Gaza

Egyptian officials said both sides agreed to a truce to end a flare-up of violence that has killed dozens of Palestinians.

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Palestinian militants launched rockets toward Jerusalem on Sunday, after Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip overnight killed a senior militant commander ...

For its part, Islamic Jihad has said it will not release the names of its fighters killed until the latest escalation is over. In one incident on Saturday, four children were among seven people killed in an explosion in Jabaliya in northern Gaza. The Palestinian Health Ministry said the blast was caused by an Israeli air-strike, but Israel rejected the claim blaming errant rocket fire. The Israeli military has also extended its campaign into the West Bank, detaining about 40 suspected Islamic Jihad militants across the territory in two nights of operations. We will do whatever it takes to defend our people," Lapid said. About twenty per cent of the launches have landed inside Gaza, an army spokesman told reporters. Israel said that Mansour was responsible for a number of terror attacks against Israelis.

Israel said Sunday it killed a senior Islamic Jihad commander in a crowded Gaza refugee camp, the second such targeted attack since launching its ...

Israel has issued 12,000 work permits to Gaza laborers, and has held out the prospect of granting another 2,000 permits. Israel has kept its crossing points into Gaza closed since Tuesday. With the new disruption, Gazans can use only four hours of electricity a day, increasing their reliance on private generators and deepening the territory’s chronic power crisis amid peak summer heat. By Sunday, Hamas still appeared to stay out of the battle. Such demonstrative visits by Israeli hard-liners seeking to underscore Israeli claims of sovereignty over contested Jerusalem have sparked violence in the past. Israel has said it took action against the militant group because of concrete threats of an imminent attack, but has not provided details. Palestinians held Israel responsible, while Israel said it was investigating whether the area was hit by an errant rocket.

Similar provocations led to Israel's May 2021 assault, when Hamas responded to Israeli attacks on Palestinians in Jerusalem with barrages of rockets into Israel ...

Gaza has just a quarter of the power it needs during the summer, according to Gisha, an Israeli human rights group. According to a notice sent to residents, Gaza's sole power plant will shut down today (Aug. 6) at 12pm for lack of fuel. The health ministry announced that a shutdown of the power plant would start a 72-hour countdown to health services coming to a standstill. Hamas said on Friday that resistance factions were coordinating their responses. Israeli warplanes also hit a group of Palestinians, mainly women and children, who were getting in a car to go to a family wedding. This may change on Sunday as Israelis plan to ascend to the al-Aqsa mosque compound for the first day of the Jewish holiday of Tisha B’Av, which in Jewish belief commemorates the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem.

TEL AVIV — Israel and militants in the Gaza Strip have agreed to a cease-fire after more than two days of airstrikes and rocket attacks that killed 43 ...

“It is hundreds of meters away from the Erez Crossing and is exposed to Israel.” The elevated esplanade is officially managed by Jordanian authorities, which ban non-Muslim prayer atop the site, though the policy has been increasingly violated in recent years by a rise in politically active Jewish worshipers. He said she and her family were in a parked car near their home, heading to her daughter’s wedding. In the refugee camp of Jabaliya, in the northern Gaza Strip, an explosion on Saturday night killed at least four children. It said it was still investigating the circumstances of an explosion in Jabaliya on Sunday morning. Islamic Jihad was required to halt rocket attacks; it had fired more than 600 projectiles toward Israel, including Tel Aviv or Jerusalem, the vast majority of which were intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome air-defense systems.

A cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian militants took effect Sunday night in a bid to end nearly three days of violence that has killed dozens of ...

Israel has issued 12,000 work permits to Gaza laborers, and has held out the prospect of granting another 2,000 permits. By Sunday, Hamas still appeared to stay out of the battle. Such demonstrative visits by Israeli hard-liners seeking to underscore Israeli claims of sovereignty over contested Jerusalem have sparked violence in the past. The group has a strong incentive to avoid another war. As a funeral for Mansour began in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, the Israeli military said it was striking suspected "Islamic Jihad rocket launch posts." Lapid said the strike that killed Mansour was "an extraordinary achievement." The U.N. Security Council scheduled an emergency meeting for Monday on the violence. Palestinians held Israel responsible, while Israel said it was investigating whether the area was struck by an errant rocket. The mortars damaged the roof and shrapnel hit the hall's entrance, the ministry said. Israel said it took action against the militant group because of concrete threats of an imminent attack, but has not provided details. Israeli aircraft have pummeled targets in Gaza since Friday, while the Iran-backed Palestinian Jihad militant group has fired hundreds of rockets at Israel in response. Ahmed al-Qaissi, another neighbor, said his wife and son were among the wounded, suffering shrapnel injuries.

People search through the rubble following Israeli airstrikes in Rafah on Sunday. Jerusalem/Gaza (CNN) A ceasefire between Israel and Islamic Jihad over Gaza ...

In one incident Saturday, four children were among seven people killed in an explosion in Jabaliya in northern Gaza. The Palestinian Health Ministry said the blast was caused by an Israeli airstrike, but Israel rejected the claim, blaming errant rocket fire. Its statements blamed Israel for the escalation but consistently stopped short of threatening attacks in retaliation. The Israeli military also extended its campaign into the West Bank, detaining about 40 suspected Islamic Jihad militants across the territory in two nights of operations. About 20% of the launches have landed inside Gaza, an army spokesman told reporters. Israel said Mansour was responsible for a number of terror attacks against Israelis. Terms of the agreement were not immediately made public.

A fragile cease-fire deal to end nearly three days of fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants held throughout the night, signaling that the latest ...

Israel has issued 12,000 work permits to Gaza laborers, and has held out the prospect of granting another 2,000 permits. The U.N. Security Council was to hold an emergency meeting Monday on the violence. The outburst of violence in Gaza was a key test for Israel's caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid, who lacks experience leading military operations. Palestinians held Israel responsible, while Israel said it was investigating whether the area was struck by an errant rocket. Security precautions imposed in recent days on residents of southern Israel were being gradually lifted Monday, the military said. Israel said some of the dead were killed by misfired rockets.

I thank President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi and the senior Egyptian officials who played a central role in this diplomacy as well as Amir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al ...

Over these recent days, Israel has defended its people from indiscriminate rocket attacks launched by the terrorist group Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the United States is proud of our support for Israel’s Iron-Dome, which intercepted hundreds of rockets and saved countless lives. My support for Israel’s security is long-standing and unwavering—including its right to defend itself against attacks. I thank President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi and the senior Egyptian officials who played a central role in this diplomacy as well as Amir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani of Qatar and his team for helping to bring these hostilities to an end.

President Biden called for an investigation Sunday into recent hostilities between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip as he offered his ...

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Joe Biden welcomes ceasefire agreed after three days of conflict triggered by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza Strip.

Unlike Hamas, Islamic Jihad is not responsible for running the day-to-day affairs of the impoverished territory. In recent years, however, increasing numbers of Jewish visitors, sometimes praying or with police escorts, have exacerbated longstanding Palestinian fears that Israel plans to annex the compound. “Since yesterday the electricity has only been on for three hours at a time. “We appreciate the Egyptian efforts that had been exerted to end the Israeli aggression against our people,” spokesperson Tareq Selmi said. The UN security council has scheduled an emergency meeting for Monday on the violence. The president also lamented the injury and death of civilians in Gaza, but did not specify who was responsible.