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The Palestinians will begin lobbying Security Council members for UN membership (Photo: File)

Palestinians launch bid for full UN membership

The Palestinians will launch a bid to become a full member of the United Nations

16 Jan 2019 12:24 PM IST

Hamas, which rules the territory, held Ahmad Said Barhoum for several months without trial before handing him over to the family, several of whose members belong to the Islamist movement. (Photo: Representational | AP)

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

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

3 March 2019 3:17 PM IST

Palestinian students inside their damaged building

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 IST

Israel said around 90 rockets were fired from the Palestinian enclave and its air defences intercepted dozens of them. (Photo:AP)

As many as 50 rockets fired at Israeli base from Gaza: Army

Gaza militants on Saturday fired a barrage of dozens of rockets at Israel, which responded with strikes that killed a...

4 May 2019 4:26 PM IST

Netanyahu has until October to face a pre-trial hearing after Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit announced in February his intention to indict the leader. (Photo:AP)

Israel hits Gaza after rocket sirens force Netanyahu off stage

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

11 Sept 2019 11:40 AM IST

Quoting security sources, Xinhua news agency reported that the Israeli planes fired several missiles at military posts that belong to Hamas militants in the southwest of Gaza City. (Photo: ANI Representational)

Israel strikes in Gaza after rocket attack Jerusalem

The exchange came hours after two Palestinian teenagers were killed by Israeli fire during clashes on the Gaza border.

7 Sept 2019 5:44 PM IST

Palestinians cross a bridge at Qalandia checkpoint between the West Bank city of Ramallah and Jerusalem. (AP)

Israel, Palestinians tighten restrictions as coronavirus reemerges

The Palestinian Authority put the West Bank city of Hebron on lockdown as well

24 Jun 2020 3:37 PM IST

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...

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

24 Aug 2020 2:38 PM IST

Smoke and flames rise after war planes belonging to the Israeli army carried out airstrikes over the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah. (AFP)

Israel launches fresh strikes on Hamas targets in Gaza in retaliation...

Despite a truce last year backed by UN, Egypt and Qatar, the two sides clash sporadically with rockets, mortar fire or...

13 Aug 2020 11:15 AM IST

Israeli ruthlessness was most evident in recent times by its retaliation on the Gaza Strip, horrific its ferocity and far exceeding any limits of justifiable and even acceptable retribution (Representational Image/AFP)

Mohan Guruswamy | Why State of Israel has lost its heroic sheen

Israel's heroic burnish is now dulled after the emergence of Israel as the pre-eminent and most ruthless power in the...

2 Aug 2022 11:50 PM IST

There is a strategic bent to Mr Bidens visit in the sense that he will be hoping that the message of his presence in Israel is strong enough to deter Iran, Syria and other powers, and militant players in the region, from expanding the war against Israel to more than the one front that the Hamas is involved in. (Image: AP)

AA Edit | Biden goes to Israel amid fears of a larger conflict

In his 15 years in office, the belligerent Netanyahu had never engaged in an all-out war

18 Oct 2023 12:00 AM IST

ormer J&K chief Minister Farooq Abdullah in Jammu. (PTI Photo)

Farooq seeks India, Pakistan peace dialogue

He warned that if the issues are not resolved amicably through a dialogue a Palestine-like situation might emerge in the...

27 Dec 2023 2:14 AM IST