GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories, Dec 1: Israel's military said Friday it had resumed fighting in Gaza, with airstrikes and artillery fire reported in Gaza City, as a truce expired with no agreement to extend it.
"Hamas violated the operational pause, and in addition
GAZA, Nov 23: Israel and the Gaza-ruling Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) confirmed Wednesday a cease-fire agreement in the conflict-ridden Gaza Strip for four days, to allow for more aid delivery to Gaza as well as the exchange of Israeli hostages held by the armed Palestinian faction and Palestinian prisoners ja
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 7: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Monday that the unfolding catastrophe in Gaza makes a humanitarian cease-fire more urgent with every passing hour.
The nightmare in Gaza is more than a humanitarian crisis. It is a crisis of humanity. The intensif
May 10: Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip have fired more than 60 rockets toward Israel after the Israeli military said it carried out a series of air strikes on Islamic Jihad rocket launchers.
At least two Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, health officials say.
JERUSALEM, Aug. 8: Israel confirmed on Sunday it has agreed an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in the Gaza Strip, ending the deadly Israeli airstrikes and the barrage of Palestinian rockets for three days.
Lior Hayat, head of Israel's National Public Diplomacy Directorate, said in a statement that the cease-fire would take effect at 11:30 p.m. local time (2030 GMT).
"If the cease-fire is violated, Israel reserves the right to respond forcefully," Hayat added.
Israel also thanked Egypt for mediating the cease-fire.
Starting Friday, Israel unleashed a series of airstrikes targeting PIJ sites in Gaza, killing at least 43 people including 15 children, according to the Palestinian health ministry in Gaza.
In response, the PIJ and other militants in Gaza fired more than 950 rockets at cities in southern and central Israel, causing no fatalities.