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Palestinians and Israelis resume normal life after Gaza truce

Life on both sides of the Gaza Strip border began returning to normal on Sunday after an Egyptian-mediated ceasefire halted five days of fighting between Israel and Islamic Jihad, which killed 34 Palestinians and an Israeli.

Reuters

Cease-fire between Israel and militants in Gaza appears to hold after days of fighting

A fragile cease-fire between Israeli forces and militants in the Gaza Strip appears to be holding, after a five-day clash that killed 33 Palestinians and two people in Israel

The Independent UK

Israel and Islamic Jihad reach cease-fire to end 5 days of fighting

A fragile cease-fire between Israeli forces and militants in the Gaza Strip appeared to be holding Sunday after a five-day clash that killed 33 Palestinians and two people in Israel.

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Israel and Islamic Jihad reach cease-fire to end five days of fighting

Israel and the Islamic Jihad militant group in the Gaza Strip agreed to an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire late Saturday, ending five days of intense fighting that left 33 Palestinians, including at least 13 civilians, dead. Two people in Israel were killed by rocket fire.

France 24

Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza trade fire; 2 Palestinians killed in West Bank raid

Israel and Palestinian militants were unleashing of fire for a fourth day, with the Islamic Jihad militant group launching over a thousand rockets and the Israeli military pounding targets inside the Gaza Strip

The Independent UK

Palestinian rockets fired towards Jerusalem, Israel kills militant leader

A Palestinian armed group on Friday fired rockets towards Jerusalem for the first time in fighting this week, and Israel killed another militant leader with its air strikes in Gaza, while Egypt tried to forge a ceasefire.

Reuters

Israel’s prime target: What is Palestinian Islamic Jihad?

The armed group was founded in 1981 with the aim of resisting Israel’s illegal occupation.

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Gaza Strip fighting intensifies on third day despite Egypt ceasefire efforts

Clashes between Israel and militants leave 29 dead so far, with airstrikes targeting homes of Palestinian Islamic Jihad leaders

The Guardian - UK

Israel kills senior Gaza commanders as rockets cause first death in Israel

Israel killed the head of Islamic Jihad's rocket force and his deputy, pressing an operation that has cost 30 lives in Gaza including women and children, while Palestinian cross-border rocket salvoes inflicted a first fatality in Israel on Thursday.

Reuters

Leading Islamic Jihad commander among 23 killed by Israeli airstrike on Gaza Strip

On Tuesday a seperate Israel attack killed three other commanders of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad

Evening Standard

Israel kills another militant commander in Gaza as fighting goes on, truce efforts falter

Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip have killed a fourth militant commander, raising the death toll from the latest burst of fighting to 25

The Independent UK

Israel bombs Gaza Strip, killing three Islamic Jihad leaders and nine civilians

Hamas and Islamic Jihad vow to retaliate after Israeli launches overnight strikes despite ceasefire

The Guardian - UK

Israel carries out deadly air strikes against Islamic Jihad targets in Gaza

Israel killed three senior commanders of the militant Islamic Jihad group in targeted airstrikes early Tuesday, the military said. Palestinian health officials said 13 people were killed in all, including the commanders, their wives, several of their children and others nearby.

France 24

75 Years After the Nakba, Palestinians Still Long for Return

From her modest home in the blockaded Gaza Strip, Amina al-Dabai remembers the very different world in which she grew up more than seven decades ago. Born in 1934, Dabai was still only a child when Israel was created on May 14, 1948. Now she is one of 5.9 million…

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Israel Extends Closure of West Bank, Gaza

The Israeli army on Sunday announced that all crossing points of the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip would remain closed until Wednesday for security reasons.

The Guardian - UK

Holiday rites without clashes in Jerusalem but region braces for further violence

Al-Aqsa mosque compound tensions have triggered cross-border fighting in Gaza and drawn in Lebanon and Syria

The Independent UK

Israel beefs up security for Jerusalem religious ceremonies

Israel’s defense minister has extended a closure barring entrance to Israel for Palestinians from the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip for the duration of the Jewish holiday of Passover, while police are preparing forces in Jerusalem on the eve of sensitive religious celebrations

Al Jazeera

After a night of air raids, Palestinians in Gaza fear escalation

The Gaza Strip endured a night of bombardment as Israeli fighter jets conducted raids on several sites in the territory.

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Israel Stages Rare Strikes in Lebanon, also Hits Gaza Strip

Israel launched rare strikes in southern Lebanon early Friday and pressed on with bombing targets in the Gaza Strip, marking a widening escalation in the region following violence this week at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site. The cross-border fighting erupted during a time of heightened religious fervor — when Jews…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Trapped and Jobless, Gaza Youths Look for a Way Out

Sabreen Abu Jazar was only hours from completing the perilous journey from Gaza to meet her husband in Europe last month when her migrant boat flipped and sank 100 meters from the Greek coast. Her body was finally returned home this week. "She phoned me just before travelling and asked…

Reuters

Trapped and jobless, Gaza youths look for a way out

Sabreen Abu Jazar was only hours from completing the perilous journey from Gaza to meet her husband in Europe last month when her migrant boat flipped and sank 100 metres from the Greek coast. Her body was finally returned home this week.

The Independent UK

Israel repeals 2005 act on West Bank settlement pullout

Israeli lawmakers have repealed a 2005 act that saw four Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank dismantled at the same time as Israeli forces withdraw from the Gaza Strip

Asharq Al-Awsat

Army: Rocket Fired from Gaza Lands on Southern Israel

The Israeli military said Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired a rocket toward southern Israel Saturday evening. The rocket fell and exploded in an open area, triggering warning sirens in the Nahal Oz community to the east of Gaza City. There were no reports of casualties or damage.

Al Jazeera

Gaza ‘waiting for war every moment’ as Israel tension surges

Embattled residents in the Gaza Strip live in a perpetual state of fear of yet another war launched by Israel.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israeli Airstrikes Hit Gaza Strip

The Israeli army launched airstrikes on targets in the Gaza Strip at dawn on Thursday, after rockets were fired from the territory into Israel about two hours earlier. Shortly after 6:00 am local time (0400 GMT), black smoke rose over one of the targeted locations north of Gaza City. In…

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