Gaza's police operations room said that by Friday afternoon, Israeli ground forces had moved deeper into the Rafah area from the east. There were also airstrikes along the nearby Egypt-Gaza border, as well as heavy shelling.
The first phase of the deal outlined by Biden would last for six weeks and include a “full and complete cease-fire,” a withdrawal of Israeli forces from all densely populated areas of Gaza and the release of a number of hostages, including women, ...
Iron Dome battery moved south after Gaza-rocket attacksAmi Moshe, 56, waskilled by shrapnelfrom a Grad rocket in Ashdod that struck him while he was in his vehicle Saturday night. Four others were wounded over the weekend in the barrage of rocket and mortar fire. Responding to the rocket f...
Israeli tanks and armored personnel carriersentered northern Gazalate Saturday, Palestinian residents said, approaching a Palestinian town. The Israeli military would not officially confirm the new incursion. At the G-8 conference in St. Petersburg, Russia, President Bushblamed Hezbollah alonefor the es...
Thursday, the United States cast the first U.N. Security Council veto in nearly two years, blocking an Arab-backed resolution that would have demanded Israel halt its military offensive in the Gaza Strip. The Arab League called an emergency meeting of foreign ministers in Cairo on Saturday, an...