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![Israeli attacks hit the Gaza Strip, which only gets electricity a couple of hours a day [Ibraheem Abu Mustafa-Reuters]](https://www.today.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/27154314-324x235.jpg "Israel launches more air strikes in Gaza as Palestinians intensify rocket attack")
Israel launches more air strikes in Gaza as Palestinians intensify rocket attack
Israel launched more air strikes on Gaza on Tuesday as Palestinians kept up rocket fire on Israeli territory, in the worst surge of violence since a 2014 war.
Islamic Jihad group announces Gaza ceasefire with Israel
The Palestinian group Islamic Jihad says it has agreed to stop firing rockets towards Israel after talks with an Egyptian delegation.
Israeli jets hit 80 targets in Gaza amid rocket fire and protests
Israeli fighter jets struck dozens of sites across the Gaza Strip early on Saturday as fighters fired about 30 rockets into Israel, in the heaviest exchange of fire in several weeks.
![Smoke rises following an Israeli air strike in northern Gaza Strip on October 27 [Mohammed Salem-Reuters]](https://www.today.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/27093318-324x235.jpg "Gaza rockets hit Israel")
Gaza rockets hit Israel
A barrage of rockets from Gaza hit Israel during the night, the army said Saturday, hours after five Palestinians were killed during clashes on the Israeli border, in a flare-up that could jeopardise truce efforts.
![More than 200 people have been killed by Israeli forces since the Great March of Return protests began on March 30 [Mohammed Salem-Reuters]](https://www.today.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/25112050-324x235.jpg "Israeli warplanes carry out air attacks in besieged Gaza")
Israeli warplanes carry out air attacks in besieged Gaza
Israeli warplanes hit several locations in the Gaza Strip early on Thursday causing extensive damage to property in the besieged territory, according to the Palestinian news agency, WAFA.
Israeli air strikes hit Gaza after bloody border protests
Israel's military said it had launched air strikes targeting Hamas in the Gaza Strip early Saturday, following border clashes in which two Palestinians including a teenager were killed and many injured.
Israel, Gaza exchange fire after Palestinian woman killed at border
Israeli aircraft pounded over a dozen militant targets in Gaza, the army said Sunday, after Palestinian projectile fire shattered a ceasefire reached just days ago after the worst flare-up since a 2014 war.
Israel closes Gaza border crossings
Israel announced the closure of its Gaza border crossings on Thursday in response to daily rocket fire from the enclave over the past week after U.S. President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital stoked Palestinian anger.
Israeli jets strike Gaza amid Jerusalem unrest
At least 25 Palestinians, including six children, have been wounded in an Israeli air strike on the besieged Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian health ministry.
Israel declares naval anti-rocket system fully operational
Israel’s naval Iron Dome, a rocket defense system aimed at securing the country’s offshore gas fields, was declared operational on Monday, a military spokesperson said in a statement.
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