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 Family of 6 Killed as Israel Intensifies Attack on Gaza
At least six Palestinians were killed and about 25 wounded in an Israeli attack on Tuesday on a house in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Interior Ministry said. Local residents said the dwelling belonged to the family of a Hamas member and that the casualties occurred when it came under attack for the second time…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Warns He Will ‘Take Gloves Off’ in New Gaza Fight
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Israeli military to “take off the gloves” against Hamas, as Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon prepared the public for a long campaign in Gaza. “Hamas chose to escalate the situation and it will pay a heavy price for doing so,” Netanyahu said Tuesday morning as he entered meetings with defense…
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Opinion Why Avigdor Liberman Dumped Bibi
Avigdor Liberman at Likud-Beiteinu campaign rally, December 2012 / Getty Images Israeli Foreign Avigdor Liberman announced today that he was pulling his Yisrael Beiteinu party out of its electoral alliance with Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud. The two combined forces in a joint electoral slate in advance of last year’s Knesset elections, but never merged the two…
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News Israel Will Escalate Gaza Strikes as Rocket Attacks Increase
The Israeli government is planning to escalate its attacks on Hamas and other terrorist groups slamming southern Israel with rocket fire from the Gaza Strip. The security Cabinet decided at a three-hour meeting on Monday to steadily increase Israel’s military retaliation, according to reports. The Israel Defense Forces said it was calling up some 1,500…
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Fast Forward Israel Denies Killing 6 Hamas Militants in Gaza
Israel called up reserve troops on Monday for a possible escalation of hostilities with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip where Hamas said six of its fighters were killed by air strikes, something Israel denied. Hamas vowed revenge for what it said were deadliest attacks in a surge of violence since the kidnapping and killing of…
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Fast Forward 7 Hamas Men Killed by Israel in Gaza Strike
Israeli air strikes killed seven Hamas gunmen early Monday, the Islamist group’s armed wing said, making it their highest single death toll since a 2012 cross-border war with the Jewish state. Israeli military authorities confirmed the strikes, saying they “responded to rocket attacks against southern Israel,” targeting 9 “terror” sites and concealed rocket launchers. Hamas…
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Fast Forward Israel Launches Gaza Strikes as Rockets Rain
Israeli air strikes wounded 15 people in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, local residents said, and militants kept up rocket fire on Israel, damaging two homes, in rising border tensions following the death of a Palestinian youth. Violent Arab protests erupted on Wednesday after the body of the 16-year-old Palestinian boy was discovered in Jerusalem,…
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Fast Forward Israel Launches Massive Air Strike on Gaza
Israel’s Air Force bombed 34 sites in the Gaza Strip. The attacks, identified as “precision strikes,” came in response to 18 rockets fired from the Gaza Strip at Israel over a 24-hour period beginning Sunday night, according to the IDF. International media reported the Israeli strikes on Gaza, linking it to the discovery Monday afternoon…
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