11 Palestinians killed, over 100 injured during Israeli raid targeting militants in West Bank
Israeli authorities said that Wednesday's operation in Nablus targeted three suspects that were planning attacks on Israel.
Israeli authorities said that Wednesday's operation in Nablus targeted three suspects that were planning attacks on Israel.
The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) has vowed to reach a prisoners' swap deal with Israel to release the Palestinians imprisoned in Israeli jails.
Hamas, the militant organisation ruling the Gaza Strip, has warned against what it calls Israeli settlers' plan to "storm" the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem.
Meanwhile, Egyptian-mediated efforts to deliver a long-term truce have struggled with the sides unable to agree on a system to renew Qatari payments to needy Gaza families
Hazem Qassem, the movement's spokesman in Gaza said that "there are contacts to lift the Israeli siege that has been imposed on the Gaza Strip for 15 years"
Hamas officials said they will study the situation and respond to UNRWA's demand soon
Naftali Bennett said that Hamas, which controls the besieged Palestinian enclave, will "have to get used to a different Israeli approach, one of initiative, decisiveness, and suspicion".
Israel Defense Forces said its fighter jets had hit military compounds operated by Hamas in Khan Yunis and Gaza City
Even if we assume that Israel’s invocation of right of self-defence against non-state actors like Hamas is justified, its application in situations of occupation is still problematic.
According to the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF), the tunnels were built over five years and allowed Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, to move ammunition, fighters and food within the coastal strip.
