Israel and Hamas: Fighting an endless battle © Provided by The Financial Express Both Hamas and Israel have now come under intense international pressure, including from the United States, to de-escalate and work toward a ceasefire. (Photo source: Reuters)
By Md. Muddassir Quamar,
The latest fighting between Israel and the Islamist militant organization Hamas, that controls the Gaza Strip, has caused the death of 227 Palestinians, including 64 children, and resulted in 11 Israeli civilians losing their lives. In addition, more than 1,600 Gaza residents and nearly 114 Israelis have been injured. This is the worst fighting between Israel and Hamas since 2014, when the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had launched Operation Protective Edge leading to the 50 days of violent conflict in which nearly 2,200 Palestinians and 70 Israelis had lost their lives. The war had come to an end after Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire due to mounting international pressure and Egyptian mediati
Report: Cease-fire talks may lead to return of Israeli captives, bodies of IDF soldiers held by Hamas
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Everything you need to know about the Iron Dome
Everything you need to know about the Iron Dome
It’s amazingly accurate, can work come rain or shine, and doesn’t require heavy muscle to operate.
May 19, 2021, 10:20 am
A long exposure picture shows Iron Dome firing interception missiles, as seen from the southern Israeli city of Ashdod on May 16, 2021. Photo by Avi Roccah/Flash90
The current round of violence between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip erupted with a literal boom as rockets were fired from the Palestinian coastal enclave toward Jerusalem.
They set off rocket attack sirens that have become the soundtrack of the past week, accompanied by the booms of Iron Dome, the air defense system whose interceptor missiles have been regularly blowing up incoming rockets and turning the night sky into a bizarre, firework-like display.
May 19, 2021 • Activestills Collective documents the assault on Palestinian life
Palestinians attend the funeral of the Abu Hatab family in Gaza on May 15, 2021. The two women and eight children were killed in a building in Gaza’s Shati refugee camp that collapsed following an Israeli airstrike. The family was celebrating Eid al-Fitr, the holiday that marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Witnesses said that no warning had been given to the occupants before the strike. Photo: Mahmoud Zaanoun.
IN 2005, a group of photographers took a stand alongside the people of the small Palestinian town of Bil’in, and documented their fight to stop the Israeli government’s construction of the infamous separation wall in the occupied West Bank. Inspired by the possibility of co-resisting the