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Violence flares around Gaza after deadly Israeli West Bank raid

Adel Zaanoun and Imad Saada, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Feb 24 05:56 AM

Since the start of this year, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has claimed the lives of 61 Palestinian adults and children, including civilians. Read more »

Israel, Gaza militants trade missiles after deadly West Bank raid

Mai Yaghi and Gareth Browne, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 27 07:36 PM

Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip traded missile fire Friday, raising fears of a further escalation in violence. Read more »

Filipino nurse tackles mission in Rohingya camps

Erik Tenedero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 20 06:24 PM

After serving different humanitarian missions across the globe, Filipino nurse Jan Vincent Sotito is now stationed in one of the world's biggest refugee camps. Read more »

Israel strikes Gaza after rocket fired from enclave

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 04 09:58 AM

The Israeli air force said it had carried out air strikes against Hamas sites in the Gaza Strip after a rocket was fired towards Israeli territory. Read more »

Gaza militants fire rocket into Israel amid West Bank unrest

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 04 08:42 AM

Palestinian militants fired a rocket from Gaza into Israel without causing any casualties as a surge in violence grips the occupied West Bank. Read more »

OFWs near Gaza unharmed in recent airstrikes: Palace

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 13 07:51 PM

No Filipinos near the Gaza strip were harmed in the recent airstrikes in the area, Malacañang said on Saturday. Read more »

Israel and Islamic Jihad begin 'fragile' Gaza truce

Mai Yaghi with Peter Martell in Jerusalem, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 08 06:35 AM

Israel and Islamic Jihad militants on Sunday began a precarious Egyptian-brokered truce hoped to end three days of intense conflict in Gaza that has left at least 44 Palestinians dead, including 15 children. Read more »

Gaza death toll rises to 29: Palestinian ministry

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 07 03:57 PM

The death toll from violence in Gaza has risen to 29, including six children, the health ministry in the Palestinian enclave said Sunday. Read more »

Islamic Jihad's top 'military' leadership in Gaza 'neutralized'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 07 07:44 AM

The top leadership of Islamic Jihad's armed wing in Gaza has been 'neutralized' over two days of Israeli strikes targeting the Palestinian militant group, Israel's army said Saturday. Read more »

Gaza militants, Israel in biggest exchange of fire since 2021 war

Paul Raymond with Adel Zaanoun in Gaza, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 21 03:14 PM

Palestinian militants fired volleys of rockets from Gaza into Israel, which responded with air strikes in the early hours of Thursday in the biggest escalation since an 11-day war last year. Read more »

Israel hits Gaza after rocket attack

Paul Raymond and Yasmin Zaher, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 20 04:21 AM

The latest tensions have focused on the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Israeli-annexed Old City. Read more »

Australia to list Hamas as terror group

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 17 04:35 PM

Australia said Thursday it would list the whole of Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas as a terrorist organization, the latest Western nation to do so. Read more »

Israel speeds roll-out of laser interceptors for thriftier defense

Dan Williams, Reuters
Posted at Feb 02 10:48 AM

Israel is accelerating the roll-out of laser-based interceptors as part of a plan to reduce the high costs of the Iron Dome. Read more »

At it again! Xian Gaza asks out Blackpink’s Jennie via billboard in Korea

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 31 02:31 PM

Xian Gaza, who made headlines in 2017 after asking out Kapamilya actress Erich Gonzales via a billboard ad in Manila, is at it again. Read more »

Israel expects 2,000 rockets a day in any war with Hezbollah: army

Guillaume Lavallee, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 18 07:33 AM

Israel does not want war with Lebanon's Hezbollah but is prepared to face about 2,000 rockets a day from the armed group if conflict breaks out. Read more »

Israeli troops kill four Hamas militants in West Bank raids: military

Ali Sawafta and Rami Ayyub, Reuters
Posted at Sep 26 06:54 PM

RAMALLAH, West Bank - Israeli troops killed four Hamas militants in gun battles during raids on Sunday against one of the group's cells in the occupied West Bank, an Israeli military spokesperson said. Read more »

Spoons become a new symbol of Palestinian 'freedom'

Hiba Aslan, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 17 07:13 PM

The humble spoon has taken its place alongside traditional flags and banners as a Palestinian resistance symbol. Read more »

Israel bombs Hamas sites in Gaza over fire balloons: military

Reuters
Updated as of Aug 24 09:45 AM

TEL AVIV - Israeli warplanes bombed Hamas sites in Gaza in response to incendiary balloons launched from the Palestinian enclave that caused brush fires in southern Israel, its military said early on Tuesday. Read more »

Israeli aircraft strike Hamas sites in Gaza after border clashes

Rami Ayyub, Reuters
Posted at Aug 22 07:30 AM

Israeli aircraft struck Hamas sites in Gaza late on Saturday, the military said, in an escalation of hostilities after earlier cross-border gunfire seriously injured an Israeli soldier and wounded 41 Palestinians, including two critically. Read more »

Blinded by wartime blast, Gaza boy dreams of school

Belal Al Sabbagh and Mai Yaghi, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 17 07:58 PM

Eight-year-old Mohammed Shaban dreamed of returning to the classroom in Gaza for the start of the school year. Read more »