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Senior Militant among More than 15 Dead as Israel Strikes Gaza

A senior militant from Islamic Jihad was among more than 15 people killed in Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip Friday, prompting the militant group to warn Israel has "started a war". A child was among those killed in the strikes, the enclave's health ministry said, while Israel's military…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 5, 2022

Israeli strikes kill senior Gaza militant, prompting retaliatory rocket fire

Israel pounded Gaza with air strikes Friday, killing more than 15 people, including a top militant, and triggering a barrage of retaliatory rocket fire from the territory. Israel said it was targeting the Islamic Jihad militant group amid days of heightened tensions following the arrest of a senior militant in…

France 24 · Aug 5, 2022

Israelis protest near Gaza to demand return of captives

A couple of hundred Israelis have protested near the Gaza Strip to demand the return of a captive and the remains of two soldiers held by the territory’s militant Hamas rulers

The Independent UK · Aug 5, 2022

Israeli army says Hamas is rebuilding capabilities in Gaza

The Israeli army says the Hamas militant group has rebuilt some of the capabilities that were damaged during last year's Gaza war

The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2022

Israeli Army Says Hamas Is Rebuilding Capabilities in Gaza

The Israeli army said on Wednesday that Hamas has rebuilt some of the capabilities that were damaged during last year's Gaza war, including three new tunnels and a series of weapons manufacturing and storage sites. The army published aerial imagery and maps showing what it said are tunnels, weapons factories…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 27, 2022

Israel accuses Hamas of hiding weapons depots near civilian buildings

Israel published images on Wednesday which officials said showed weapons depots and tunnels in Gaza near a school, a Pepsi factory and other buildings and accused the Palestinian militant group Hamas of deliberately hiding them in civilian areas.

Reuters · Jul 27, 2022

Analysis: Increased Israel-Iran confrontations risk war

Regional tensions will continue even if the nuclear deal between Iran and the West is restored.

Al Jazeera · Jul 26, 2022

Palestinian Lawyers Protest Against Abbas’s ‘Rule by Decree’

Hundreds of Palestinian lawyers held a street protest Monday against what they described as the Palestinian Authority’s “rule by decree,” condemning president Mahmoud Abbas for governing without a parliament. The Palestinian Legislative Council — created under the Oslo Peace Accords with Israel — has been inactive since 2007, meaning Abbas…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 26, 2022

Israel Demolishes Homes of Suspected Palestinian Attackers

The Israeli military demolished the homes on Tuesday of two Palestinians suspected of killing an Israeli security guard in a West Bank settlement in April. Vyacheslav Golev was killed in a shooting at the entrance of a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank on April 29. The Palestinian militant…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 26, 2022

Palestinian lawyers protest against Abbas governing by ‘decree’

The Palestinian parliament has been inactive since 2007, leaving Mahmoud Abbas to rule without a functioning parliament.

Al Jazeera · Jul 25, 2022