This is the Forward’s coverage of the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian territory on the Mediterranean sea bordering Israel. Israel withdrew from the strip in 2005, ceding direct control to the Palestinian Authority, but it maintains strict indirect control.
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Fast Forward Israel Holds Off on Gaza Invasion as Truce Push Mounts — Toll at 166
Israel said it shot down a drone from Gaza a week into its offensive on Monday, the first reported deployment of an unmanned aircraft by Palestinian militants whose rocket attacks have been regularly intercepted. Hamas, the Islamist group which runs Gaza, said its armed wing had sent several drones to carry out “special missions” deep…
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Fast Forward German ‘Allah Akhbar’ Protester Cons Frankfurt Police Into Using Megaphone
A demonstrator in Frankfort, Germany, used a police megaphone to shout anti-Israel slogans after duping police. Police said the demonstrator had agreed to calm down a violent protest Saturday but instead shouted “Child murderer Israel” and “Allahu akbar!” — Arabic for “God is great” — a Frankfurt police spokeswoman told The Associated Press. “We as…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Hits U.S. Television To Plead Israel’s Case
(Reuters) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rebuffed international calls for a ceasefire while defending his country’s offensive in Gaza during appearances on U.S. television on Sunday. Netanyahu appealed for sympathy for Israelis under siege from militant rockets as a warning siren followed by an all-clear signal punctuated his interview on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” “When…
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Fast Forward Hamas Takes to Social Media To Warn Israelis — in Hebrew
Hamas militants warned Israel for the first time, and in Hebrew, of an impending rocket attack, adopting psychological warfare with the Jewish state while trying to raise the morale of Gaza’s Palestinians harder hit by Israeli bombardment. Around 160 Palestinians in the tiny overcrowded enclave, most of them civilians, have been killed in six days…
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Fast Forward Top Australian Jewish Leader Under Fire for Email Blaming Hamas for ‘War Crimes’
A senior Jewish leader in Sydney, who also holds a government post, is under fire for an email that accuses Hamas of “war crimes” but avoids reference to Palestinian deaths from Israel’s operation in Gaza. Vic Alhadeff, chief executive of the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies and chair of the Community Relations Commission,…
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Fast Forward Thousands Flee Gaza Town After Israel Warning of Possible Invasion
Thousands fled their homes in a Gaza town on Sunday after Israel warned them to leave ahead of threatened attacks on rocket-launching sites, on the sixth day of an offensive that Palestinian officials said has killed at least 160 people. Militants in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip kept up rockets salvoes deep into the Jewish state…
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Fast Forward Israel Commandoes Clash With Hamas Troops in Gaza — Toll Rises to 150
Israeli naval commandos clashed with Hamas militants in a raid on the coast of the Gaza Strip on Sunday, in what appeared to be the first ground assault of a six-day Israeli offensive on the territory. With aerial support from fighter jets, the Israeli force attacked a site in northern Gaza used to launch long-range…
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Fast Forward Tel Aviv Shrugs Off Gaza Rocket Salvo — Toll at 151
Hamas warned Israel in a Hebrew message that it would fire on Tel Aviv in a barrage that would test the Iron Dome missile defense system. The rockets were fired on Tel Aviv after 9 p.m. on Saturday, an hour after Hamas warned the operators of the Iron Dome batteries to be “prepared to the…
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