Israeli war jets carried out successive airstrikes early on Thursday morning on training facilities that belong to Islamic Hamas movement in northern Gaza Strip and on Gaza city, security officials said.
The White House said Tuesday that President Barack Obama had not made a decision to release Jonathan Pollard, the convicted American-Israeli spy, a move deemed as part of the ongoing deliberations to salvage the faltering Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned on Thursday both Israel's air strikes against the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip and the rockets fired by Gaza militants to Israel.
U.S. President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed to continue efforts to advance a political solution to the Syria conflict, the White House said on Wednesday.
Thousands of Israeli right-wing protesters, among them parliament members and ministers, gathered in the West Bank Thursday to encourage settlements construction and to protest against the ongoing peace talks, local media reported.
Top UN envoy for the Middle East voiced deep concern over the deteriorating situation in the Gaza Strip, a UN spokesperson said on Wednesday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel remains steadfast in preventing rocket fire from the Gaza Strip against southern Israel.
Two rockets fired from the Gaza Strip hit southern Israel on Thursday, causing no injuries or damage, said a local police spokesperson.
Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat said Monday that Israel's rejection of a two-state solution and disregard of legal Palestinian rights undermine U.S. peace efforts.
The Israel Air Force (IAF) on Sunday morning struck and killed an Islamic Jihad militant in the northern Gaza Strip who was planning to fire rockets at Israel in the near future, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said.
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon on Sunday warned Gaza militants against further rocket fire, saying Israel will strike anyone who threatens the lives of its civilians.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed Thursday the European Union (EU) as "hypocrisy" after four European states summoned Israeli ambassadors to their countries over Israel's recent construction plan for 1,400 new housing units in the West Bank and east Jerusalem settlement, local media reported.
The United States on Tuesday rejected as "offensive and inappropriate" remarks made by the Israeli defense minister about Secretary of State John Kerry's ongoing peacemaking efforts in the Middle East.
Israel's late prime minister Ariel Sharon, an iconic leader in the Jewish state, left a legacy full of contradictions in his dealing with the Palestinians as well as other Arabs toward achieving peace in the Middle East.
A heated debate emerged on Sunday 's weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on Sunday, regarding the peace talk with the Palestinians and the level of incitement against Israel in the Palestinian Authority, the Ha'aretz daily reported.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday morning before leaving Israel that any future peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians would be "fair and balanced."
The Israeli air force (IAF) struck militant targets in the Gaza Strip overnight in retaliation for a rocket attack on southern Israel from the coastal enclave Thursday evening, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said.
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