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Media demand Israel explain destruction of news offices in Gaza

News organizations demanded an explanation for an Israeli airstrike that targeted and destroyed a Gaza City building housing the offices of The Associated Press, Al-Jazeera and other media outlets

Media demand Israel explain destruction of news offices in Gaza
Updated On : 16 May 2021 | 7:40 AM IST

Israeli Forces launch more attacks, causing power shutdown in Gaza City

Power supply was cut off in Gaza City, the largest city in Palestine, as a result of Israeli strikes against the Gaza Strip, a source told Sputnik."The Israeli Air Force simultaneously launched a series of rocket attacks on the Gaza Strip, the cities of Gaza - Khan Yunis, the northern area, and Rafah; electricity was cut off in the city of Gaza amid the strikes," the source said.There have been reports of the main office of the Hamas political bureau having been destroyed in Gaza, but this information has not been officially confirmed.The Israeli strikes came after the resumption of rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip on the night from Saturday to Sunday.According to Sputnik sources, the Israeli forces targeted a high-rise building in Gaza on Saturday, after warning its residents in advance. Earlier, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said they had struck a 15-story building that housed a number of international media such as the Associated Press and Al-Jazeera. The IDF said the building .

Israeli Forces launch more attacks, causing power shutdown in Gaza City
Updated On : 16 May 2021 | 6:42 AM IST

Pro-Palestinian protesters in major US cities decry airstrikes over Gaza

Pro-Palestinian protesters took to the streets of Los Angeles, Boston, Philadelphia and other US cities to demand an end to Israeli airstrikes over the Gaza Strip.

Pro-Palestinian protesters in major US cities decry airstrikes over Gaza
Updated On : 16 May 2021 | 6:36 AM IST

Failing peace: Here's why Gaza Strip is almost always mired in conflict

The latest eruption of violence has raised the specter of another devastating war and once again drawn international attention to the impoverished, densely populated strip

Failing peace: Here's why Gaza Strip is almost always mired in conflict
Updated On : 15 May 2021 | 8:46 AM IST

26 Palestinians and two Israelis dead in Gaza violence, says report

Israel launches strikes on Gaza as Hamas militants fire rockets

26 Palestinians and two Israelis dead in Gaza violence, says report
Updated On : 11 May 2021 | 9:55 PM IST

Hamas and Israel exchange fire as Jerusalem unrest ignites Gaza

Rockets strike Israel, Israeli planes hit Gaza; Jerusalem unrest stokes conflict

Hamas and Israel exchange fire as Jerusalem unrest ignites Gaza
Updated On : 11 May 2021 | 7:36 PM IST

20 Palestinians killed in fighting with Israel, including 9 children

Palestinian health officials in the Gaza Strip say a total of 20 people, including nine children, have been killed in fighting with Israel

20 Palestinians killed in fighting with Israel, including 9 children
Updated On : 11 May 2021 | 6:44 AM IST

Israel-Palestine conflict: Covid-19 lockdown brings new misery to Gaza

Ahmed Eissa, a father of two living in the Gaza Strip, was already struggling to make ends meet on USD 7 a day, dealing with frequent electricity cuts and worried that another war might break out. Then the coronavirus found its way into the impoverished Palestinian territory, just as Israel was tightening its blockade in a standoff with Gaza's militant Hamas rulers, and a strict lockdown has confined everyone to their homes. Now Eissa doesn't know how he will feed his family. I don't have savings and I don't have a job, so no one would lend me money," he said. "I won't beg from anyone." The restrictions imposed by Hamas are aimed at averting what many fear would be an even bigger catastrophe: a wide-scale outbreak in a population of 2 million people confined to a territory where the health care system has been devastated by years of war and isolation. The lockdown was triggered by the discovery earlier this week of the first locally spread cases, after months in which infections w

Israel-Palestine conflict: Covid-19 lockdown brings new misery to Gaza
Updated On : 28 Aug 2020 | 1:11 PM IST

Hamas imposes lockdown after four new coronavirus cases emerge in Gaza

The lockdown will cover all Gaza's districts starting from Monday night, including the closure of all official and educational institutions

Hamas imposes lockdown after four new coronavirus cases emerge in Gaza
Updated On : 25 Aug 2020 | 12:34 PM IST

Closure of border crossing by Israel incurs heavy losses on Gaza Strip

The chairman pointed out that the humanitarian situation in Gaza has been deteriorating, noting that 80 per cent of the people live under the poverty line

Closure of border crossing by Israel incurs heavy losses on Gaza Strip
Updated On : 24 Aug 2020 | 1:14 PM IST

Gaza factions vow to end Israeli blockade, respond to military raids

The Palestinian resistance has the right to respond to Israeli attacks as well as "its aggression against our people," said the statement

Gaza factions vow to end Israeli blockade, respond to military raids
Updated On : 22 Aug 2020 | 10:17 AM IST

Israel hits Gaza militant sites after incendiary balloons, targets Hamas

The military said its targets included a compound used by Hamas' naval force and underground infrastructure and observation posts

Israel hits Gaza militant sites after incendiary balloons, targets Hamas
Updated On : 15 Aug 2020 | 8:36 AM IST

Israeli military says 2 Gaza rockets hit southern part, hits Hamas targets

Israeli aircraft attacks two military facilities for Hamas, the Islamic group ruling Gaza

Israeli military says 2 Gaza rockets hit southern part, hits Hamas targets
Updated On : 27 Jun 2020 | 11:17 AM IST

BJP's 'Israeli policy' in Kashmir

What is good for the BJP may not necessarily be good for the Indian nation

BJP's 'Israeli policy' in Kashmir
Updated On : 02 Dec 2019 | 8:27 AM IST

Palestinian killed, 40 injured as new clashes erupt along Gaza border

Palestinians burned mounds of tyres and threw stones at Israeli soldiers over the border fence, who responded with tear gas and live fire

Palestinian killed, 40 injured as new clashes erupt along Gaza border
Updated On : 06 Apr 2018 | 9:30 PM IST

7 Palestinians killed, 500 injured as Gaza border protest turns violent

Thousands of Palestinians, including women and children, arrived by buses at six different areas in the eastern part of the Gaza Strip to join the march

7 Palestinians killed, 500 injured as Gaza border protest turns violent
Updated On : 30 Mar 2018 | 10:25 PM IST