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Israel strikes Hamas targets as Gaza conflict continues

As the conflict entered its second week on Monday, violence showed no signs of easing with heavy Israeli airstrikes in Gaza and continued rocket fire from Hamas in southern Israel.

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Pro-Palestine protesters take to streets of cities across Europe

Tear gas and water cannons were turned on protests in Paris, while similar demonstrations took place across France and in London, Madrid, and Berlin.

Israel

'Shocked and terrified': Israeli strike flattens Gaza media building

The high-rise building, which housed several media outlets including AP and Al-Jazeera, was targeted by an Israeli airstrike on Saturday afternoon.

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Can the EU play a role as Israeli-Palestinian violence escalates?

Beyond issuing statements urging calm, can European diplomacy have an actual impact in defusing the recent surge in Israeli-Palestinian violence?

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US envoy arrives for talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials

At least 126 people have been killed, including 31 children and 20 women in Gaza so far; in Israel, seven people have been killed, including a 6-year-old boy and a soldier.

Israel

Israeli-Palestinian clashes: How did we get here?

Rockets fired at Jerusalem, Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, tensions are running high in the holy land.

Israel

Rocket barrage fired at Israel after Hamas commanders killed

A 6-year old was killed on Wednesday evening in a rocket strike on an apartment building in the Israeli city of Sderot, becoming the latest victim of the recent flare-up in violence.

Israel

At least 90 Palestinians wounded as unrest continues in Jerusalem

Israeli police on Saturday clashed with Palestinian protesters in a show of force that threatened to deepen the holy city's worst religious unrest in several years.

Israel

Israel guilty of apartheid and persecution, says rights watchdog

Human Rights Watch joins a growing number of rights groups who view the conflict not primarily as a land dispute but as a single regime in which Palestinians are systematically denied basic rights granted to Jews.

Israel

Israel: Netanyahu denounces ICC war crimes move as 'anti-Semitism'

Israel could face war crimes investigation after an International Criminal Court ruling extended its jurisdiction to territories Israel occupied in the 1967 Mideast war.

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ICC clears way for war crimes probe of Israeli actions

The International Criminal Court said that its jurisdiction extends to territories occupied by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war, clearing the way for its chief prosecutor to open a war crimes probe into Israeli military actions.

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Israeli firm extracts drinking water from air to help people in Gaza

New, innovative technology is looking to solve the chronic water crisis on the Gaza strip.

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Israeli jets strike Gaza after militants fire rockets

Israeli jets strike Gaza after militants fire rockets

Israel

Israel launches strikes on Hamas sites in Gaza after rocket attack

There were no reports of casualties after the Israeli air force launched strikes in locations in the Gaza Strip after it blamed Hamas for launching a rocket into southern Israel.

Gaza

Saeb Erekat, longtime spokesman for Palestinians, dies at 65

Saeb Erekat, a veteran peace negotiator and prominent international spokesman for the Palestinians for more than three decades, died on Tuesday, weeks after being infected by the coronavirus.

Israel

Israel’s annexation plans 'illegal': UN human rights chief

The consequences are likely to be "disastrous for the Palestinians, for Israel itself, and for the wider region," warns UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet.

Israel

Germany warns Israel against West Bank annexation plans

"Annexation would not be compatible with international law," German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said in Jerusalem, calling instead for "a negotiated, consensual two-state solution".

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Euroviews. Palestinians need business and opportunity more than a flawed Middle East peace plan ǀ View

Rather than a top-down solution crafted in Washington DC (a strategy that has failed for three decades), the world should focus on “quick wins” to reinvigorate the Palestinian economy and increase startup programmes, business ties and social integration between Israelis and Palestinians.

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Abbas to cut ties with Israel and US over Trump peace plan

The Palestinian leadership has been under mounting pressure to cut off security ties with Israel and the U.S.

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Israel strikes Gaza in retaliation for rocket attack

The Israeli airforce struck Hamas targets in Gaza on Thursday after a rocket was fired from the Palestinian enclave, Israel Defense Forces said.