Israeli warplanes have attacked smuggling tunnels between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, after militants in Gaza fired at least two rockets into southern Israel. The tit-for-tat violence is further complicating prospects to draft a truce between Israel a...
This is the last day of campaigning in Israel, where voters on Tuesday are to elect a new prime minister. With security as a major concern in the elections, polls have hardliner Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party in the lead. The polling comes a...
Israel aircraft have bombed a Palestinian target in Gaza, following Palestinian militant rocket attacks on Israel on Sunday. The Hamas militant group that runs Gaza says Israeli aircraft hit a Palestinian police position. On Sunday, Palestinian mili...
As the last Israeli troops left the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, European Union foreign ministers in Brussels urged Israel to lift its blockade of humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian territory. Israeli FM Tzipi Livni (left) with EU official Javie...
The humanitarian crisis is deepening in Gaza, following Israel's 22-day offensive that Palestinian officials said killed nearly 1,300 people. Now, Israel says it is considering a prisoner swap to win the release of an Israeli soldier held in Gaza, s...
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has become the first international leader to visit the Gaza Strip following Israel's 22-day offensive. Israeli troops continue to pull out of the battered enclave, where Palestinian medical officials say 1,300 peop...
As Israeli troops begin pulling out of the Gaza Strip, following their 22-day offensive against Hamas militants, the United Nations is intensifying its efforts to deal with the humanitarian crisis left in its wake. A Palestinian family sit next to t...
The U.N. World Food Program says it is launching an operation to increase the distribution of food to people caught in the conflict in the Gaza Strip. The World Food Program says the number of Palestinians needing food aid has escalated substantiall...
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak hosted a summit of six top European leaders, including Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, in order to coordinate efforts to strengthen a ceasefire in Gaza and to help rebuild...
The U.N. Children's Fund says 840,000 children in Gaza are under extreme stress and are traumatized by the violent events of the past few weeks. UNICEF warns of long-lasting psychological consequences for thousands of children caught up in the Israe...