Moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas made a new push Wednesday to restore a cease-fire with Israel that had collapsed under a barrage of Hamas rocket fire.
Israel stepped up air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Thursday after Hamas and other militant groups rebuffed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's call for a halt to cross-border rocket attacks on the Jewish state.
Israel launched air strikes and a ground operation on Wednesday against Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip where Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas in a bid to ease tensions.
Spanish clothing retailer Zara has apologized after its stores in Israel sold a men's garment made of materials devoutly religious Jews consider non-kosher.
Israel launched air strikes and a ground operation on Wednesday against Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh met to try to calm tensions.
Israel launched more air strikes against Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pressed militants behind rocket attacks to renew a ceasefire with the Jewish state.
Israel launched more air strikes against Hamas Islamist targets in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, wounding at least seven Palestinians.
Israel warned Hamas on Tuesday that none of its leaders were safe from attack after a rocket fired by its militants killed an Israeli woman, as Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas arrived in Gaza for talks on shoring up a truce between rival factions.
Source: Reuters (Updates with Israel seizing officials in West Bank) By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA, May 24 (Reuters) - Israeli forces seized a Palestinian cabinet minister, lawmakers and mayors in the occupied West ...
JERUSALEM, May 23 -- Israel's deputy defense minister threatened Tuesday to target Hamas political leaders, calling them "terrorists in suits" after a rocket attack by the radical Palestinian Islamic group killed an Israeli woman.