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Israeli boy inspects the damage after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip hit a house in the southern Israeli town of Netivot on 9 September AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ
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Israel claims 70,000 Hezbollah rockets aimed at it

Israel claims the Lebanese militant group has multiplied its stockpiles since 2006…

Rana Muhammad Taha
Rana Muhammad Taha
A man carries a Palestinian child to be treated for wounds on 10 September at the Al-Najjar hospital in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip AFP PHOTO/ SAID KHATIB
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Rockets and air raids exchanged between Gaza and Israel

Raids on the Gaza Strip in response to rockets fired into Israel

Hend Kortam
Hend Kortam
Ismail Haniya, the head of the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip (right) chairs a meeting members of the Palestinian Legislative Council in Gaza City on 2 September AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS
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Hamas announces government reshuffle

Seven new ministers to be appointed by Hamas government

Hend Kortam
Hend Kortam
Ambulances and firemen arrive following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on 28 August AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED ABED
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Israeli airstrike targets militants, injures civilians

Hits against "two terror activity sites" in Gaza leave two civilians injured

Luiz Sanchez
Luiz Sanchez
An elderly Palestinian woman sits on the ground outside her home at Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS
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Bleak future for Gaza

Gaza will not be livable, unless drastic actions are taken, says the…

Basil El-Dabh
Basil El-Dabh
Palestinians wait in a hall at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip before travelling to Egypt AFP PHOTO/ SAID KHATIB
EgyptPolitics

Rafah crossing open, not for trade

Egypt re-opens the Rafah border, says EOHR Senior Foreign Relations Officer

Luiz Sanchez
Luiz Sanchez
Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas addresses students in the West Bank city of Ramallah on 26 August AFP PHOTO / ABBAS MOMANI
Politics

Hamas not invited to summit

Non-Aligned Movement invitation sent only to Abbas

Basil El-Dabh
Basil El-Dabh
Gaza's Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniya (File photo) AFP PHOTO / Said Khatib
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Hamas invited to Non-Aligned summit

Invitation angers PLO

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt
Egyptian security forces stand by their Armoured Personell Carriers ahead of a military operation in the northern Sinai peninsula on 8 August AFP PHOTO / STRINGER
EgyptPolitics

Tribesmen killed in Sinai as unrest continues

The exact identity of the attackers remains unclear at this point yet

Hend Kortam
Hend Kortam
An Egyptian army vehicle keeps its position close to the Rafah border crossing with the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on 6 August AFP PHOTO/AHMED MAHMOUD
EgyptPolitics

Rafah crossing closed following Sinai attack

Hamas calls move “collective punishment,” as Brotherhood suggests Israeli involvement

Luiz Sanchez
Luiz Sanchez