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Pope Francis calls for the global community to investigate whether Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
2024-11-17

The Israeli military announces that Yahya Sinwar, the de facto leader of Hamas and the mastermind of the October 7 attack, was killed along with two other militants in a shootout with Israeli forces in Rafah Governorate, Gaza.
2024-10-17

The Israeli government will summon the Belgian and Spanish ambassadors following their criticism of Israel for the suffering of Palestinian civilians under Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip by Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
2023-11-25

The Palestinian National Council, the legislative arm of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation, convenes for the first time in nine years in Ramallah. The agenda includes voting in a new eighteen-member PLO Executive Committee, transforming the Palestinian Authority into a state with its own institutions and monetary system, and cessation of ties with Israel. Gazan rivals Hamas are not invited.
2018-04-30

Israel and Hamas agree to a brief UN humanitarian ceasefire Thursday morning to allow aid to enter the Gaza Strip.
2014-07-17

At least 100 rockets have been fired from Gaza into southern Israel over the last 3 days, with the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine claiming responsibility. The IDF responded by shelling two alleged PIJ targets.
2014-03-13

United Nations figures indicate around 225 families remain homeless in Gaza since Israel's three-week military offensive was launched in December 2008.
2010-07-18

One month after Israel's announcement it was easing its Gazan blockade the humanitarian situation remains dire.
2010-07-17

In response to the mortars fired into Israel that hit a government building, Israeli warplanes bomb smuggling tunnels between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, with one person being wounded in an air attack in Rafah.
2010-06-25

The Arab League expresses "great" concern over Israeli "aggression" in the Gaza Strip, stating that human rights are being breached.
2010-04-16