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Nov252020 by adminNo Comments

UN agency: Israel’s Gaza blockade has devastated economy

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JERUSALEM -- Israel’s blockade of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip has cost the seaside territory as much as $ 16.7 billion in economic losses and sent poverty and unemployment skyrocketing, a U.N. report said Wednesday, as it called on Israel to lift the closure.The report by the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development echoed calls by numerous international bodies over the years criticizing the blockade. But its findings, looking at an 11-year period ending in 2018, marked perhaps the most detailed analysis of the Israeli policy to date.Israel imposed the blockade in 2007 after Hamas, an Islamic militant group that opposes Israel’s existence, violently seized control of Gaza from the forces of the internationally recognized Palestinian Authority. The Israeli measures, along with restrictions b...

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Israel says it uncovers deep militant tunnel dug from Gaza

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The Israeli military says militants in the Gaza Strip dug a tunnel dozens of meters (yards) deep that crossed under the security fence around the territory before it was detected by underground sensorsByThe Associated PressOctober 20, 2020, 9:14 PM• 2 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleJERUSALEM -- The Israeli military said Tuesday that militants in the Gaza Strip dug a tunnel dozens of meters (yards) deep that crossed under the security fence around the territory before it was detected by underground sensors.Hours after the announcement, a rocket fired from Gaza was intercepted by Israeli missile defenses, the military said. Late Tuesday, the army said fighter jets and attack helicopters “struck an underground infrastructure” for the militant Hamas group. There wer...

Feb162020 by adminNo Comments

Rockets fired at southern Israel near Gaza Strip

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Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Two rockets were fired Saturday from the Gaza strip at southern Israel, Israel's military said Saturday. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage in the incident, which comes after a few days of relative quiet, though cross-fire attacks have increased overall in recent weeks. According to the Times of Israel, resident outside the Kibbutz Kissufim community, just east of the Gaza border, reported hearing the sound of an explosion, prompting security forces to begin searching for impact sites. The army later announced it had cancelled the revocation of about 500 permits allowing business owners to leave Gaza, since those retaliatory sanctions were only to be lifted in exchange for the cessation of attacks. "The last thing I want is to send troops to Gaza .....

Jun202019 by adminNo Comments

Hamas chief: Israel ignoring cease-fire terms for Gaza

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Hostilities flare up as rockets hit Israel from Gaza

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Media playback is unsupported on your device Militants in the Gaza Strip have fired more than 200 rockets into Israel, the army says, prompting air strikes and tank fire on the Palestinian territory.Three Israelis were wounded by the rockets, while Israeli fire killed four Palestinians. including a mother and her baby daughter, Gaza officials say.Four Palestinians, including two Hamas militants, were killed on Friday after an attack injured two Israeli soldiers.The flare-up followed a truce in the run-up to Israeli elections in April.It marks yet another increase in hostilities despite attempts by Egypt and the United Nations to broker a longer-term ceasefire, says the BBC's Tom Bateman in Jerusalem.Life in the Gaza StripPalestinian territorie...