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 Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman Resigns Over Gaza Ceasefire
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Avigdor Liberman resigned as defense minister of Israel on Wednesday over a cease-fire with Palestinian terrorist groups — a move that could trigger new elections. Liberman said the decision to agree to a cease-fire, which followed 25 hours of bombings into southern Israel from Gaza, was “a capitulation to terror.” He announced his…
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Opinion Israelis And Palestinians: Say No To Politicians Who Want Us To Be Enemies
Once again, Israel and Gaza seemed on the brink of war. And once again, a delicate ceasefire has been reached. And yet, while it’s a relief not to be at war, there is a sense of the return of the awful same. Leaders on both sides are desperately trying to impress their constituents by exploiting…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Militants Say They Will Observe Gaza Cease-Fire
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Palestinian militants in Gaza reportedly have agreed to commit to a cease-fire of hostilities that have seen more than 400 rockets bombard southern Israel and Israeli retaliation in a 25-hour period. Four mediators — Egypt, the United Nations, Norway and Switzerland — helped achieve the cease-fire, according to reports. The Palestinian terror…
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Opinion By Besieging The Palestinians, Israel Has Besieged Itself
Another round of violence has engulfed Gaza. After a botched intelligence operation in which one Israeli officer was killed as well as seven Palestinian members of Hamas, Hamas responded to Israel’s incursion by firing rockets into Israel. Israel immediately instrumentalized a story of defense. The Israeli army reported that the operation which sparked this round…
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Fast Forward One Killed After More Than 400 Rockets Hit Southern Israel In 24 Hours
JERUSALEM (JTA) — One person was killed and two seriously injured after a rocket fired from Gaza landed on an apartment building, as southern Israel remained under rocket siege for a second day. The rocket hit the upper floors of a four-story apartment in Ashkelon shortly before midnight on Monday night. The body and one…
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Fast Forward 1 Israeli Killed As Gaza Violence Flares And Palestinians Fire Rockets
Palestinian militants on Monday carried out their most intensive shelling of Israel since the 2014 Gaza war in retaliation for a botched cross-border commando raid, killing an Israeli civilian and drawing Israeli air strikes against Hamas’ television station and other targets. The flare-up, in which three Palestinian gunmen and a civilian in Israel were killed,…
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Fast Forward Israeli Soldier Killed During Special Operation In Gaza
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli soldier was killed and another injured during the Israel Defense Forces special forces operation deep inside the Gaza Strip. The operation was exposed on Sunday night leading to clashes between Israeli soldiers and Hamas fighters in Gaza, and the firing of 17 rockets from Gaza on southern Israel. Three of…
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Fast Forward 6 Palestinians, Including Hamas Commander, Killed In Gaza
JERUSALEM (JTA) — At least six Palestinians were killed during an exchange of fire between Israeli forces and Hamas fighters in Gaza. One of the dead Palestinians was identified as Nur Barake, a deputy commander of an elite unit of Iz al-Din al-Qassam, the military wing of Hamas. A second Hamas commander was said killed…
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