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Israeli strikes on Gaza
An explosion is seen in Gaza City after an airstrike by Israel on June 18, 2018. (AFP/ MAHMUD HAMS)
June 18, 2018, 9:09 am
In lieu of dialogue, Hamas is playing with fire
Both Israel and Gaza seem to want to keep the conflagration under control, but it's a dangerous game that could lead to all-out war
By Avi Issacharoff
A picture taken early on June 3, 2018, from Gaza City shows smoke plumes rising after an Israeli airstrike in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip.( AFP PHOTO / Mahmud Hams)
June 3, 2018, 7:07 pm
Rocket fire from Gaza is a message, but it’s not clear who the audience is
Hamas, via proxies, may be warning Israel that Palestinian casualties in border clashes will provoke a response, but it's also possible the salvoes are intended to embarrass Hamas
By Avi Issacharoff
The remains of a mortar shell that struck the yard of a kindergarten in the Eshkol region, near the Gaza border, on May 29, 2018. (Shay Machluf)
May 29, 2018, 7:17 am
28 mortar shells strike southern Israel in largest barrage since 2014; 1 injured
Sirens blare throughout Sha'ar Hanegev and Eshkol regions during at least 2 separate attacks from Gaza; Iron Dome intercepts most projectiles
By Judah Ari Gross
A bullet from Gaza that struck the southern Israeli town of Sderot on May 28, 2018. (Sderot Municipality)
May 28, 2018, 8:16 pm
Machine gun fire from Gaza strikes southern Israel as border tensions leap
Gunshots hit buildings, car in Sderot, causing damage but no injuries; shooting sets off incoming rocket siren
By Judah Ari Gross
An IDF tank is seen near the Gaza Strip on May 15, 2018. (Hadas Parush/ Flash90)
May 28, 2018, 6:03 pm
IDF shells Hamas position, killing 1, after soldiers fired at
Hamas military wing says Mohammed al-Rudeia, 25, killed in Israeli tank strike; latest in series of cross-border incidents
By Michael Bachner and Judah Ari Gross
Palestinian fishing boats are seen at the sea port in Gaza City on April 1, 2016. (AFP/Mohammed Abed)
April 27, 2018, 11:11 pm
Israel strikes Hamas naval post in Gaza in response to attack on border fence
Army says raid on commando positions comes in response to 'major attempt to infiltrate border' during afternoon protests; four reported hurt
By TOI staff and Agencies
Smoke billows following Syrian government bombardment on the rebel-held besieged town of Harasta, in the Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of Damascus on March 12, 2018. (AFP PHOTO)
March 16, 2018, 4:34 pm
Corpses and contradictions fill Assadist swamp
If you decry Israel's airstrikes on Gaza, then defending Syria's on Eastern Ghouta is illogical at best
By Michael Aarenau
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, January 21, 2018. (Alex Kolomoisky/Pool)
February 27, 2018, 9:17 pm
Netanyahu: Zero tolerance for rockets — ‘they get hit immediately’
PM says policy rejecting rocket 'drizzle' from Gaza and Syria has proven itself
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a lunch meeting at the 54th Munich Security Conference on February 16, 2018. (AFP Photo/ DPA/Sven Hoppe)
February 18, 2018, 7:25 pm
PM credits Israeli counter-strikes for years of quiet in Gaza
After an IED attack on IDF troops, Netanyahu says relative calm maintained thus far by 'putting pressure on Hamas'
By Judah Ari Gross
File: The border fence along the Israel-Gaza border, August 10, 2014 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
October 9, 2017, 6:21 am
Two Palestinians held after crossing from Gaza illegally
IDF force apprehends the men, who carried no weapons and whose motive for crossing into Israel is not immediately known
By TOI staff
March 21, 2017, 2:28 pm
Israel’s appalling error
Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish deserves an apology and reparations for the Israeli tank shell that hit his Gaza home, killing 4
By Jenni Frazer
Members of the Palestinian Hamas armed forces take part in a graduation ceremony in Gaza City on January 22, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS)
March 4, 2017, 11:42 pm
In Gaza, the road to escalation grows shorter
While both Israel and Hamas have an interest in keeping the calm, it remains to be seen if the terror group will withstand internal pressures to make a show of force
By Avi Issacharoff
New York City police officers stand guard in Times Square on December 31, 2016. (Angela Weiss/AFP)
March 2, 2017, 2:35 pm
New York police: Anti-Semitic incidents nearly doubled over last year
US Jewish leadership group welcomes Trump repudiation of anti-Semitic vandalism; Israel said to again deny entry to Human Rights Watch official
By TOI staff
Israeli soldiers stand guard with their tank along the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip near the southern Israeli kibbutz of Nahal Oz on May 4, 2016. (AFP/Menahem Kahana)
September 4, 2016, 2:06 am
Shots fired from Gaza at IDF troops, army returns fire at Hamas post
None hurt on Israeli side; three of the terror group's fighters reported wounded in return shelling
By Judah Ari Gross and TOI staff
Palestinian militants of the Islamic Jihad movement arrive to inspect a crater on August 22, 2016 in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, following an Israeli airstrike the day before that targeted Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip in response to a rocket fired from the Palestinian enclave hits the Israeli city of Sderot. AFP / Mahmud Hams
August 23, 2016, 4:12 pm
Israel targeted ‘key Hamas strategic assets’ in Sunday’s barrage
IDF takes advantage of rocket fire from Gaza to take out terrorist infrastructure; Liberman: 'We won't allow them to rearm'
By Judah Ari Gross
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