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Illustration on the containment of PIJ by Israel by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Palestinian Islamic Jihad provokes Israel and finds itself a lonely combatant

By Clifford D. May

A Palestinian boy walks through a hole in a wall of a destroyed house following overnight Israeli missile strikes, in the town of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Israel says it has completed Gaza strikes after rocket fire

By Fares Akram and Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

An explosion caused by Israeli airstrikes is seen in Gaza City, early Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019. Israeli aircraft struck Islamic Jihad targets throughout the Gaza Strip on Wednesday while the militant group rained scores of rockets into Israel for a second straight day as the heaviest round of fighting in months showed no signs of ending. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

New Gaza rockets disrupt Israel, Islamic Jihad cease-fire

By Fares Akram and Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

Palestinians chant angry slogans as they carry the body of Islamic Jihad commander, Bahaa Abu el-Atta, who was killed with his wife by an Israeli missile strike on their home, during his funeral in Gaza City, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

The Latest: Palestinians say new Israeli airstrike kills 5

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Rockets are launched from Gaza Strip to Israel, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019. Israel killed a senior Islamic Jihad commander in Gaza early Tuesday in a resumption of pinpointed targeting that threatens a fierce round of cross-border violence with Palestinian militants.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

The Latest: 8 die as Israeli planes hit Gaza

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Palestinians chant angry slogans as they carry the body of Islamic Jihad commander, Bahaa Abu el-Atta, who was killed with his wife by an Israeli missile strike hit his house early morning, during his funeral in Gaza City, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

AP Explains: A look at the Islamic Jihad movement in Gaza

By ILAN BEN ZION and FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

In this Sept. 25, 2019 photo, a Palestinian woman waves a national flag during a alternative protest organized by activist Ahmed Abu Artima near the separation fence between the Gaza Strip and Israel, east of Gaza City. Gaza’s Hamas rulers are facing a rare and growing chorus of criticism, with little to show after 18 months of mass protests along the Israeli border organized by the Palestinian militant group. Gazans are increasingly questioning the high number of casualties and lack of success in lifting the Israeli blockade. Against this backdrop, Artima has launched his own peaceful version of the protest. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

With little to show, Gazans question mass border protests

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

In this March 26, 2017 file photo, Palestinian residents of Gaza strip pray as they wait on the Israeli side of the Erez terminal to cross to Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov, File)

Israel quietly lets in Gaza workers in bid to ease tensions

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

Illustration on Israel and Gaza by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Should Israel invade Gaza?

By Daniel Pipes

FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019, photo, relatives of Palestinian activist Tamer Sultan, 38, mourn next to a picture of him on a wall in his family home during his funeral in the town of Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip. The death abroad of a Palestinian who fled the Gaza Strip seeking a better life in Europe has highlighted the exodus of thousands of middle-class residents in recent years. Tamer al-Sultan's friends and family say he fled the oppressive rule of Hamas. Others are leaving because of the dire conditions in the territory, which has been under an Israeli and Egyptian blockade since the Islamic militant group seized power 12 years ago. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Gazan’s death abroad shines light on middle-class exodus

By FARES AKRAM and MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH - Associated Press

Mourners chant angry slogans as they carry the body of Palestinian Hamas police officer, Wael Khalifa, 45, in the family home, during his funeral in the Buriej refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. Khalifa and two other Hamas police officers were killed in explosions that ripped through police checkpoints in Gaza City overnight, Hamas' interior ministry said. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Gazans bury policemen killed in rare attacks within strip

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

Israeli aircraft hit Hamas naval base after Gaza rocket fire

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Military: 3 rockets fired from Gaza toward Israel

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The Latest: Israel says suspects in soldier’s death arrested

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Egyptian mediators arrive in Gaza to call for calm

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

A general view of the Gaza's electrical Gaza's only electrical plant that generates electricity in the central Gaza Strip, Thursday, June 27, 2019. Israel made decision to stop the entry of fuel into the Strip after multiple flaming balloons landed in its territory. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Palestinians protest on Gaza-Israel fence after truce

By FARES AKRAM and ISABEL DEBRE - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 29, 2012 file photo, Egypt's President-elect Mohammed Morsi opens his suit jacket to show to his supporters that he is not wearing body armor at Tahrir Square, the focal point of Egyptian uprising, during his speech in Cairo, Egypt. Morsi’s collapse and death in a Cairo courtroom on June 17, 2019, was a brief rallying point for the Muslim Brotherhood whose influence waned dramatically in the Middle East since the 2013 military coup in Egypt which had widespread public support at the time. The long-running enmity between the Brotherhood and most Sunni-led governments highlights the deep divisions among Sunni Muslims. It adds a further complication to the volatile region, where the split between Sunnis and Shiite Muslims has created rival camps. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Death of Egypt’s Morsi comes amid Brotherhood struggles

By TAMER FAKAHANY - Associated Press

A man stands outside a Jewish religious school in Sderot, Israel, after it was hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, Thursday, June 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Hamas chief: Israel ignoring cease-fire terms for Gaza

By FARES AKRAM and JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

A man stands outside a Jewish religious school in Sderot, Israel, after it was hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, Thursday, June 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Qatari envoy delivers aid to Gaza in cease-fire effort

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

In this Monday, May 27, 2019 photo, Muna Awad, mother of 5-year-old Aisha al-Loulu, shows a photo of her daughter while in a Jerusalem hospital, at the family home in Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza Strip. Instead of a family member, Israeli authorities had approved a stranger to escort Aisha from the blockaded Gaza Strip to the east Jerusalem hospital. As her condition deteriorated, the child was returned to Gaza unconscious. One week later, she was dead. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Sick Gaza child caught in Israeli permit system dies alone

By ISABEL DEBRE and FARES AKRAM - Associated Press