Gaza Violence

Israeli Killed And 2 Palestinian Gunmen Dead As Gaza Violence Persists

World News | Reuters | Sunday May 5, 2019

A rocket fired from Gaza killed an Israeli civilian on Sunday and two Palestinian gunmen were killed in an Israeli strike as cross-border hostilities ran into their third day.

Argentina Cancels Football Friendly with Israel Citing "Threats To Messi"

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday June 6, 2018

Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Wednesday slammed the Argentina national football team over the cancellation of a planned friendly against Israel in Jerusalem, calling it a surrender to hate.

Argentina Cancel FIFA World Cup Warm-Up Match Against Israel After Gaza Violence

Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday June 6, 2018

Argentina have cancelled a World Cup warm-up match against Israel under political pressure over Israel's treatment of Palestinians in Gaza, the media reported.

Pope Francis, In Easter Message, Says "Defenceless" Being Killed In Holy Land

World News | Reuters | Sunday April 1, 2018

Pope Francis, in his Easter address on Sunday, called for peace in the Holy Land two days after 15 Palestinians were killed on the Israeli-Gaza border, saying the conflict there "does not spare the defenceless".

US Blocks UN Security Council Statement Expressing "Grave Concern" Over Gaza Violence

World News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday April 1, 2018

The United States on Saturday blocked a draft UN Security Council statement urging restraint and calling for an investigation of clashes on the Gaza-Israel border that left 16 dead, diplomats said.

Families Of US-Israeli Victims Sue Facebook Over Palestinian Attacks

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday July 11, 2016

Israeli and American victims of Palestinian attacks sued Facebook Monday, claiming that the internet giant enables the militant Hamas group to use its platform and demanding $1 billion in damages.

Palestinian Wielding Knife Shot Dead: Israeli Police

World News | Reuters | Sunday November 1, 2015

Israeli security forces shot and killed a Palestinian who ran at them with a knife in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, police said, as a month-long wave of violence showed no signs of abating.

Amid Wave of Attacks, Fear and Loathing Grip Jerusalem's Old City

World News | Reuters | Thursday October 29, 2015

A month ago, you couldn't get a table in Abu Shukri's hummus restaurant. Tucked in a backstreet of the Old City, off the Via Dolorosa, the place has long been regarded as the best hummus joint in the Holy Land.

6 Palestinians Killed in Israeli Fire as Gaza Violence Widens

World News | Reuters | Saturday October 10, 2015

Israeli troops shot dead six Palestinians in protests in Gaza and a knife-wielding Jewish man wounded four Arabs in southern Israel on Friday in a wave of violence that has fuelled talk of a new uprising against Israel.

UN Security Council Concerned by Resumption of Gaza Violence

World News | Reuters | Thursday August 21, 2014

The UN Security Council on Wednesday expressed "grave concern" at the resumption of hostilities in Gaza between Israel and Palestinians and called upon the parties to resume negotiations to urgently reach a "sustainable and lasting ceasefire."

Israel, Palestinians Renew Truce But See Risk of More Gaza Violence

World News | Reuters | Tuesday August 19, 2014

The chief Palestinian delegate to truce talks with Israel warned on Tuesday that Gaza violence could erupt anew unless progress is made toward a lasting deal ahead of a midnight deadline in Egyptian-brokered talks.

US Aircraft Strike Islamic State Artillery in Iraq: Pentagon

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday August 8, 2014

US aircraft launched strikes against extremist positions in northern Iraq after artillery fire near US personnel, the Pentagon said on Friday.

4,00,000 Children in Gaza Strip Showing Symptoms of Distress: UNICEF

World News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday August 8, 2014

Around 400,000 children in the Gaza Strip are showing symptoms of distress, including bed wetting, clinging to parents and nightmares, and need psychosocial support, the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) has said.

Heartbreak: Reporting on Gaza's Child Victims

World News | Sara Hussein, Agence France-Presse | Thursday July 31, 2014

This war in Gaza is not the first war I have covered, it isn't even the first war I've covered in Gaza. I've been to places like Syria and Libya, and seen some of the horrible things that are normal in armed conflict, and I've seen dead children before, but never like during this war in Gaza. Never so many, never so often.

Amid Protests Over Gaza Violence, Home Minister Rajnath Singh Gets an Invitation to Israel

India News | Written by Anchal Vohra | Thursday July 31, 2014

NDTV has learnt that nearly a week before the UNHRC resolution, Israel had extended an invitation to Home Minister Rajnath Singh to attend a conference on homeland security in Tel Aviv in November.