The Latest Breaking News from Gaza

Gaza attack: What is the Palestinian Islamic Jihad?

Palestinian Islamic Jihad was founded in 1981 with the aim of establishing a Palestinian state in occupied territories.

Al Jazeera · Aug 6, 2022

Gazans said they got 15 minute warning before Israeli strikes destroyed homes

As Israel's campaign against the militant Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza moved into its second day on Saturday, residents of houses targeted for destruction said they were given 15 minutes warning to evacuate.

Reuters · Aug 6, 2022

Explosions seen in Gaza city as Israel and Palestinian militants exchange fire

Israel and Gaza militants have exchanged fire after eleven people were killed in air strikes. The fighting that began on Friday with Israel’s dramatic targeted killing of a senior commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group continued throughout the night, drawing the sides closer to an all-out war.

Evening Standard · Aug 6, 2022

Israel bombs Gaza Strip for second day in ‘pre-emptive operation’

Health authorities in Palestinian enclave report 15 dead in Israeli attacks targeting Islamic Jihad

The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2022

EXPLAINER: What is driving the current Israel-Gaza violence

Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip are exchanging fire in the worst bout of cross-border violence since an 11-day war between Israel and Hamas last year

The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2022

Egypt Mediating to End War on Gaza

Egypt is mediating to end the latest Israeli war on the Palestinian Gaza Strip that erupted on Friday when Tel Aviv killed a senior “Islamic Jihad” commander in an air strike on the coastal enclave.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 6, 2022

Israel airstrikes kill at least 11 people in Gaza including 5 year-old girl

Palestinian officials said one of those who had died was senior militant as Islamic Jihad threatened revenge attack

The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2022

Air strikes, rocket attacks push Israel, Gaza into second day of fighting

Israeli air strikes pounded Gaza while the militant Islamic Jihad group fired hundreds of rockets into Israel on Saturday as a cross-border clash continued into a second day, killing at least six people, including four children.

Reuters · Aug 6, 2022

Israel pounds Gaza with air strikes, arrests militant suspects in West Bank

Israel pounded Gaza with air strikes on Saturday, prompting Palestinian retaliatory rocket fire as Israeli forces broadened their offensive in the West Bank, arresting 20 people in early morning raids. Israel’s latest “pre-emptive counter-terror operation” has sparked fears of escalated violence in the Palestinian Territories.

France 24 · Aug 6, 2022

Israel and Gaza militants exchange fire after deadly strikes

Israeli jets pounded militant targets in Gaza as rockets rained on southern Israel, hours after a wave of Israeli airstrikes on the coastal enclave killed at least 10 people, including a senior militant and a 5-year-old girl

The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2022