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A man carries a suitcase on his shoulder while members of the Palestinian security forces loyal to Hamas, mask-clad due to the coronavirus pandemic, stand guard at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, in the southern Gaza Strip, on 9 February 2021, which reopened after an Egyptian announcement to let through incoming traffic until further notice. Picture: SAID KHATIB/AFP

Gaza strip

Egypt opens Gaza border crossing 'indefinitely'

By AFP

Rafah is the only passage to the outside world for Gaza - a densely populated enclave of around two million Palestinians, half of whom live below the poverty...

  • A Palestinian protester uses a slingshot to hurl stones during clashes with Israeli forces near the fence along the border with Israel in the eastern Gaza Strip on 16 August 2019. Picture: AFP

    Israeli planes bomb Gaza as Egyptians seek to restore calm

    The strikes came as visiting Egyptian security officials strove to defuse the latest uptick in violence, a Hamas source said.

    246 days ago
  • Masked Palestinians inflate balloons before attaching flammable objects to them to be flown toward Israel, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on 8 August 2020. Picture: AFP

    Israel closes Gaza crossing after Palestinians launch incendiary balloons

    Israeli media reported that more than 30 fires were set around border communities by balloons carrying incendiary devices launched from Gaza.

    253 days ago
  • A ball of fire is seen following an Israel airstrike in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip early on 27 November 2019. Picture: AFP

    Israel strikes Gaza in response to rocket fire - army

    It said a weapons manufacturing site and underground infrastructure were among the sites targeted.

    512 days ago
  • Palestinians demonstrate near the fence along the border with Israel in the eastern Gaza Strip on 16 August 2019. Picture: AFP

    Israeli warplanes hit Gaza after Palestinian rocket attack

    The army said that Friday night's rocket launch at southern Israel was the first since 12 July.

    613 days ago
  • FILE: A view of the remains of structures hit by Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip. Picture: United Nations Photo.

    Israel reopens Gaza crossings as calm restored

    Both the Erez crossing for people and Kerem Shalom crossing for goods had been closed on 4 May, when Gaza rulers Hamas and its ally Islamic Jihad fired hundreds of rockets at Israel.

    710 days ago
  • A screengrab of US President Donald Trump.

    Trump says US backs Israel '100%' over Gaza escalation

    The tiny, densely populated enclave's health ministry said among those killed on Sunday were a pregnant woman and a four-month-old baby. The Israeli military declined to comment on the claim.

    717 days ago
  • Smoke plumes rising following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on 14 July 2018. Picture: AFP

    Dozens of rockets fired at Israel from Gaza, Israel responds

    Israel said around 50 rockets were fired from the Palestinian enclave and its air defence systems intercepted dozens of them.

    718 days ago
  • FILE: A member of Hamas' military police walks through rubble at a site that was hit by Israeli air strikes in Gaza City on 9 August 2018. Picture: AFP

    Israel strikes Gaza in response to rocket fire

    Around 30 strikes targeted positions held by the military wing of Hamas, which governs Gaza, and their ally Islamic Jihad, causing significant damage, a Gazan security source told AFP.

    769 days ago
  • Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas smiles during his meeting with the Italian foreign minister at the Palestinian Authority's headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah on 29 January 2019. Picture: AFP

    Palestinian president slams US dropping 'occupied' in report

    Donald Trump is expected to unveil his long-awaited plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace in the coming months.

    769 days ago
  • Palestinian men clear the rubble at the site of an Israeli air strike near an seaport under construction, near Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on 9 March 2019. Picture: AFP

    Israel hits Gaza in response to 'projectile' - army

    Security officials in Gaza said the strikes had not caused any casualties.

    774 days ago
  • Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks during a press conference at the presidential palace in Bogor, West Java on 18 August 2018. Sonny Tumbelaka/AFP

    Australia recognises West Jerusalem as Israel's capital but embassy not moving

    Morrison also confirmed Australia’s support for a two-state solution with a Palestinian capital in East Jerusalem.

    858 days ago
  • Palestine

    Israel army razes home of Palestinian attacker in night-long raid

    The incursion late Friday triggered clashes with angry residents following a week of rising tensions.

    858 days ago
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Picture: @IsraeliPM/Twitter

    Netanyahu avoids Israeli snap polls for now

    The announcement by Education Minister Naftali Bennett was a dramatic climbdown from his Jewish Home party's earlier threat to leave the coalition if he was not named defence minister.

    884 days ago
  • A picture taken on 12 November, 2018, shows a ball of fire above the building housing the Hamas-run television station al-Aqsa TV in the Gaza Strip during an Israeli air strike. Picture: AFP

    Deadly Gaza flare-up threatens to derail peace efforts

    The flare-up came after a deadly Israeli special forces operation in the Gaza Strip on Sunday that led Hamas to vow revenge.

    891 days ago
  • A Palestinian man walks on debris following an Israeli air strike around the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah on 17 October 2018. Picture: AFP

    Qatar announces aid for Gaza amid Israel truce talks

    The Gulf state will provide $100 each to 50,000 poor families in the 'next few days', a statement from Qatar's Gaza Reconstruction Committee said late Tuesday.

    896 days ago
  • FILE: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Picture: AFP.

    Israel’s Netanyahu threatens Hamas with ‘very strong blows’

    Israel on Friday suspended fuel deliveries to the Gaza Strip, after fresh protests along the border that saw seven Palestinians killed by Israeli troops.

    920 days ago
  • FILE: A member of Hamas' military police walks through rubble at a site that was hit by Israeli air strikes in Gaza City on 9 August 2018. Picture: AFP

    Gaza ceasefire holds after two-day flare-up, protests expected

    After a quiet night, Israel’s military told residents in the south they could return to their daily routines.

    985 days ago
  • A member of Hamas' military police walks through rubble at a site that was hit by Israeli air strikes in Gaza City on 9 August 2018. Picture: AFP

    Israel, Hamas agree truce to end Gaza flare-up - Palestinian officials

    There was no formal comment from Israel, but an Israeli official who spoke on condition of anonymity denied a cease-fire had been reached.

    986 days ago
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