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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 »

Gaza militants fire rocket at Israel, military says

Reuters
Posted at Aug 16 08:00 PM

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the launching. Read more »

Israel strikes Gaza after incendiary balloon fires

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 26 07:00 AM

JERUSALEM - Israel hit Gaza with air strikes on Sunday after incendiary balloons launched from the Palestinian enclave caused fires in the Jewish state, with no reported injuries on either side.  Read more »

Israel to allow Gaza 'limited' export of farm produce

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 21 06:19 AM

JERUSALEM - Israel said Sunday it will allow the "limited export" of farm produce from Gaza, one month after a ceasefire with the enclave's Hamas rulers to end an 11-day conflict. Read more »

Israel inches closer to government without Netanyahu

Daniella Cheslow and Michael Blum, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 31 06:44 AM

JERUSALEM - Israeli nationalist hardliner Naftali Bennett said Sunday he would join a potential coalition government that could end the rule of the country's longest-serving leader, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Read more »

Israel envoy to UAE warns of 'Kristallnacht' moment

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of May 27 08:27 AM

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Israel's ambassador to the UAE warned on Wednesday of a "Kristallnacht moment", with anti-Semitism on the rise, at a Holocaust memorial exhibition billed as a first for the Middle East. Read more »

Philippines eyes deployment of caregivers after Israel ceasefire

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 08:51 AM

The Philippines is eyeing the redeployment of hundreds of Filipino caregivers to Israel after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas ended days of conflict.  Read more »

Solidarity bike ride for Palestine

Romeo Mariano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 23 04:05 PM

Human rights activists hold a protest bike ride in Quezon City in solidarity with the Palestinian victims of Israeli airstrikes.  Read more »

Palestinians pick up pieces in ravaged Gaza after Israel ceasefire

Guillaume Lavallee with Alice Hackman in Jerusalem, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 23 08:11 AM

Gazans tried to piece back their lives Saturday after a devastating 11-day conflict with Israel that killed more than 200 people and made thousands homeless in the impoverished Palestinian enclave. Read more »

UN Security Council calls for 'full adherence' to Gaza ceasefire: statement

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 23 07:54 AM

The UN Security Council on Saturday called for "full adherence to the ceasefire" in the conflict between Israel and Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in its first statement since violence erupted on May 10. Read more »

Lebanon's Hezbollah hails 'historic victory' for Palestinians

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 21 02:40 PM

Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah movement hailed a "historic victory" for the Palestinians after a ceasefire took effect Friday between Israel and Gaza militants following 11 days of fighting. Read more »

Hamas official predicts ceasefire soon in Israel-Gaza conflict

Nidal al-Mughrabi and Rami Ayyub, Reuters
Posted at May 20 02:26 PM

A senior Hamas official predicted a ceasefire within days in the Israel-Gaza conflict, after U.S. President Joe Biden urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to seek a "de-escalation" in the fighting. Read more »

US progressives seek to block arms sale to Israel

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 20 10:55 AM

WASHINGTON - Progressive congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez led efforts Wednesday to block US arms sales to Israel, a move that was unlikely to succeed but highlighted tensions among Democratic lawmakers grappling with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Read more »

World powers urge truce, as Israel-Palestinian conflict rages

Nidal al-Mughrabi, Jeffrey Heller and Stephen Farrell, Reuters
Posted at May 19 07:17 AM

Israel bombarded Gaza with air strikes and Palestinian militants resumed cross-border rocket fire on Tuesday after a brief overnight lull during which the U.N. sent a small fuel convoy into the enclave, where it says 52,000 people are now displaced. Read more »

UN hails Israel decision to open crossing for aid into Gaza

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 18 06:59 PM

The United Nations on Tuesday welcomed an Israeli decision to open the Kerem Shalom crossing to allow aid into Gaza, and urged the opening of a second location to let in humanitarian workers. Read more »

Blinken urges Israel and Palestinians to 'protect civilians' and children

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 17 10:12 PM

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday urged Israel and Palestinians to "protect civilians, especially children", reiterating that Israel "as a democracy has an extra burden" to do so. Read more »

Filipinos 'safe' as violence in Israel escalates: OWWA

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 17 06:46 PM

Filipinos in Israel are "safe and sound" in general, after Palestinian militants fired rocket barrages at Israeli cities as fighting spilled into a second week, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) said on Monday.  Read more »

Gaza pummeled by fresh Israeli strikes, more than 200 dead in a week

Adel Zaanoun with Claire Gounon in Jerusalem, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 17 01:17 PM

Israeli air strikes hammered the Gaza Strip pre-dawn Monday, after a week of violence between the Jewish state and Islamist militants left more than 200 people dead as international calls for de-escalation went unheeded.   Read more »

What is the endgame for Hamas and Israel in new showdown?

Guillaume Lavallee and Adel Zaanoun, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 17 06:38 AM

It took just days for decades-old tensions between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas to spiral out of control, causing deaths and chaos not just in Gaza but across the Jewish state.   Read more »