Beit Lahiya

Illustrative: a rocket fired from Gaza over Israel, July 09, 2014. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

May 1, 2019, 10:05 am

Gaza factions said to warn they’ll ‘ruin Eurovision’ if Israel breaks agreements

Threat of arson and rocket attacks comes after air missile defense batteries stationed throughout the country amid renewed Gaza tensions

By TOI staff

Israeli soldiers walk near an Iron Dome defense system, designed to intercept and destroy incoming short-range rockets and artillery shells on August 9, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Jack GUEZ)

April 30, 2019, 8:18 pm

IDF deploys Iron Domes ahead of Eurovision, Independence Day

Air missile defense batteries stationed throughout the country after rocket fired from Gaza lands off Israeli coast

By Judah Ari Gross

Palestinian members of the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad terror group, parade with a replica rocket on a truck during a march on Oct. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

April 30, 2019, 2:38 pm

Islamic Jihad denies firing rocket after Israel limits Gaza fishing zone

Terror group says IDF’s claim that it seeks to derail ceasefire deal is a ‘fabrication’; projectile directed at Israel fell in Mediterranean

By Judah Ari Gross and Adam Rasgon

Fighters from the Al-Quds Brigades, the Islamic Jihad terror group's military wing, take part in a military march in the town of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on November 15, 2018. (Abed Rahim Khatib/ Flash90)

April 30, 2019, 9:28 am

IDF accuses Islamic Jihad of Gaza rocket fire, cuts fishing zone as punishment

Army says long-range projectile, which landed off the coast Monday night, was an attempt by the Iran-backed terror group to derail ceasefire agreements

By Judah Ari Gross

A Palestinian man walks past a crater on the ground following an Israeli air strike targeting a site belonging to Gaza's terror group Hamas, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, March 15, 2019. Israel struck Gaza terror targets after 2 rockets were fired at Tel Aviv from Gaza. (Said Khatib/AFP)

March 15, 2019, 1:35 pm

Israel, Hamas reportedly agree to ceasefire after rockets fired at Tel Aviv

Egyptian mediators said to facilitate agreement, but no confirmation from Israel; 9 rockets fired at border communities; weekly border protest called off

By TOI staff and Jacob Magid

Illustrative. Palestinian protesters carry national flags during clashes with Israeli forces on November 23, 2018, in the eastern outskirts of Gaza City, near the border with Israel. (MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)

November 26, 2018, 9:29 pm

Gazans clash with Israeli troops at weekly demonstration along border

Ships sail toward edge of permitted fishing zone, as part of protest against naval blockade meant to keep Hamas from rearming

By Judah Ari Gross

A Palestinian prepares a balloon that will be attached to flammable materials and then flown toward Israel near the Israeli-Gazan border, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip June 17, 2018. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

September 20, 2018, 11:23 pm

IDF aircraft fires at Gazans launching arson balloons at Israel

Strike comes after at least nine blazes sparked Thursday by airborne devices

By TOI staff

A Palestinian woman carries her national flag during a protest for lifting the Israeli blockade on Gaza on a beach in Beit Lahia near the maritime border with Israel, on September 17, 2018. (AFP/Said Khatib)

September 20, 2018, 8:32 pm

Firefighters in south battle blazes sparked by suspected Gaza balloons

Over a dozen fires have been started in the last two days near Kibbutz Be’eri as volatility returns to Israel-Gaza border

By TOI staff

Protesters evacuate a wounded teenager near the fence of the Gaza Strip border with Israel during a protest east of Gaza City, September 14, 2018 (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

September 20, 2018, 2:08 am

Palestinians say teen shot dead by Israeli fire in Gaza clashes

IDF does not comment on incident, which comes a day after two Gazans were reportedly killed along the border

By Agencies and TOI staff

Palestinian protesters hurl rocks during a demonstration at the Erez crossing with Israel on September 18, 2018, in the northern Gaza Strip.( AFP PHOTO / Said KHATIB)

September 18, 2018, 7:58 pm

Palestinians say 2 killed in fresh Gaza border clash

Two other Palestinians were killed in airstrike near the border late Monday after they appeared to place a suspicious object near fence

By Agencies and TOI staff

Aerial view of protesters running from teargas fired by Israeli soldiers during a protest on the beach at the border with Israel near Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, September 17, 2018. (AP/Felipe Dana)

September 18, 2018, 7:42 am

Gaza says 2 killed in Monday night airstrike near border

IDF said it shot at the two Palestinians after they appeared to place a suspicious object near fence, as tensions on volatile frontier continue to rise

By Agencies and Judah Ari Gross

Illustrative. Palestinians pull on a cable tied to a barbed-wire fence as they try to pull down a section of the security fence between the Gaza Strip and Israel, during border clashes east of Gaza City, on September 7, 2018. (AFP/Said Khatib)

September 18, 2018, 12:09 am

IDF shoots at 2 Palestinians it says planted ‘suspicious object’ on Gaza fence

Suspects approached border east of Khan Younis in southern Strip, are reportedly killed in airstrike; incident comes amid uptick in Gaza violence

By Judah Ari Gross

A grenade attached to a balloon found outside Kibbutz Re'im near the Gaza border on September 18, 2018. (Israel Police)

September 17, 2018, 9:16 pm

Balloon carrying grenade found in field at kibbutz near Gaza border

Palestinians say dozens injured, as IDF disperses protest accompanying launch of 15-boat flotilla in northern Strip

By TOI staff

A Hamas training facility in Gaza city destroyed on July 14, 2018, by the air force (IDF spokesperson)

July 15, 2018, 6:57 pm

IDF counters Hamas ‘fake news’ about Gaza target with Arabic-language video

Liaison to Palestinians shares clip showing bombed site was not a playground, as claimed by Gazans, but a training base

By TOI staff

Palestinian boys walk through the wreckage of a building that was damaged by Israeli air strikes in Gaza City on July 15, 2018. (AFP / MAHMUD HAMS)

July 15, 2018, 6:07 am

IDF says it leveled Hamas training facility sitting on tunnel network

Military releases photos showing extent of damage from airstrikes in Gaza targeting five-story building used for urban combat drills; Hamas battalion headquarters also hit

By Judah Ari Gross and TOI staff