Gaza Strip

Analysis

Economic collapse or war: Hamas’s cynical, desperate bid to pressure Israel, PA

The terror group is holding its subjects in Gaza hostage in a dangerous gambit to improve their lot while retaining its military strength

Alleged Hamas members carrying incendiary balloons to the Gaza border where they presumably launched them toward Israeli territory, from footage released by Israel on June 24, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)

June 24, 2018, 9:30 pm

IDF accuses Hamas of being behind Gaza ‘fire kite’ attacks

Army shares names, photos of 4 Palestinian men suspected of leading airborne arson effort, as well as video allegedly showing incendiary balloons being prepared in Hamas post

By Judah Ari Gross

Palestinians prepare a kite with flammable materials that they will fly into southern Israel from Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on June 22, 2018. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

June 24, 2018, 5:35 pm

3 Gazans said injured as IDF conducts strikes against fire balloon launchers

Palestinian media reports three attacks by Israeli drones in at least two locations in the coastal enclave

By Judah Ari Gross

US President Donald Trump's senior adviser Jared Kushner (right) meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem on June 22, 2018. (Matty Stern/US Embassy Jerusalem/Flash90)

June 24, 2018, 1:36 pm

Netanyahu: US envoys offered ‘complete support’ for handling of Gaza clashes

PM says he discussed with Kushner and Greenblatt how to provide humanitarian aid to coastal enclave without strengthening Hamas

By Alexander Fulbright

Palestinians clash with Israeli forces along the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel, east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, on June 22, 2018. (AFP Photo/Said Khatib)

June 24, 2018, 12:26 pm

Gazan said to die of gunshot wound from border clashes

Hamas-run health ministry says 29-year-old Palestinian man was shot in stomach during Friday protests

By AFP and TOI staff

Jared Kushner, son-in-law and senior adviser to US President Donald Trump, speaks at the inauguration ceremony of the US Embassy in Jerusalem on May 14, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

June 24, 2018, 10:23 am

Kushner to Palestinians: Don’t let your leaders reject a plan they haven’t seen

Senior White House adviser, in region ahead of peace proposal rollout, appeals to Palestinian people in effort to bypass Ramallah's boycott of administration

By Stuart Winer and TOI staff

Palestinians take part in a protest calling for a lift of the sanctions on the Gaza Strip, in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, on June 23, 2018. (AFP/ ABBAS MOMANI)

June 24, 2018, 4:15 am

Palestinians protest in Ramallah against Abbas crackdown on Gaza

Unlike past rally, police do not disperse demonstration but instead hand out flags as hundreds call for Abbas to 'scrap the sanctions'

By AFP

File: Gazans load balloons with flammable material to be flown toward Israel, at the Israel-Gaza border in al-Bureij, central Gaza Strip on June 14, 2018. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)

June 23, 2018, 2:33 pm

Israeli aircraft said to fire near Gazans flying burning kites

No injuries reported as a result of warning shots, which come as incendiary devices launched from Strip spark three blazes in Israel

By TOI staff

Tear gas is fired at Palestinians taking part in clashes and burning tires along the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel, east of Gaza City, on June 22, 2018. (AFP Photo/Mahmud Hams)

June 22, 2018, 8:05 pm

206 Gazans said injured in weekly border clashes

Two grenades thrown at troops along security fence; incendiary devices flown into Israel from Strip spark 10 fires

By TOI staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara attend the opening ceremony of the inauguration of the new emergency ward at the Barzilay hospital, in Ashkelon, Israel on February 20, 2018. (Flash90)

June 22, 2018, 3:06 pm

Guess who’s paying for dinner: 8 things to know for June 22

Sara Netanyahu's charges over takeout charges may be small taters, but they point to larger problems, and the prosecution would rather focus on even bigger issues anyway

By Joshua Davidovich

June 22, 2018, 1:57 pm

Economic collapse or war: Hamas’s cynical, desperate bid to pressure Israel, PA

The terror group is holding its subjects in Gaza hostage in a dangerous gambit to improve their lot while retaining its military strength

By Avi Issacharoff

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani attends the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit at Bayan palace in Kuwait City on December 5, 2017. (GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP/Getty Images)

June 22, 2018, 12:16 am

Kushner and Greenblatt discuss Gaza, Trump’s peace plan with Qataris

In Qatar, US envoys and emir hold talks on humanitarian relief for Palestinians and administration's efforts to revive negotiations

By Eric Cortellessa

Screen capture from video of the Sky Spotter system, which is being used to track fire kites and balloons launched into Israel from Gaza, June 2018. (Hadashot news screenshot)

June 21, 2018, 11:30 pm

Israel deploys electronic eye to track fire kites and balloons from Gaza

Sky Spotter can identify incoming airborne incendiaries, enabling drones to try intercept them, and giving firefighters advance warning; laser system also being developed

By Stuart Winer

Palestinian youths play with rollerblades by walls covered with graffiti at the sea port in Gaza City on June 19, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS)

June 21, 2018, 5:35 pm

Hamas prepared to make ‘comprehensive deal’ with Israel – report

Terror group said to be negotiating with Cairo over truce that will include returning captives in exchange for port, airport

By TOI staff

Palestinian protesters prepare kites loaded with flammable material to be flown towards Israel, at the Israel-Gaza border in al-Bureij, central Gaza Strip on June 14, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS)

June 21, 2018, 4:54 pm

IDF fires shots near Gazans launching ‘fire kites’

Army says it targeted the structure from which the Palestinians were flying incendiary devices into southern Israel

By Judah Ari Gross

The incendiary device found in a community in the Shaar Hanegev Regional Council on June 21, 2018. (Israel Police)

June 21, 2018, 1:19 pm

Sappers defuse incendiary device flown into Israel by inflated condoms

Disposal unit called to Sha'ar Hanegev community as Palestinians in Gaza continue to launch airborne arson attacks using balloons, kites

By TOI staff