Tag: Hamas
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Self-defence claim by Israel flawed
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.
June 11, 2021 -
Hamas tunnels damaged by Israel renovated: Official
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.
June 6, 2021 -
Israeli aircraft attack Gaza military sites
During the past two weeks, unknown militants had fired four rockets at southern Israel.
October 23, 2020 -
Hamas imposes lockdown after 4 new Coronavirus cases in Gaza
Marouf clarified that the lockdown will cover all Gaza's districts starting from Monday night, including the closure of all official and educational institutions.
August 25, 2020 -
Israel aircraft attacks Hamas sites in Gaza after rocket fire
Two rockets were fired the next day at the Jewish state from Gaza, triggering a punitive Israeli air raid on Hamas installations in the Palestinian enclave.
July 6, 2020 -
‘UN committed to resolve Israeli-Palestinian conflict’
Jerusalem remains a final status issue. The city's future can only be resolved on the basis of international law and through negotiations between the parties, he said.
February 5, 2020 -
Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan ‘will not pass’, warns Hamas chief
The Palestinian leadership was not invited to the US talks and has rejected Trump's initiative amid tensions over his recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's undivided capital.
January 27, 2020 -
Israel strikes Hamas targets in Gaza
Two were alleged to have been intercepted by the Iron Dome and the third possibly fell into a field in Israel, without causing harm.
August 17, 2019 -
Detente in Gaza
Over the three days of the conflict, there was a dramatic change in strategy on either side of the “line of control”, so to speak.
May 11, 2019 -
Mideast on the boil
The cauldron bubble of the Middle East has flared up yet again this week, and the risk of war is dangerously real. The outbreak of violence is reckoned to be the worst since the 2014 conflict and the situation remains ever so fragile. The question that is now of greatest importance is whether the ceasefire …
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November 16, 2018 -
Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu threatens Hamas with ‘very strong blows’
"We are very close to another type of action which would include very strong blows. If Hamas is intelligent, it will cease fire and violence now," he added.
October 14, 2018 -
Israel attacks Hamas positions in Gaza
The Israeli Air Force on Saturday attacked Hamas positions in Gaza, in response to an infiltration that took place hours earlier when four Palestinians threw a petrol bomb after crossing the fence into Israel.
May 27, 2018 -
Israel strikes six Hamas military targets
The Israeli military fighter jets have targeted six military targets belonging to Hamas's naval force in the northern Gaza Strip, said the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).
April 28, 2018 -
Israel strikes six Hamas military targets in Gaza
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) fighter jets targeted a total of six military targets in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, in response to the detonation of an explosive device on the border fence in southern Gaza. These specific military targets belonging to the Hamas organization were attacked, Xinhua quoted a statement issued by the Israeli …
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February 18, 2018 -
US adds Hamas leader to terrorist list
The US State Department on Wednesday added Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh into its terrorist list. Haniyeh, leader and chief of the Political Bureau of Hamas, was designated as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) together with three other groups, Xinhua reported. All of their property and interests in property subject to US jurisdiction will be blocked, …
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February 1, 2018 -
Israel carries out air strike in Gaza: Israel army
Israeli aircraft has attacked a target in the southern Gaza Strip, the army said, and also closed the goods crossing between the Palestinian enclave and the Jewish state. Israel “targeted a terror infrastructure using fighter jets in the southern Rafah region, adjacent to the Egypt-Gaza Strip border,” an army statement said on Saturday. “The Hamas …
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January 14, 2018 -
Israel bombs Hamas positions
Israeli forces on Thursday bombed three Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip after projectiles were launched towards Israel a day earlier, the military announced. The forces targeted three installations around the Gaza Strip that were used for training and weapons storage, reports Efe news. The Army said Israel will not permit any attempt to harm …
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December 14, 2017