Palestine

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Islamic Jihad fired around 450 rockets at Israel, many of which were intercepted by the Iron Dome defence system. Israel has fought three wars with Hamas and allied armed groups in Gaza since 2008. (Photo: Representational)

Israel strikes in Gaza after rocket attack

Hamas has controlled Gaza since 2007, Israel holds the Islamist movement responsible for all rocket fire coming from the territory.

08 Dec 2019 1:03 PM

Islamic Jihad's leader, Ziad al-Nakhalah, announced three conditions for an end to the fighting: an end to targeted killings, a halt in Israeli shootings of protesters at weekly demonstrations along the Israeli border and easing a 12-year-old Israeli blockade that has devastated Gaza's economy. (Photo: AFP)

Israel, Islamic Jihad cease fire after heavy Gaza fighting which claimed 32 lives

Islamic Jihad spokesman Musab al-Berim said the Egyptian-brokered deal went into effect at 5:30 AM.

14 Nov 2019 2:33 PM

A Hamas security source said there were no casualties resulting from the Israeli strikes. (Photo: Representational image)

Israel strikes in Gaza after rocket attack Jerusalem

The exchange came hours after two Palestinian teenagers were killed by Israeli fire during clashes on the Gaza border.

07 Sep 2019 5:44 PM

Palestinians protesting against Israel have demanded a separate state with self-governance, as part of a two-state solution, a move which the United States is in favour of. (Photo: ANI)

16 Palestinian children killed, over 1200 injured by Israeli forces this year

An NGO accused Israeli forces of 'systematically' violating human rights of Palestinian nationals, particularly minors.

11 Jul 2019 1:30 PM

The Palestinians again rejected the proposals Tuesday, accusing the US and Israel of trying to bully them and quash their desire for independence. (Photo: AP)

Palestinians protest, strike over US peace plan in Bahrain

But the Palestinians have boycott the event, accusing President Donald Trump's administration of pro-Israel bias.

25 Jun 2019 8:39 PM

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Photo: AP)

Palestine honours Indian with 'Star of Jerusalem' award

Palestinian president thanked the awardee for serving Palestine and Jerusalem, the third holiest city for Muslims.

14 Jun 2019 9:15 AM

The Palestinians will begin lobbying Security Council members for UN membership (Photo: File)

Palestinians launch bid for full UN membership

The Palestinians will launch a bid to become a full member of the United Nations

16 Jan 2019 12:24 PM

After the clash erupted, sirens were reported in southern Israel indicating possible rocket fire from the Gaza Strip. (Representational image | AFP)

Deadly clash during Israeli military operation in Gaza kills seven

As tensions rose following the clash, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu's office said he would cut short his trip to Paris and return home.

12 Nov 2018 3:16 PM

The opening of the US embassy on May 14 saw mass protests and clashes on the Gaza border in which at least 63 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire. (Photo: File)

Palestinian leaders reject Trump pledge to give them something ‘very good’

Trump's push for a Israeli-Palestinian peace deal was impossible without 'recognising east Jerusalem as capital of the Palestinian state'.

23 Aug 2018 12:57 PM

Palestinian protesters carry an injured man who was shot by Israeli troops during a protest at the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, Monday, May 14, 2018. (Photo: AP)

Israeli soldiers kill 43 Palestinians in Gaza protests against US embassy

Protests intensified on Israel's founding, with loudspeakers on Gaza mosques urging Palestinians to join 'Great March of Return'.

14 May 2018 5:35 PM

Relatives of 15-year-old Palestinian teenager Azzam Oweida gather around his body in the morgue of a hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on April 28, 2018, as he succumbed to his wounds a day after he was shot by Israeli forces in clashes along the Gaza border. (Photo: AFP)

Palestinian teen dies of wounds from Israel-Gaza border shooting: Ministry

45 palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since the Great March of Return on March 30, with more than 1,500 wounded.

28 Apr 2018 2:44 PM

Clashes erupted along the Gaza-Israel border as thousands of protesters gathered for a third consecutive Friday. (Photo: AFP)

Clashes erupt on Israel-Gaza border on third Friday of protests: reports

Limited clashes between stone-throwing Palestinians and Israeli soldiers began in at least two places along the border.

13 Apr 2018 4:18 PM

Demonstrators torched large piles of tires, engulfing the area in black smoke meant to shield them from Israeli snipers. (Photo: AP)

Gaza border protest: Israeli troops kill nine, hundreds wounded

The recent march was the second in what Gaza's Hamas rulers said would be several weeks of protests against a decade-old border blockade.

07 Apr 2018 12:15 PM

Hamas-run security forces in Gaza had earlier on Thursday detained the main suspect in last week’s assassination attempt against Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah after a gunbattle in which two security officers were killed, a security official said. (Photo: AP)

Main suspect in Palestinian PM attack dies after gunfight with security forces

Hamdallah and Palestinian Security Chief Majid Faraj’s convoy was attacked by a roadside bomb in Gaza on March 13. They were uninjured.

22 Mar 2018 7:20 PM

Hamas, which rules the territory, held Ahmad Said Barhoum for several months without trial before handing him over to the family, several of whose members belong to the Islamist movement. (Photo: Representational | AP)

Gaza family ‘executes’ its member for passing info to Israel

The shooting was attended by family members of the three Hamas militants killed in an Israeli air raid in the 2014 Gaza war with Israel.

20 Jan 2018 11:42 AM

The meeting was called in the wake of Trump’s December 6 declaration on Jerusalem that deeply angered the Palestinians. (Photo: AP)

Palestinian president denounces Trump’s peace efforts as ‘slap of the century’

'We said ‘no’ to Trump, ‘we will not accept your project’,' Abbas said in a meeting of Palestinian leaders on how to face Trump’s decision.

15 Jan 2018 11:08 AM

Kim has won admirers for his vocal criticism of Israel and his jibes about the controversial American policy shift on Jerusalem. (Photo: AFP)

Discount for N Koreans at Gaza eatery for Kim Jong Jerusalem support

Kim responded by calling Trump a ‘dotard’ and slamming his decision as a ‘reckless, wicked act.’

18 Dec 2017 10:43 AM

Haniyeh called on Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to withdraw from peacemaking with Israel and on Arabs to boycott the Trump administration. (Photo: AFP)

In lieu of Trump’s Jerusalem declaration, Palestine’s Hamas calls for uprising

Israel and the United States consider Hamas, which has fought three wars with Israel since 2007, a terrorist organisation.

07 Dec 2017 6:37 PM

Israel made the rare move after three Palestinian assailants opened fire there on Friday, killing two Israeli police officers before being shot dead. (Photo: AP/Representational)

Hamas calls on Palestinian ‘uprising’ against Israelis after Jerusalem site attack

Hamas described the closure of the site - known as the Noble Sanctuary and the Temple Mount - in a statement as a ‘religious war’.

16 Jul 2017 11:23 AM

Armed police respond after reports of an explosion at Manchester Arena during an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England. (Photo:AP)

Donald Trump condemns 'evil losers' behind Manchester terror attack

'I won't call them monsters because they would like that term. They would think that's a great name', Trump said.

23 May 2017 5:24 PM

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