Palestine

ISIS enters Israel-Palestine fray?

Israel carried out air-strikes on the Gaza Strip in response to a rocket attack from the territory—said to have been claimed by a faction that has pledged loyalty to ISIS.

Palestine

UN Gaza report finds evidence of war crimes

A report by the UN Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict finds that both Israel and Hamas may have committed war crimes during the 51-day conflict.

Palestine

Hamas battles ISIS in Gaza Strip

The self-proclaimed "Supporters of the Islamic State in Jerusalem" issued a 48-hour ultimatum for the Hamas administration to halt its crackdown on the group in the Gaza Strip.

Palestine

Israel bombs Gaza; Amnesty accuses Hamas

As Israel launches new air-strikes on the Gaza Strip in response to a cross-border rocket, an Amnesty International report accuses Hamas of killing and torturing dissidents.

Iraq

ISIS franchise: Nigeria to Yemen to Pakistan

Over the past two months, the ISIS international franchise has made gains from West Africa to the Indian subcontinent, with militants in several countries proclaiming for the "caliphate."

Palestine

Israel behind Gaza flooding?

Hundreds of Palestinians were evacuated amid Gaza Strip flooding. Hamas authorities say Israel intentionally opened dams to flood the territory. Israel denies the dams exist.

Palestine

Egypt: court bans Hamas armed group

A Cairo appeals court banned the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, armed wing of Hamas, and declared it a terrorist group with links to the Sinai insurgency.

Palestine

Fatah under attack over statehood proposal

A Hamas leader said that the draft resolution for Palestinian statehood presented to the UN Security Council is "disastrous," and has "no future in the land of Palestine."

Palestine

ISIS in Gaza?

A supposed ISIS flyer circulating on social networks has warned 18 writers and poets in Gaza against what it calls criticizing Islam, stating that ''apostates will be punished."