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Netanyahu threatens to escalate military attacks on Gaza

Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu said that Hamas is responsible for any attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip, adding that his government will take all necessary precautions to "defend" Israel.

Haneyya: The Palestinian people not afraid of Israel’s war threats

Palestinian premier Ismail Haneyya said that Israel's threat to wage a new war on the Gaza Strip would not scare the Palestinian people or destroy their steadfastness and determination.

Thousands of children participate in a kite festival in Gaza

Thousands of Palestinian children on Thursday afternoon participated in the kite festival organised by the UN Refugee and Works Agency (UNRWA) at the Waha in the northern Gaza Strip by

Israel refuses to pay for treatment of American Jew wounded by IOF fire

The Israeli war ministry has refused to pay the cost of medical treatment for an American-Jewish activist who lost an eye when border police officers fired a tear gas canister

Israel’s secret police exposed

The arrest by Israel’s internal security service, the Shin Bet, of an Israeli Jew accused of killing at least four Palestinians has thrown a rare light on the secret police,

Ashton calls for allowing Gaza to export goods

Catherine Ashton, the European foreign policy chief, called on Monday for allowing exports from Gaza to the outside world in order to boost its economy.

Israel to boycott UN team sent to probe its brutal attack on Flotilla

Israel said it would not deal with the team of experts dispatched by the UN international council for human rights to investigate its deadly attack on the Freedom Flotilla aid

Israelis demonstrate during cabinet meeting demanding exchange deal

Relatives of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, captured by Palestinian resistance in Gaza, along with dozens of supporters demonstrated on Sunday in front of the Israeli council of ministers demanding expediting

Palestinian refugees in Gaza demand reconstruction of destroyed homes

Tens of Palestinian refugees in the Gaza Strip staged a sit-in demanding reconstruction of their destroyed homes in Rafah city south of the Gaza Strip.

Spanish activists sue Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders

Three activists from Spain, who were on board the Freedom Flotilla, filed a lawsuit in Madrid against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders over the May 31