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Hamas issues, then rescinds, sweeping rules on journalists covering Gaza

Palestinians who work with foreign journalists were ordered not to report on Gazans killed by misfired Palestinian rockets and were told to blame Israel for the recent escalation

Ceasefire fragile, only peace can end Israel-Palestinian violence: UN envoy

Top"UN envoy warned that the ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants is fragile and cycles of violence" will only stop when an independent Palestinian state lives side-by-side with Israel.

Biden welcomes ceasefire between Israel, Gaza-based militants

US President Joe Biden on Sunday welcomed the announcement of a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza-based militants after three days of hostilities.

UNSC to hold emergency meet to discuss escalation across Gaza Strip

United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency closed-door meeting on Monday to discuss the latest escalation between Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in the Gaza Strip

Cease-fire between Palestinians, Israel takes effect in Gaza after 3 days

A cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian militants took effect on Sunday night in a bid to end nearly three days of violence that has killed dozens of Palestinians

Palestinian rocket alert in Jerusalem, with residents reporting explosions

For the first time since the beginning of the Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip, there was also a rocket alarm in Jerusalem on Sunday.

Israel, militants trade fire as Gaza death toll climbs to 24, 203 injured

Israeli airstrikes flattened homes in Gaza and Palestinian rocket barrages into southern Israel persisted for a second day, raising fears of another major escalation in the Mideast conflict

Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 10, including senior militant; dozen wounded

Israel unleashed a wave of airstrikes in Gaza on Friday, killing at least 10 people, including a senior militant, and wounding dozens, according to Palestinian officials

Israel sends reinforcements to Gaza border amid possibility of attack

The Israeli military said Thursday it is sending additional forces to the area around the Gaza Strip as it braces for possible attacks after the arrest of a senior militant in the West Bank this week

Israel decides to withhold $176 mn from Palestinian tax revenues

Israel has decided to withhold 600 million shekels in tax revenues it has collected for the Palestinian Authority to offset the latter's compensation for "attackers" against the Jewish state.

Palestine seeks full UN membership to protect 2-state solution: Envoy

Riyad Mansour, Palestine's envoy to the UN, said that it is "making all possible efforts" to obtain full membership of the world body to protect the two-state solution

Israeli military demolishes homes of suspected Palestinian attackers

The Israeli military demolished the homes of two Palestinians suspected of killing an Israeli security guard in a West Bank settlement in April.

Israel cancels expanded work permits for Gazans in response to rocket fire

The decision was announced by the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), Israel's military liaison to the Palestinians, on Saturday

Palestinians deserve an independent state: Biden during West Bank visit

'Two states for two peoples, both of whom have deep and ancient roots in this land, living side by side in peace and security'

Joe Biden heads to West Bank, expected to announce financial assistance

Biden is expected to announce $316 million in financial assistance about a third of which will require congressional approval and a commitment from Israel to modernize wireless access for Palestinians

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets Israeli defence minister

The Palestinian President urged Israel to stop all unilateral measures in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, 'which would lead to an escalation of tension between the two sides'

Yair Lapid officially becomes PM of Israel; says, 'we'll do the best'

Lapid's term could be the short one as he take over the caretaker government ahead of Israel's election which was scheduled to take place on November 1

Israeli military, Palestinians clash at West Bank shrine, several injured

The Israeli military said Palestinian gunmen opened fired on hundreds of Jewish worshipers who came to the site overnight on Thursday

UN office points to Israel in Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Akleh's death

Abu Akleh, a prominent Palestinian-American reporter, was shot and killed on May 11 while covering an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank town of Jenin

Palestine to take measures to confront Israeli escalation: Prez Abbas

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said the Palestinian leadership would take measures to confront the Israeli escalation against the Palestinians