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Smoke rises after an attack of Israeli aircraft in southern Gaza City on July 9, 2014. (EPA/Mohammed Saber)
Israel presses Gaza offensive, kills eight in air strike: officials
Gaza and Jerusalem, Reuters—Israeli air strikes killed eight members of a family including five children in a pre-dawn raid on Gaza on Thursday, Palestinian officials said, while Hamas-led fighters launched rockets at Tel Aviv and other Israeli cities. Israel’s...Caption:
A trail of smoke from rockets fired by Palestinian militants from Gaza toward Israel is seen above Gaza City on Wednesday, March 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
Gaza militants fire second barrage of rockets into Israel
UPDATE, 1:00 PM GMT: Agence France-Presse is reporting that an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire beginning at 2 pm local time has gone into effect, quoting an Islamic Jihad official. London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Gaza militants fired a second barrage of rockets into Israel on...Caption:
A Islamic Hamas movement militant carries a replica of a Gaza Strip made rocket as he takes part in a march in Gaza’s Nusseirat refugee camp on September 27, 2013 in commemoration of the September 28, 2000 outbreak of the devastating second intifada. (AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS)
Palestinian Authority rejects Hamas calls for intifada in the West Bank
Ramallah, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Palestinian Authority (PA) has rejected calls by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad for a third intifada in the West Bank, saying it would “not allow the West Bank to become an arena for chaos to serve a private agenda.” The calls came...Caption:
A Palestinian child takes part in a march organised by the ruling Islamic Hamas movement in Gaza’s Nusseirat refugee camp on September 27, 2013, in commemoration of the September 28, 2000, outbreak of the devastating second intifada. (TOPSHOTS/AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS)