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Sustained Israeli military airstrikes have destroyed nine miles (14km) of militant tunnels along the Gaza Strip, and the homes of nine Hamas commanders, it has been claimed. According to the Israeli Defense Forces, the latest attacks killed a local Gaza leader of the Islamic Jihad militant group, blamed for some of the thousands of rocket

Heavy bombing has continued in Gaza in the early hours of the morning as Israeli warplanes unleashed a series of airstrikes across several locations.  Explosions rocked Gaza City for 10 minutes on Monday morning, lasting longer and targeting a wider area than the air raids that killed 42 Palestinians a day before. The violent assaults

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his country’s military campaign in Gaza will continue with “full force”, as the number killed in an overnight airstrike rose to 42. The comments come as the UN Security Council meets to discuss the violence, with the UN’s secretary general Antonio Guterres calling for an immediate end to

More airstrikes smashed into Gaza as Israel’s prime minister vowed to push on “forcefully” with a week-long offensive against Palestinian militants despite growing concern about civilian deaths and the targeting of a building that housed journalists. At least 41 children are among more than 140 people killed in the Palestinian enclave, ruled by the Islamist

Tensions in Gaza have escalated further after an Israeli bombardment destroyed a high-rise building used by foreign press, followed up by the targeting of the home of one of Hamas’s leaders. Israel‘s airstrike on the 12-storey tower block – an hour after people were told to evacuate the building – came as fighting raged despite

An Israeli air strike has killed eight children and two women from an extended family – the highest number of fatalities in a single hit since the Israel-Gaza conflict reignited earlier this week. It came as the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) said on Saturday incoming rocket fire from Gaza had forced Israeli civilians to head

Six Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli army in the West Bank in a new wave of violence between the two sides. Five were killed after protesters started throwing stones at Israeli troops, while the sixth was shot after ramming his car into a military post and then trying to stab a soldier, officials

Israeli ground forces began launching attacks on Gaza in a widening of hostilities as Israel braced for more internal strife between its Arab and Jewish citizens following Friday prayers. The Israeli military said air and ground forces were firing at the Hamas-run enclave, though it does not appear to mean the start of a ground

Israel has assembled thousands of troops at the Gaza border, as it prepares for a possible ground operation while airstrikes continue on both sides. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) has called up 7,000 reservists, cancelled all weekend leave for combat soldiers and is at “various stages of preparing ground operations”, a spokesperson told The Times

The horror for the communities of Gaza and the terror for communities in southern Israel is rightly the focus in this latest clash in the long struggle between the Israelis and the Palestinians. From Gaza the rockets continue to fly, and into Gaza the missiles continue to drop. But amidst this renewed conflict, the bitter

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that Hamas “will pay a heavy price for their belligerence” as the country steps up its attacks on the Gaza Strip. On Tuesday, the Israeli military destroyed a building used by Hamas, killing at least three militants, as Palestinian rockets continued to fall on parts of Israel. It is

Hamas militants have announced one of their most senior leaders in Gaza has been killed in an airstrike amid the worst violence in the region since 2014. Gaza City commander Bassem Issa is the highest-ranking Hamas figure to be killed since the war there seven years ago. Israeli security services said he is one of

Hamas has launched a rocket attack on Tel-Aviv, with a direct hit on a building leaving at least one person dead, Israeli media reports. Israeli transport authorities have closed its main Ben Gurion airport as explosions broke out across the city. Hamas said in a statement it had fired 130 rockets towards Tel-Aviv and its

At least 11 people including students have been killed and several injured in a shooting at a school in southwest Russia, according to reports. The RIA news agency said an explosion was heard at the school in the city of Kazan and a gunman has been detained by police. Interfax news agency cited a source

A number of rockets have landed in an area of Jerusalem, according to Israeli media reports. It came minutes after an ultimatum from Hamas for Israel to withdraw forces from two flashpoints in the city. The group claimed responsibility for the attack, calling it retaliation for Israeli “crimes and aggression”. Advertisement

Israeli police have clashed with Palestinian protesters inside a Jerusalem holy site amid rising tensions. Officers fired tear gas and stun grenades and protesters threw stones and other objects from the al Aqsa mosque compound. Palestinians reported stun grenades were fired into the mosque compound, with dozens reportedly injured. The site, known to Jews as