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Israeli strikes on Gaza
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
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman during a visit to the IDF's Havat Hashomer base, August 23, 2016. (
August 23, 2016, 4:11 pm
Liberman: We won’t stand by while Hamas arms itself
Defense minister, touring northern army base, demands demilitarization as condition for rehabilitation of Gaza Strip
By Stuart Winer
Israel's Consul-General in Istanbul Shai Cohen (left) meets with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director-General Dore Gold and Bureau Chief Gilad Cohen on March 21, 2016 in Istanbul, Turkey. (MFA)
August 22, 2016, 9:07 pm
Israel: Turkey needs to think twice before leveling criticism at us
After Ankara's denunciation of Gaza strikes, Jerusalem issues acerbic retort saying detente doesn't mean Turkey can issue 'baseless condemnations'
By TOI staff
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, right, gestures as he welcomes Hungarian counterpart Peter Szijjarto for a meeting in Ankara on August 23, 2016. (AFP/ADEM ALTAN)
August 22, 2016, 3:57 pm
Turkey: Restored ties won’t halt criticism of Israel on Gaza
Ankara foreign ministry denounces Israeli strikes on Palestinian enclave, days after ratifying reconciliation deal
By Tamar Pileggi
Illustrative: Pro-Palestinian Turks shout slogans against Israel during a protest rally outside the Israeli consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, early Friday, July 18, 2014 (photo credit: AP/Emrah Gurel)
August 22, 2016, 11:17 am
Turkey detains 5 protesters trying to enter Israeli consulate
Activists were denouncing Israeli strikes on Gaza; incident comes days after Ankara ratifies reconciliation deal with Jerusalem
By AP and TOI staff
Palestinians look at a water tower that was first damaged during the 2014 Gaza war and appears to have again been struck by Israeli fire on August 21, 2016 in Beit Hanun in the northern Gaza Strip. (AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABED)
August 22, 2016, 9:53 am
Israel strikes 50 times in Gaza after rocket attack
Israeli official urges calm as Hamas blames Jewish state for escalating violence; 2-5 people lightly injured in raids
By Judah Ari Gross and Tamar Pileggi
Imad Barghouthi speaks at a Hamas rally at al-Quds University in Jerusalem in October 2014. (screen capture: YouTube)
May 11, 2016, 8:51 pm
Israel renews detention of pro-Hamas Palestinian scientist
Army says it has evidence Imad Barghouthi, who is being held without charge, 'poses a significant security threat'
By Dov Lieber
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