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A demonstrator displays a placard reading: "Palestinian Lives Matter" during a pro-Palestinian protest in Berlin on May 19, 2021. Thousands of demonstrators marched waving Palestinian flags and shouting pro-Palestine slogans as Israel and the Palestinians were mired in their worst conflict in years. (John MACDOUGALL / AFP)

Syed Ata Hasnain | Imposed solutions in Mideast won’t work

A conflict occupied the world's centre space for seven decades can’t be artificially resolved without having on board all the stakeholders

20 May 2021 7:40 AM

Smoke and flames are seen following an Israeli air strike in the Khan Yunis town of the southern Gaza Strip on September 16, 2020. - Israel bombed sites in the Gaza Strip early Wednesday, Palestinian security sources said, after rocket fire from the Hamas-controlled territory into Israel the previous evening. The retaliatory attack came the morning after the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed a landmark accord in Washington establishing diplomatic relations with the Jewish state. (AFP)

Israeli jets bomb Gaza, 'coinciding' with Netanyahu's signing of normalisation deals

At least two rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip the previous evening, one of which was intercepted by Israel's anti-missile system

16 Sep 2020 12:11 PM

Palestinians attach an incendiary device to inflated plastic bags and condoms to be directed and flown towards Israel, near Rafah along the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel. (AFP)

Hamas calls on regional leaders to 'break silence' as US' Pompeo starts Middle East tour

Israel has bombed the coastal Palestinian strip, which is ruled by Hams, almost daily since August 6

24 Aug 2020 2:38 PM

As the rocket fire and Israeli air-strikes continued into the night, Gaza medical officials said 10 Palestinians had been killed, including Al-Atta and his wife. (Photo: AP)

Rockets rain from Gaza as Israel kills Islamic Jihad commander

Syria said Israel carried out the Damascus strike. Israel did not comment.

13 Nov 2019 8:26 PM

Hours earlier, bodyguards rushed Netanyahu to shelter in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod when the sirens sounded during a Tuesday evening rally. (Photo: File)

Israel hits Gaza after rocket sirens force Netanyahu off stage

The Israeli military said 15 targets were hit, including a weapons manufacturing facility.

11 Sep 2019 11:40 AM

The seminary, in the town of Sderot, was empty at the time of the rocket attack as students had left to return to their homes elsewhere to celebrate the Jewish Sabbath, which begins on Friday with their families. (Photo: AP)

Israeli jets hit Gaza after rocket fire into Sderot on Jewish Sabbath

The Israeli army said on Friday that it ‘holds Hamas responsible for all events transpiring within the Gaza Strip and emanating from it.’

14 Jun 2019 2:21 PM

Palestinian students inside their damaged school nearby a building that was destroyed by Israeli airstikes, in Gaza. (Photo: ANI)

Israel repoens Gaza crossings on Sunday

The developments came after a week that saw violent clashes along the Israel-Gaza border.

12 May 2019 1:43 PM

In 2015, the US also retaliated with drone strike to kill ISIL hacker group in-charge Junaid Hussain. (Photo: ANI)

Israel responds to a cyber attack with an air strike

The militant group failed in the attempted cyber offensive, but the IDF hit the building, claiming it wiped out Hamas' cyber operations.

07 May 2019 10:57 AM

This makes it harder for companies around the world to keep tabs on the group’s cryptocurrency financing.

Hamas shifts tactics in bitcoin fundraising, highlighting crypto risks

The Gaza-based Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades has been calling on its supporters to donate using the digital currency.

28 Apr 2019 2:23 PM

Benjamin Netanyahu has not yet commented on the claim. (Photo: AFP)

Israeli air strikes hit sites across Gaza Strip, ceasefire reached

Hamas said Egypt had brokered the ceasefire following the escalation that came before Israel's April 9 elections.

26 Mar 2019 9:30 AM

Late Wednesday, Israeli aircraft targeted several militant sites in Gaza after an "explosive balloon" launched from the Palestinian enclave damaged a house in Israel. (Photo: Representational | AP)

Israel hits Hamas sites after balloons sent with 'explosive device'

'No injuries or damage were reported, said a Hamas security source.

03 Mar 2019 3:17 PM

The Gaza Strip's economy is in "free fall," a report from the World Bank warned Tuesday, calling for urgent action by Israel and the international community to avoid "immediate collapse."

World Bank report warns Gaza Strip economy is in 'free fall'

A combination of war, isolation, and internal rivalries has left Gaza in a crippling economic state.

25 Sep 2018 1:38 PM

The resolution deplored Israel's use of 'excessive, disproportionate and indiscriminate force' against Palestinian civilians and called for protection measures for Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. (Photo: File)

Israel condemned over Gaza violence by 120 countries at UN

An amendment presented by the US condemning Hamas for ‘inciting violence’ did not garner the required two-thirds majority and was rejected.

14 Jun 2018 10:48 AM

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Friday for an independent investigation into deadly clashes in Gaza between Palestinians and Israeli troops, while Security Council members urged restraint on both sides. (Photo: File)

Independent, transparent investigation: UN chief on recent clashes in Gaza

15 people were killed and more than 750 wounded by Israeli fire as Palestinian protesters marched to Gaza’s border with Israel.

31 Mar 2018 4:08 PM

‘The US ambassador in Tel Aviv is a settler and a son of a dog,’ Abbas said in comments to Palestinian leaders in Ramallah. (Photo: AP)

Palestinian Prez Abbas calls US envoy to Israel ‘son of a dog’

Relations between Abbas's government and Trump's administration have broken down since the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

20 Mar 2018 2:06 PM

Tensions between the extremist Islamic State group's branch in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula and Palestinian Hamas group based in nearby Gaza, which has been building for more than a year. (Photo: File/Representational)

ISIS threatens rival Hamas with video, executes accused accomplice

‘In the video, the man accused of collaborating with Hamas' military wing is executed.’

05 Jan 2018 5:35 PM

'Hamas must not be offered free gifts, and I will convene a meeting on Sunday, in order to find a concrete and legal solution to keep putting pressure on Hamas, says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo: AP)

Cannot keep Paletanian soldiers’ bodies: Israel Supreme Court

Current legislation does not allow refusal to return the bodies, the court said, following a motion filed by families of nine Palestinians.

15 Dec 2017 3:00 PM

Whether violence would further spiral in the Palestinian territories and elsewhere was being closely watched, with Friday marking a second day of unrest. (Photo: AFP)

2 Palestinians killed, dozens wounded in Israeli air strikes; US isolated at UN

Following the first two rockets, Israel responded with air strikes on two Hamas military facilities in the Gaza Strip.

09 Dec 2017 11:27 AM

Sporadic clashes broke out between Palestinians and Israeli forces on Thursday, as Israel deployed hundreds more troops to the occupied West Bank amid uncertainty over the fallout. (Photo: AFP)

Violence breaks out after Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli capital

Trump's announcement was met by an almost universal diplomatic backlash.

08 Dec 2017 10:41 AM

Haniyeh called on Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to withdraw from peacemaking with Israel and on Arabs to boycott the Trump administration. (Photo: AFP)

In lieu of Trump’s Jerusalem declaration, Palestine’s Hamas calls for uprising

Israel and the United States consider Hamas, which has fought three wars with Israel since 2007, a terrorist organisation.

07 Dec 2017 6:37 PM

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