Gaza fighting intensifies, Israel asks why armed men were at UN site
Israeli troops battled militants across Gaza on Wednesday, including in the southern city of Rafah that had been a refuge for civilians, in an upsurge...
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CIA director, Israel and Hamas leave Egypt talks with no deal reached
Both the Israeli and the Hamas delegations as well as CIA director Bill Burns left Cairo on Thursday with no deal reached on a cease-fire...
Al-Qassam Brigades engaged in ‘fierce clashes’ with Israeli army in eastern Rafah
The armed wing of the Palestinian resistance group Hamas on Wednesday said its fighters are engaged in fierce clashes with Israeli forces in Rafah in...
Yemen’s Houthis warn of ‘broader escalation’ if Israel invades Rafah
Yemen’s Houthi group threatened Tuesday to expand its attacks on shipping if the Israeli army invaded the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip....
Hamas chief discusses Gaza ceasefire talks with Egypt, Qatar officials
Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh discussed the ongoing Gaza ceasefire talks in separate phone calls with Egypt's intelligence chief Abbas Kamel and Qatar's Prime Minister and...
Egyptian Christians attacked by Islamic extremists
In the run-up to the May 5 Orthodox Easter celebrations, extremists attacked a Christian village in Upper Egypt and set fire to several homes and...
Egypt: Sisi government ‘granted amnesty’ to Islamic State fighters who committed war crimes in Sinai
Egypt's authorities have made “questionable” amnesty deals with suspected members of an Islamic State affiliate in North Sinai without plans to prosecute them for serious...