Gaza strip
Rich heritage buried under impoverished Gaza Strip
In the Gaza Strip, ruled by Hamas and repeatedly ravaged by war, people are more familiar with burying the dead than digging up their heritage.
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Israel strikes Gaza after border clashes
The Israeli military said it carried out air strikes against four weapons sites and that it had reinforced its Gaza division with additional troops.
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Egypt intel chief expected in occupied Palestinian territories after truce
Kamel was set to meet with Palestinian leadership, Palestinian civil affairs minister Hussein al-Sheikh said on Twitter, following the truce on 21 May that ended 11 days of deadly exchange of fire between Israel and armed Palestinian groups.
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Life slowly resumes in ravaged Gaza Strip after ceasefire
The Egypt-brokered truce halted Israeli airstrikes on the crowded Palestinian territory and rockets fired by Palestinian armed groups at Israel since 10 May.
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Israeli police, Palestinians in fresh clashes at Al-Aqsa compound
Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said "riots broke out" at the Al-Aqsa esplanade which is Islam's third holiest site and also revered by Jews, who call it the Temple Mount.
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Death toll climbs in Israel-Gaza conflict amid frantic diplomacy
Israel's intense bombing campaign has killed 213 Palestinians, including 61 children, and wounded more than 1,400 people in Gaza. The death toll on the Israeli side rose to 12 when a volley of rockets Hamas fired at the southern Eshkol region killed two Thai nationals working in a factory and wounded several others.
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Inside weeks of deadly violence between Israel and Palestinians
Here’s a recap of events leading up to and since violence escalated on 10 May with heavy military exchanges of fire.
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Gaza pummelled by fresh Israeli strikes, more than 200 dead in a week
Overnight Sunday to Monday, Israel launched dozens of strikes in the space of a few minutes across the crowded coastal Palestinian enclave controlled by Islamist group Hamas, according to AFP journalists at the scene.
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Israel pounds Gaza as US envoy arrives for talks
Ten members of a single family -- eight children and two women -- were killed when a three-storey building in Shati refugee camp collapsed following an Israel strike.
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Egypt opens Gaza border crossing 'indefinitely'
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 line - that is not controlled by Israel.
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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.
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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.
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Israel strikes Gaza in response to rocket fire - army
It said a weapons manufacturing site and underground infrastructure were among the sites targeted.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
