue functioning during a ...
Israel will free up to 980 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for captured soldier Gilad Shalit.
Source: Reuters (Adds Israeli army denies involvement in blast, 2nd paragraph) GAZA, Nov 30 (Reuters) - A car exploded in the Gaza Strip under unclear circumstances on Monday, killing a militant from a ...
US President Barack Obama is “doing nothing right now” to restart the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said in an interview published last Tuesday.
Source: Reuters GAZA, Nov 30 (Reuters) - A car exploded in the Gaza Strip on Monday killing a militant and wounding another, witnesses and medical workers said. The cause of the blast in a Gaza refugee camp was not ...
A Palestinian militant was killed and three wounded in a mysterious explosion in west of Gaza City on Monday night, medics and eyewitnesses reported. The witnesses said a minibus that was driving in Shatti refugee camp west of Gaza City exploded, injuring four militants on board, and that one of them died of his wounds. The witnesses said the minibus exploded when it was driving near the mosque ...
A senior official of Islamic Hamas movement Monday said the remaining differences between Israel and Hamas on finalizing a prisoners swap are related to releasing 51 Palestinian prisoners. The official said on condition of anonymity that Israel rejects to release 51 prisoners out of 1,000 Palestinian prisoners Hamas has asked Israel to release. "Israel refuses to release seven prisoners from ...
The United Nations Monday observed the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People at its New York Headquarters with a special commemorative meeting, a new photographic exhibition and a concert by Maqamat, an orchestra of the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music. Addressing Monday's meeting, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that it is vital that a sovereign State of ...
Marking the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, United Nations General Assembly President Ali Treki called on Monday for renewed efforts to establish "an independent and sovereign State of Palestine." The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, which is observed annually on Nov. 29, is "a solemn occasion for renewing our commitment to a just and ...
