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Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan dies in Israel after 87-day hunger strike

A Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader has died in Israeli custody after an 87-day hunger strike, as tensions around the Gaza Strip spiked.

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Ceasefire agreed after death of Palestinian hunger striker in Israeli custody sparks fighting

A Palestinian hunger striker died in Israeli custody on Tuesday, sparking an exchange of fire between Israel and armed groups in Gaza, before three Palestinian officials said the sides had agreed to a ceasefire.

Reuters

Gaza factions claim responsibility for rockets fired at Israel

An umbrella group representing armed factions in Gaza, including Hamas and Islamic Jihad, claimed responsibility on Tuesday for rockets fired into Israel following the death of a Palestinian hunger striker.

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Who was Khader Adnan, the Palestinian who died on hunger strike?

Khader Adnan, a spokesperson for the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, has died after a nearly three-month-long hunger strike.

Al Jazeera

Palestinian Khader Adnan dies in Israel jail after 87-day hunger strike

Adnan, who was affiliated with the Palestinian militant Islamic Jihad group, was found unconscious in his cell early on Tuesday

The Guardian - UK

Rocket Fire From Gaza After Palestinian Hunger Striker Dies

Rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip Tuesday, an AFP journalist witnessed, following the death in Israeli custody of a leading figure in the Islamic Jihad group who was on hunger strike. The Israeli military in a statement said "sirens sounded in the area of kibbutz Saad" close to the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

In First, Iran's President Addresses Palestinians in Gaza

Iran’s president on Friday delivered an unprecedented speech to an annual pro-Palestinian rally in the Gaza Strip — a display of Iran’s importance to the Hamas group that rules the territory. In a virtual address to hundreds of supporters of Hamas and the smaller Islamic Jihad group gathered at a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Israel strikes Lebanon and Gaza after worst attacks since 2006 war

Israel struck Hamas targets in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip following the most sustained barrage of rockets since a 2006 war.

Tribune News Service

Israeli army blames Palestinian groups for rockets fired from Lebanon

A barrage of rockets fired from Lebanon targeted Israel Thursday, a day after clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians inside Islam's third-holiest site drew warnings of retaliation from around the region.

France 24

Rockets Fired from Gaza Raise Tension as Passover Begins

Palestinian fighters fired a barrage of rockets early Thursday, setting off air raid sirens in southern Israel, as violence erupted for the second day in a row during a sensitive period of overlapping holidays. The barrage came after another tense night at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site, the Al-Aqsa Mosque,…

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Violence at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Raises Fears of Escalation

Israeli police stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City early Wednesday, firing stun grenades at Palestinians who hurled stones and firecrackers in a burst of violence during a sensitive holiday season. Palestinian militants in Gaza responded with rocket fire on southern Israel, prompting repeated Israeli airstrikes. The fighting, which…

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Al-Aqsa mosque: Palestinians injured and arrested in Israeli police raid

Israeli police have stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City, firing stun grenades and beating Palestinian youths who hurled stones and firecrackers in a burst of violence during a sensitive holiday seasons

The Independent UK

Jerusalem: Clashes inside Al Aqsa mosque as Israeli police fire stun grenades

The Independent UK

Violence at Jerusalem mosque prompts fears of wider fighting

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Palestinian commander killed in Syria buried in refugee camp

A Palestinian militant commander who was shot and killed in Syria has been buried in refugee camp on the edges of the Syrian capital, Damascus

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Al-Quds Brigades Says Commander Killed in Syria, Accuses Israel

A commander in the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad was killed in Syria on Sunday in what it described as an assassination by Israeli agents. The Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad group, said in a statement that Ali Ramzi al-Aswad, 31, was killed Sunday morning in…

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Israel Raid on West Bank Kills Four Palestinians

Israeli forces on Thursday killed four Palestinians including a teenager in the occupied West Bank, the latest deadly raid on Jenin which Israel said targeted "armed suspects". Dozens of masked, heavily armed men fired into the air as they paraded through the streets for the funerals of the four dead,…

France 24

Three Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in West Bank

Three Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, the Palestinian health ministry said, with an Israeli official saying they had opened fire first.

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France Asks Lebanon to Question 2 Suspects in 1983 Bombing

French authorities have asked Lebanese prosecutors to detain two people suspected of involvement in a 1983 bombing in Beirut that killed dozens of French troops, Lebanese judicial officials said Wednesday. It is highly unlikely that Lebanese authorities will detain the suspects nearly 40 years after the attacks. Neither has ever…

France 24

France asks Lebanon to question two suspects in 1983 bombing that targeted French troops

The Independent UK

France asks Lebanon to question 2 suspects in 1983 bombing

Lebnese officials say French authorities have asked Lebanese prosecutors to detain two people suspected of involvement in a 1983 bombing in Beirut that killed dozens of French troops, It is highly unlikely that Lebanese authorities will detain the suspects nearly 40 years after the attacks

Al Jazeera

Netanyahu says no freeze in settlement construction in West Bank

Several Israeli officials say government will not halt authorisation or construction of illegal settlement units.

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Deeply Concerned About Violence in Israel, West Bank

The State Department said Wednesday that the US is highly concerned by the levels of violence in Israel and the West Bank and feared that the impact of the recent Israeli raid in the West Bank could set back efforts to restore calm. State Department spokesman Ned Price said in…

Reuters

Israel-Gaza border heats up after West Bank violence

Gaza militants fired rockets and Israel carried out air strikes in a cross-border exchange on Thursday, after 11 Palestinians were killed a day earlier during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank, renewing concerns of a broader escalation.

ABC News

At least 11 Palestinians including gunmen and civilians killed during Israeli raid on West Bank city of Nablus, more than 100 wounded

The Israeli military says soldiers returned fire after being shot at while trying to detain militants suspected of planning imminent attacks.

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