Gaza Strip

UN Faults Israel for Attacks on UN Shelters during 2014 Gaza War

By Dustin M Braden - Apr 27, 2015 07:17 PM EDT

A United Nations report has found Israel responsible for a number of attacks on UN shelters in the Gaza Strip that left dozens of Palestinians dead and wounded.

Israeli Settlers Attack US Diplomats

By Dustin M Braden - Jan 02, 2015 03:28 PM EST

Israeli settlers have attacked a group of US diplomats who were touring Israeli settlements in the West Bank that are illegal according to international law.

Fresh Violence Erupts in Palestine and Israel

By Dustin M Braden - Dec 24, 2014 10:48 AM EST

New violence in Palestine and Israel could result in the termination of a fragile ceasefire that barely brought to end a summer of fighting.

Israel and Hamas reach new ceasefire agreement

By Dustin M Braden - Aug 26, 2014 11:16 AM EDT

Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement for a ceasefire to end the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip and Hamas' indiscriminate firing of rockets into Israel.

Hamas executes 18 suspected of collaboration with Israel

By Dustin M Braden - Aug 22, 2014 12:48 PM EDT

After the loss of three key leaders in an Israeli airstrike, Hamas rounded up and executed 18 Palestinians accused of collaborating with the Israeli military.

Israel kills 3 Hamas leaders

By Dustin M Braden - Aug 21, 2014 11:36 AM EDT

Thousands of Palestinians took to the streets to bury three senior leaders of Hamas that were killed in Israeli airstrikes.

Israel and Gaza Strip ceasefire collapses, new fighting breaks out

By Dustin M Braden - Aug 19, 2014 10:50 AM EDT

Rocket fire and airstrikes have resumed in the Gaza Strip and Israel after the collapse of a delicately negotiated ceasefire extension was reached Aug. 18.

Israel refuses to grant Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch access to Gaza Strip

By Dustin M Braden - Aug 18, 2014 10:20 AM EDT

After numerous reports of unwarranted civilian deaths and attacks on United Nations designated shelters in the Gaza Strip, Israel is denying Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch entry into the besieged territory.

Israel, Hamas extend ceasefire

By Dustin M Braden - Aug 13, 2014 08:42 PM EDT

The Israeli government and Gazan authorities have agreed on a five day long extension of an already in place ceasefire despite the fact that rockets landed in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon.

Israel and Hamas exchange salvos after ceasefire expires

By Dustin M Braden - Aug 08, 2014 10:28 AM EDT

The Israelis and Hamas have resumed their war in the Gaza Strip after the expiration of a 72-hour ceasefire.

Two attacks in Israel suggest a new Intifada may be brewing

By Dustin M Braden - Aug 04, 2014 10:15 AM EDT

Two recent attacks in Israel proper suggest that the hostilities in the Gaza Strip are no longer limited by geography, implying a wider uprising akin to an intifada is more and more likely.

Ceasefire between Israel and Hama collapses; Israeli soldier captured

By Dustin M Braden - Aug 01, 2014 10:00 AM EDT

A recently declared 72-hour ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has been nullified after a Hamas attack on Israeli soldiers that saw two killed, and a third captured.

Israel and Hamas agree to 72-hour ceasefire

By Dustin M Braden - Jul 31, 2014 07:22 PM EDT

Israel and Hamas have both agreed to a 72-hour humanitarian ceasefire brokered by the United Nations.

Bolivia designates Israel as a terrorist state

By Dustin M Braden - Jul 30, 2014 06:47 PM EDT

The government of Bolivia has declared Israel a terrorist state after it attacked a designated United Nations shelter in the Gaza Strip for the second time in as many weeks.

Israel again attacks UN shelter at school in Gaza; UN told Israel shelter's position 17 times

By Dustin M Braden - Jul 30, 2014 12:07 PM EDT

Media reports and statements from the United Nations say that Israel has attacked a designated civilian shelter for the second time since its invasion of the Gaza Strip.

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