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Topic: Israeli-Gazan border

May 2, 2013
7:59 pm

An IDF soldier greets a reconnaissance drone on its return from a mission. (photo credit: Tsahi Ben-Ami/Flash90)

IDF drone crashes near Gaza border

Unarmed reconnaissance craft downed by a malfunction, army says

By Gavriel Fiske

March 5, 2013
3:12 pm

Workers on the Israeli side of the Kerem Shalom border crossing into the Gaza Strip, December 2011 (photo credit Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

Gaza-Israel border reopens for goods

Kerem Shalom crossing was closed Monday due to possible Hamas intervention

March 4, 2013
5:05 pm

Trucks at the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

Israel-Gaza crossing shut after reported Hamas takeover

Until now, Kerem Shalom entry point has been operated by a concessionaire on behalf of the Palestinian Authority

By Asher Zeiger and Elhanan Miller

January 26, 2013
9:45 am

Palestinians stand close to the border fence between Israel and the southern Gaza Strip on November 23, 2012 (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash 90)

Three Palestinians reported injured by IDF near Gaza border

One man struck in face by army tear gas grenade, other two injured by IDF fire, according to Palestinian sources

By Michal Shmulovich

November 27, 2012
12:08 am

Palestinians in the Gaza Strip hurling rocks and attempting to breach the border fence in November 2012. (photo credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

IDF troops fire at man climbing Gaza border fence

Monday marks four consecutive days of attempted breaches of the Israeli frontier by Palestinians in the Strip

By Ilan Ben Zion

November 26, 2012
3:23 pm

Palestinian children take part in a protest at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza in the southern Gaza Strip on June 21, 2011. (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash 90)

Egyptians and Hamas hashing out deal to ease border restrictions

Gazan rulers want access to airport, seaport as part of ceasefire agreement with Israel

By Stuart Winer

November 25, 2012
6:31 pm

Gaza residents approaching the Israeli border fence, in November (photo credit: image capture from Channel 2)

Palestinians reportedly shot near Gaza border

Three said to be injured after demonstrators mass near Israeli frontier for third consecutive day

By Ilan Ben Zion

November 24, 2012
5:55 am

Palestinian UN observer Riyad Mansour (photo credit: United Nations Media Center)

Palestinians to UN Security Council: Israel violated the ceasefire

After IDF kills a Gazan who tried to breach the border, Palestinian UN observer complains that Jerusalem is undermining the fragile calm

By AP and Yoel Goldman and Michal Shmulovich

November 23, 2012
3:00 pm

300 Palestinians attempt to breach Gaza border fence

IDF fire kills one and injures several others, report Palestinian sources; Palestinian Authority FM, Islamic Jihad spokesman say shooting violates ceasefire

By AP and Yoel Goldman

November 14, 2012
6:21 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressing a crowd of foreign ambassadors in Ashkelon on Monday (Photo credit: Kobi Gideon/ GPO/ Flash 90)

Is this war? That depends on Hamas, says Israel

The Islamist rulers of Gaza say the killing of their military chief is a declaration of war. It could be, Jerusalem says, but that’s not the goal

By Times of Israel staff

November 13, 2012
6:10 pm

Screen capture of the Israeli jeep explosion on Saturday, November 10

Salafist terror group posts video of Saturday attack that injured 4 soldiers

Footage seems to make clear that the Popular Resistance Committees were behind the ambush that sparked the recent escalation

By Mitch Ginsburg

November 13, 2012
4:32 pm

Soldiers search for a mortar shell fired by Gaza terrorists in a greenhouse in southern Israel on October 8 (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

Two rockets fired from Gaza shatter fragile calm

Missiles hit greenhouse in Hof Ashkelon region, no injuries reported