Israeli police entered Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound before dawn on Wednesday and clashed with worshippers, in what police said was a response to rioting that set off a furious reaction across the West Bank and crossborder strikes in Gaza. The incident, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and on the eve of the Jewish… Read More Clashes erupt following Israeli forces’ raid on Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem
Israel on Thursday indicted a senior leader of the Iran-backed Islamic Jihad movement whose arrest led to a brief conflict in Gaza earlier this month and whose detention is likely to fuel tensions. The charges against Bassam Al-Saadi, who was arrested on August 1 during a raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin,… Read More Israel indicts Islamic Jihad leader Bassem al-Saadi
Israel reopened border crossings into Gaza on Monday following an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire with the militant Islamic Jihad group that ended the most serious outbreak of fighting around the volatile Palestinian enclave in more than a year. At least 44 people, including 15 children, were killed in 56 hours of violence that began when Israeli airstrikes… Read More Israel reopens Gaza border crossings as truce holds
Israel and Palestinian militants have agreed to a truce in Gaza from Sunday evening as mediated by Cairo, sources said, after a weekend-long pounding of Palestinian targets by Israel triggered longer-range rocket attacks against its cities. An Egyptian security source said Israel had agreed to the proposal, while a Palestinian official familiar with Egyptian efforts… Read More Israel, Palestinian militants agree to truce
Israeli air strikes pounded Gaza while the militant Islamic Jihad group fired hundreds of rockets into Israel on Saturday as a cross-border clash continued into a second day, killing at least six people, including four children. Hamas, the Islamist group which controls the enclave, said the children were among the dead from a blast close… Read More Israeli forces, Palestinian militants launch airstrikes and rockets attacks in cross-border clash
Jordan’s king told Israel’s visiting prime minister on Wednesday that Palestinians should be part of U.S.-sponsored regional economic projects to underpin stability in the Middle East. Jordanian officials say Amman has been pushing Israel to include the Palestinians in water-for-energy deals that both countries are considering and which Gulf Arab countries could help finance. Israel… Read More Jordan’s King Abdullah urges Israeli PM Yair Lapid to include Palestinians in regional projects
U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid signed a joint pledge on Thursday to deny Iran nuclear arms, a show of unity by allies long divided over diplomacy with Tehran. The undertaking, part of a “Jerusalem Declaration” crowning Biden’s first visit to Israel as president, came a day after he told a… Read More U.S., Israel issue joint pledge to deny Iran nuclear weaponry
At least 152 Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli riot police inside Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Friday, extending a recent resurgence of violence that has raised fears of a slide back to wider conflict. Most of the Palestinian injuries were incurred by rubber bullets, stun grenades and beatings with police batons, the Palestine… Read More Scores injured as Israeli forces clash with Palestinians at Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem
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