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Hamas, Israel fighting escalates even amid truce efforts

May 13, 2021 at 9:21 a.m.

Hamas sent a heavy barrage of rockets deep into Israel on Thursday, and Israel pounded Gaza with more airstrikes. The relentless escalation of hostilities came even as Egyptian negotiators held...

Weary Gaza marks Muslim feast as violence spreads in Israel

May 13, 2021 at 5:50 a.m.

Weary Palestinians somberly marked the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on Thursday, as Hamas and Israel traded more rockets and airstrikes and Jewish-Arab violence raged across Israel.

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Israel steps up Gaza offensive, kills senior Hamas figures

May 12, 2021 at 5:15 p.m.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Israel on Wednesday pressed ahead with a fierce military offensive in the Gaza Strip, killing as many as 10 senior Hamas military figures and toppling...

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Escalating Mideast violence bears hallmarks of 2014 Gaza war

May 12, 2021 at 10:12 a.m.

Rockets streamed out of Gaza and Israel pounded the territory with airstrikes early Wednesday as the most severe outbreak of violence since the 2014 war took on many hallmarks of...

Israel steps up airstrikes as Gaza militants fire hundreds of rockets

May 5, 2019 at 4:01 p.m.

Gaza militants fired hundreds of rockets into southern Israel on Sunday, killing at least four Israelis and bringing life to a standstill across the region in the bloodiest fighting since...

An effigy of the U.S. President Donald Trump is set on fire during an annual anti-Israeli Al-Quds, Jerusalem, Day rally in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 8, 2018. Iranians attended the rallies across the country to condemn Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Palestinians killed in protest near Gaza-Israeli border

June 8, 2018 at 9:29 p.m.

Israeli troops fired live rounds and tear gas as thousands of Palestinians protested near the Gaza border fence Friday, and at least four demonstrators were killed, including a teenage boy,...

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7 killed, scores wounded by Israeli fire in Gaza protest

April 6, 2018 at 9:26 p.m.

Thousands of Palestinians protested along Gaza's sealed border with Israel on Friday, engulfing the volatile area in black smoke from burning tires to try to block the view of Israeli...

Palestinian women try to bring baseball to Gaza

March 20, 2017 at 8:01 a.m.

The young Palestinian women substitute Islamic headscarves for baseball caps and field tennis balls with fabric gloves, giving a decidedly local feel to the great American pastime.

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