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[OPINION] Israel-Gaza’s risky brinkmanship
The violent instability - where Israel and Gaza are increasingly alternating between ceasefires and gunfire - is a classic form of brinkmanship.
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Palestinian knife attack kills Israeli in the West Bank, assailant dead
The Israeli ambulance service Magen David Adom said that one of the men wounded was in serious condition and the other sustained light injuries.
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Gaza militants launch heavy barrage into Israel
There were no immediate reports of casualties from either side after more than 25 projectiles were launched from the Gaza Strip.
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Tutu ‘heartbroken & distressed’ over deadly Gaza attack
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu says he’s praying for God to open the eyes and hearts of all citizens of the holy land.
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‘Apartheid Israel can be defeated’
Protesters say the US’s decision to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is regrettable.
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Victims of Gaza attack to be laid to rest
The violence on the Gaza-Israel border, which took place as the US opened its new embassy in Jerusalem, was the bloodiest for Palestinians since the 2014 Gaza conflict.
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Gaza strip death toll
Number of Palestinians killed along the border of the Gaza Strip by Israeli forces since the 'Great March of Return' protest began on 30 March 2018.
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Alanis Morissette set to return to Israel for concert
The Canadian star hasn't played in Israel since 2012, which came just a few weeks after a cease-fire was introduced to end an eight-day conflict involving Israel in the Hamas-governed Gaza Strip.
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International Criminal Court prosecutor calls for end to violence in Gaza
Fatou Bensouda said in a statement “any new alleged crime committed in the context of the situation in Palestine may be subjected to my Office’s scrutiny”.
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Victims of Israel-Gaza violence to be laid to rest
Among the victims was a video journalist and two teenage boys aged 16 and 17.
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Thousands gather to bury filmmaker killed while covering Israel-Gaza violence
A 31-year-old popular Gaza filmmaker, Yasser Murtaja, was shot in the lower abdomen by Israeli forces despite wearing a blue-and-white vest with the word “PRESS” emblazoned on the front.
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Israeli fire kills Palestinian at Gaza border, with more protests ahead
The Israeli military said one of its aircraft targeted an armed militant near the security fence along the Gaza Strip.
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Another Palestinian killed near Gaza-Israel border as more protests loom
Tens of thousands of Palestinians began a six-week-long protest last Friday in tent encampments set up along the fenced border of the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip.
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Funerals of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces underway in Gaza
According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, 17 Palestinians were killed and more than 1,400 wounded in the ensuing violence between protestors and soldiers.
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Israel deploys 100 sharpshooters on Gaza border for Palestinian protests: army
Citing security concerns, the Israeli military enforces a “no go” zone for Palestinians on land in Gaza adjacent to Israel’s border fence.
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Israeli interceptors deployed against machine gun fire, not rockets: army
Earlier, Israeli media had reported that Iron Dome had intercepted a number of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip.
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Israeli military says carried out Gaza operation against attack tunnel
Israeli forces foiled an attempt by the Hamas militant group to rebuild an attack tunnel, the Israeli military said.
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Israeli troops clash with Palestinian protesters in West Bank, Gaza
Eleven protesters were hit by live fire and another 20 by rubber bullets, medics said.
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Israeli army says 2 rockets launched at Israel from Gaza landed short
Sirens sounded in Israel at various locations around the northern Gaza Strip on a day of heightened tensions following demonstrations in the coastal enclave and the occupied West Bank.
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Gaza militant rocket hits Israel, Israel responds with air strikes, shells
The rocket caused no injuries or damage in Sderot, where it landed in a residential area, police said.
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Pirouettes & plenty of pink at Gaza's only ballet school
50 girls aged 5-8 are now enrolled in the ballet school at the Al-Qattan Center for Children in Gaza.
