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Gaza crowds surge at Israel border fence, 1 dead 
Israeli troops fired on Gazans surging toward Israel's border fence Friday, killing one person but leaving intact the fragile two-day-old cease-fire between Hamas and the Jewish state.
By Karin Laub and El Deeb , November 23, 2012
Hamas targets Jerusalem in major escalation
Palestinian militants took aim at Jerusalem for the first time Friday, launching a rocket attack on the holy city in a major escalation of hostilities as Israel pressed forward with a relentless campaign of airstrikes in the Gaza Strip.
By Ibrahim Barzak and Josef Federman , November 16, 2012
Israel assassinates Hamas military chief in Gaza
Israel carried out a blistering offensive of more than 20 airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, assassinating Hamas' military commander and targeting the armed group's training facilities and rocket launchers in Israel's most intense attack on the territory in nearly four years.
By Ibrahim Barzak and Josef Federman , November 14, 2012
Israeli airstrikes kill Gaza militant
Israel carried out a series of airstrikes in the Gaza Strip late Tuesday, killing a Palestinian militant wounding others. Israel said it targeted militants before they could carry out an attack on the border between Israel and Egypt.
By Ibrahim Barzak , December 27, 2011
Israel has authorized military to stop rocket fire from Gaza
Israel has authorized its military to take all necessary steps to stop rocket fire from Gaza, including a ground operation, an Israeli military official said today, as Egypt worked on a truce and said Israel had agreed to delay stepping up its response.
By Ian Deitch , November 01, 2011
Rockets, airstrikes follow attack on Israel
Gaza militants launched barrages of rockets deep into Israel early Friday and Israeli aircraft struck targets in the Palestinian territory in the aftermath of the deadliest attack against Israelis in three years.
By Matti Friedman , August 19, 2011
Police, Palestinians clash at Jerusalem holy site
Israeli policemen entered a sensitive Jerusalem holy site Friday and used stun grenades to disperse dozens of Palestinian protesters who were hurling stones at security personnel, police said.
By Associated Press , June 10, 2011
Egypt permanently opens Gaza border crossing
The reopening of the Rafah border crossing eases an Egyptian blockade that has prevented the vast majority of Gaza's 1.5 million people from being able to travel abroad. The closure, along with an Israeli blockade of its borders with Gaza, has fueled an economic crisis in the densely populated territory.
By Ibrahim Barzak , May 28, 2011
Egypt to open Rafah crossing permanently
Egypt's decision to end its blockade of Gaza by opening the only crossing to the Hamas-ruled Palestinian territory this weekend could ease the isolation of 1.4 million Palestinians there. It also puts the new Egyptian regime at odds with Israel, which insists on careful monitoring of people and goods entering Gaza for security reasons.
By Mark Lavie , May 25, 2011
Hamas warns Israel after Gaza rockets, airstrikes
The militant Islamic Hamas rulers of Gaza warned Israel today that it will escalate hostilities against Israel if tensions don't subside along the Gaza-Israel border, and the shadowy leader of its military wing vowed to make Israel "disappear."
By Ibrahim Barzak , December 25, 2010
Israeli army: Gaza war troops to be disciplined
The Israeli military indicted a soldier Tuesday on a charge of manslaughter during last year’s war in the Gaza Strip — the most serious criminal charge to come out of an internal investigation into the devastating offensive in the Hamas-ruled territory.
By Matti Friedman , July 06, 2010
Mass march for captive soldier divides Israel
Thousands of marchers brought Israel's cultural and financial capital to a standstill, urging the government to do whatever it takes to win freedom for a soldier captured four years ago by Gaza militants. Near Israel's border with Gaza, thousands more gathered for a concert led by a world-famous conductor to press Hamas to let the Red Cross visit the soldier for the first time.
By Aron Heller , July 06, 2010
Israel to allow most goods into Gaza
Israel today dropped its long-standing restrictions on allowing consumer goods into the Gaza Strip but retained limits on desperately needed construction materials, redefining the rules of its heavily criticized Gaza embargo on the eve of the Israeli prime minister’s trip to the White House.
By Karin Laub , July 05, 2010
Lebanon permits Gaza-bound ship to sail to Cyprus
Another blockade-busting ship with activists and aid on board could embark within days on a new attempt to reach Gaza after Lebanese authorities granted permission Monday for it to sail first to Cyprus.
By Zeina Karam , June 21, 2010
Israel loosens chokehold on Gaza
An Israeli decision today to ease its blockade of Gaza under intense international pressure could spell the beginning of the end of the chokehold that has hurt ordinary Gazans far more than their militant Hamas rulers.
By Steven Gutkin , June 17, 2010
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