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Kerem Shalom Crossing
Illustrative: A Palestinian truck loaded with supplies entered the southern Gaza Strip from Israel through the Kerem Shalom crossing in Rafah, on November 1, 2017. (Abed Rahim Khatib/ Flash90)
February 6, 2018, 6:52 pm
Gaza truck drivers protest economic crisis at border crossing
Local businesses shutter Kerem Shalom crossing in day-long demonstration, say Fatah-Hamas reconciliation could ease dire conditions
By AFP and TOI staff
Explosive materials discovered by Crossing Authority checkers inside a shipment of medical goods to the at the Kerem Shalom Crossing on February 4, 2018. (Defense Ministry)
February 4, 2018, 1:08 pm
Israel seizes Gaza-bound material used to make bombs
Officials say dual-use chemicals, hidden in medical equipment, can be used 'to create explosives and make explosives more powerful'
By Judah Ari Gross
Palestinian trucks loaded with supplies enters the southern Gaza Strip from Israel through the Kerem Shalom crossing in Rafah, on November 1, 2017. (Abed Rahim Khatib/ Flash90)
January 15, 2018, 7:45 pm
Israel to reopen Gaza crossing after destroying terror tunnel underneath
Kerem Shalom, closed since Sunday, serves as main entryway for humanitarian aid, commercial goods into the beleaguered coastal enclave
By Judah Ari Gross
Palestinian truck drivers wait to cross the Kerem Shalon crossing in the southern Gaza Strip on January 14, 2018. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
January 14, 2018, 10:14 pm
Hamas tunnel was built to blow up main humanitarian crossing to Gaza — report
Terror tunnel destroyed by IDF ran under gas and diesel pipelines, and below Kerem Shalom, where thousands of tons of food and supplies enter the Strip each day
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, in Delhi, India, on January 14, 2018. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
January 14, 2018, 5:32 pm
In India, Netanyahu says Israel systematically destroying Hamas tunnels
Prime minister speaks after IDF strikes subterranean passageway, says Israel will make sure Palestinian terrorists 'will not mess with us'
By Joshua Davidovich
The head of the Southern Gaza Brigade, Col. Kobi Heller, right, and IDF Southern Command chief Maj. Gen. Eyal Zamir visit the Kerem Shalom Crossing on January 14, 2018, where an alleged Hamas attack tunnel was discovered and destroyed by the military the day before. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 14, 2018, 2:32 pm
Visiting bombed tunnel site, IDF general says main victims are Gaza residents
Southern Command head says army 'determined' to destroy all underground terror infrastructure, after striking alleged Hamas cross-border passageway
By Judah Ari Gross
IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot, center, visits an attack tunnel dug by a Palestinian terrorist group from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel during a visit to the area on December 20, 2017. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 14, 2018, 2:16 pm
Gaza tunnel syndrome
Unsurprisingly, the late-night bombardment of a Hamas cross-border tunnel that entered Israeli territory is the focus of Hebrew-language newspapers
By Tamar Pileggi
An attack tunnel that was bombed by Israeli jets on January 13, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 14, 2018, 7:52 am
IDF destroys Hamas attack tunnel that penetrated Israel and Egypt
Israeli jets strike in southern Gaza; army denies Palestinian claims the cross-border passage — the third destroyed by Israel in three months — was used for smuggling
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative. A rocket is fired at Israel from Gaza on August 9, 2014. (AP/Dusan Vranic)
January 3, 2018, 2:35 pm
Gaza mortar shell hits empty field in southern Israel
In second attack this week, terrorists fire projectile at Eshkol region, but cause no injuries or damage
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: Smoke billows from a Palestinian Islamic Jihad position near Gaza City after Israeli aircraft bombed it on November 30, 2017, in retaliation for a mortar attack that targeted Israeli troops northeast of the Gaza Strip earlier in the day. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)
January 2, 2018, 2:25 am
Air force hits Hamas camp in Gaza after rocket fire
IAF response comes hours after projectile from the Strip hits open field in south; no injuries reported
By TOI staff
A police officer inspects a rocket that was fired at the Eshkol region of southern Israel by terrorists in the Gaza Strip on January 1, 2018. (Israel Police)
January 1, 2018, 9:51 pm
Rocket from Gaza hits open field in south; no injuries
Warning sirens do not go off as projectile was heading towards unpopulated area in Eshkol region
By Judah Ari Gross
A picture taken on September 17, 2017, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, along the border with Egypt, shows smoke billowing from Egypt's North Sinai. (AFP/SAID KHATIB)
December 29, 2017, 1:13 pm
IDF strikes Hamas targets after Gaza rocket hits Israeli community
Retaliatory fire on sites in northern Strip comes after Iron Dome intercepts two missiles and a third falls in Shaar Hanegev region
By TOI staff and Judah Ari Gross
The damage cause by a mortar shell fired from the Gaza Strip that landed at the entrance to a building in the Shaar Hanegev region, December 29, 2017. (Israel Police)
December 29, 2017, 12:20 pm
Iron Dome intercepts 2 rockets fired from Gaza as 3rd falls in Israeli territory
Warning sirens activated in border region, sending frightened residents running to shelters as missile strikes Shaar Hanegev region
By TOI staff and Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: A ball of fire is seen after an Israel airstrike on Rafah, southern Gaza, on July 1, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Said Khatib)
December 18, 2017, 4:41 am
IDF strikes Hamas targets after Gaza rocket hits Israeli town
Planes target training camp in the northern Strip, destroying six facilities belonging to the Hamas terrorist organization including buildings and 'terror infrastructure'
By TOI staff and Judah Ari Gross
A picture taken from the southern Israeli border with the Gaza Strip shows Israeli flares illuminating the Palestinian coastal enclave, on July 7, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/JACK GUEZ)
December 18, 2017, 4:11 am
Army says sirens in Gaza periphery caused by rocket that fell in Strip
Warnings activated in the Hof Ashkelon regional council north of coastal enclave, sending frightened residents running to shelters
By TOI staff
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