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 More Than a Dozen Rockets From Gaza Strike Israel, Damaging Homes
More than a dozen rockets fired from Gaza struck Israel in one morning, damaging homes and farmland. The rockets, some reports say 16, were fired Monday morning. Hamas’ military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, claimed responsibility for the attacks. It is the first time in two years, since the end of Israel’s Operation Pillar…
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Fast Forward Israel Bombs Multiple Targets in Gaza After Rocket Attacks
Israeli aircraft attacked at least six militant targets in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, hours after rockets fired from the Palestinian territory set a factory in Israel on fire, Israeli and Palestinian officials said. Palestinian medics said two people were wounded in air strikes on eight sites. Israeli officials said only six sites were bombed….
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Fast Forward Rocket From Gaza Strikes Factory in Southern Israel
A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip struck a factory in southern Israel on Saturday, setting it on fire, but Israeli officials said there were no serious injuries. Palestinian officials in Gaza said that shortly after the rocket attack, Israeli tanks had fired back into the northern part of the coastal strip, causing no injuries….
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Fast Forward 40,000 Gaza Civil Servants Launch Strike
Some 40,000 public servants hired by Hamas went on strike in Gaza on Thursday in a pay dispute that could test the resilience of the new Palestinian government, formed just weeks ago under the Islamist group’s unity pact with President Mahmoud Abbas. All government offices in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip were closed as a result…
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Fast Forward Gazan Palestinian Caught Near Israeli Community With Grenade
A Palestinian who infiltrated Israel from the Gaza Strip was caught while armed with a hand grenade outside of a southern Israeli community. The Palestinian reportedly crossed the border fence near southern Gaza early on Sunday morning. He walked nearly five miles and was caught by a community guard near Moshav Yated in the northwestern…
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News Israel, Meet Lacrosse
Taglit-Birthright brought Scott Neiss to Israel. And Neiss, in turn, brought lacrosse. That’s the story, more or less, behind Israel Lacrosse, a not-for-profit organization engaging Israeli boys and girls ages 8 to 18 in the sport. Neiss, who worked as a general manager for several professional lacrosse teams in the States, founded the group in…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Civil Servants Jostle in Unity Spat
Employees who have been on separate payrolls of rival Palestinian governments traded blows at Gaza banks on Thursday when those hired by Hamas did not receive their wages under a new unity administration. Since Hamas Islamists seized control of the Gaza Strip in 2007 from Fatah forces loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas, head of the…
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Opinion Why Bother Playing Gaza Rocket Blame Game?
Man walks by rocket shelter in Israeli town of Sderot / Getty Images Responding to the new Palestinian unity government yesterday, Israel decided that it will start holding the Palestinian Authority responsible for rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip. The security cabinet resolved unanimously to “hold the Palestinian Authority responsible for all actions that harm…
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