U.N. agencies in Israel and the Palestinian territories reported an alarming number of child victims in last year\’s war in the Gaza Strip but were split on whether Israel should be put on a list of violators of children\’s rights, a U.N. document said.
Amnesty International said in a report on Wednesday that Islamist Hamas committed war crimes against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip during last year\’s war with Israel.
Israel and Hamas share common interests, and the Palestinian Islamists must stay in power in the Gaza Strip to prevent the enclave descending into chaos, an Israeli general was quoted as saying on Tuesday.
Israel imported fruits and vegetables from the Gaza Strip for the first time in nearly eight years.
Three Israelis were charged with smuggling goods to Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Israel\’s top military electronic surveillance unit expelled dozens of veterans on Monday for refusing to spy on Palestinians living in the West Bank, Army Radio said.
Israeli forces shot dead a member of Hamas\’s armed wing after a firefight erupted along the border with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday and an Israeli soldier was wounded, Gaza hospital officials and the Israeli army said.
Bassem Eid, a Palestinian human rights activist, has launched a crusade against the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), tasked with providing “assistance and protection” for five million Palestinian refugees around the world.
Israel on Thursday allowed Palestinian farmers to ship produce from the blockaded Gaza Strip to the West Bank, via Israeli territory, for the first time since 2007.
An anonymous U.S. official\’s reported description of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a \”chickenshit\” drew a sharp response on Wednesday from the Israeli leader – no stranger to acrimony with the Obama administration.
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