Tag: Israeli armed forces
Gaza teeters on the brink as fighting with Israel escalates
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Screams and flying debris enveloped Umm Majed al-Rayyes as explosions hurled her from her bed in Gaza City. Groping...
Israeli airstrikes hit Hamas commander’s home, Gaza tunnels
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel unleashed new airstrikes on Gaza early Tuesday, hitting the high-rise home of a Hamas field commander and two...
Palestinian arrested over West Bank attack after 3-day chase
JERUSALEM — Israel's military and the Shin Bet security service said Thursday that they arrested a Palestinian suspect in a weekend drive-by shooting in...
Shadowy Hamas commander warns Israel over Jerusalem
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The shadowy leader of the armed wing of the Islamic militant group Hamas has issued his first public statement...
Israeli settlers attack Palestinian village after shooting
JERUSALEM — Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank overnight, setting brush fires and hurling stones, Palestinian officials and an...
Gazan behind Mars drone says visiting home is no small step
BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip — Space engineer Loay Elbasyouni was part of the NASA team that made history this month by launching an experimental...
EXPLAINER: New players add volatility in Jerusalem tensions
JERUSALEM — The holy city of Jerusalem, a tinderbox of competing religious and political claims, has repeatedly triggered bouts of Israeli-Palestinian violence.
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Shooting revives criticism of Israel’s use of deadly force
JERUSALEM — Hours after Israeli soldiers shot and killed Osama Mansour at a temporary checkpoint in the occupied West Bank, the military announced that...
Israel reports sirens near town of secretive nuclear reactor
JERUSALEM — The Israeli military says air raid sirens have sounded near Dimona, the desert town that is home to the country’s secretive nuclear...
Israel: Rocket from Gaza is 2nd in 24 hours; no injuries
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Israeli military says Palestinian militants fired a rocket from Gaza into the country’s south Friday, the second incident...