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Illustration on Iran's shadow war against Israel by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Iran’s shadow war: Israelis are defending themselves against Tehran’s foreign legions

By Clifford D. May

Smoke rises from an explosion caused by an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, Saturday, May 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Cease-fire between Israel and militants in Gaza appears to hold after days of fighting

By Fares Akram and Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

Palestinians inspect the rubble of a house after it was struck by an Israeli airstrike in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, Friday, May 12, 2023. On the fourth day of fighting between Israel and Islamic Jihad, the second-largest militant group in Gaza.(AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Israel, Islamic Jihad reach cease-fire to end 5 days of fighting

By Fares Akram and Joseph Federman - Associated Press

Rockets are launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, in Gaza City, Thursday, May 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Israeli airstrikes, Palestinian rockets continue even as hopes for a cease-fire grow

By Fares Akram and Isabel DeBre - Associated Press

Smoke rises over the skyline following an Israeli airstrike, in Gaza, Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Palestinian militants fired dozens of rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israel on Wednesday, in a first response to Israeli airstrikes that have killed 16 Palestinians, including three senior militants and at least 10 civilians. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Israel kills another militant commander in Gaza as Cairo presses on with efforts to mediate truce

By Fares Akram and Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

Fire burns at an apartment of an Islamic Jihad commander for northern Gaza, following Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City, early Tuesday, May 9, 2023. Israeli aircraft conducted strikes on Islamic Jihad targets in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military said. The Palestinian Health Ministry said a number of people were killed and injured in the airstrikes. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 3 senior militants, 10 others

By Fares Akram - Associated Press

FILE - Palestinian Bassam al-Saadi, center, a senior Islamic Jihad militant, appears in a courtroom for a hearing, at the Israeli Ofer military base near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022. The Israeli military filed terror charges Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022 against the Senior Islamic Jihad commander.(AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean, File)

Israel indicts militant whose arrest fueled Gaza tensions

By Emily Rose - Associated Press

Islamic Jihad fighters pray during an anti-Israel rally in Rafah, south of Gaza City, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Gaza militants hold parade after latest battle with Israel

Associated Press

Medics treat a wounded girl at the al Najar hospital following an Israeli airstrike on their family building in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. Israeli airstrikes have flattened homes in Gaza and Palestinian rocket barrages into southern Israel are persisting for a second day. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)

Israeli airstrike kills 2nd top Islamic Jihad commander

By Fares Akram and Ilan Ben Zion - Associated Press

Illustration on opposition to Israel by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Enemies fighting Israel on other battlefields

By Clifford D. May

Israel strikes Hamas targets after 2 rockets fired from Gaza

By FARES AKRAM - 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)

The Latest: Israel resumes strikes on Gaza after rocket fire

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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Firefighters deploy after a factory hit by a rocket caught fire in Sderot, southern Israel , Israel, Tuesday, Nov. 12m 2019. Israel has killed a senior Islamic Jihad commander in Gaza in a rare targeted killing that threatened to unleash a fierce round of cross-border violence with Palestinian militants. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Israel vows to keep hitting militants as 18 killed in Gaza

By Fares Akram and Aron Heller - Associated Press

Palestinians check the damage of a house targeted by Israeli missile strikes in Gaza City, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019. The Israeli military says it has struck a Gaza City house, targeting a commander from the Islamic Jihad group in a resumption of pinpointed killing. The Iranian-backed Palestinian group confirmed Tuesday that Bahaa Abu el-Atta, it's north Gaza Strip commander, was killed. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Israeli airstrike kills Islamic Jihad commander in Gaza home

By Fares Akram and Aron Heller - Associated Press

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

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 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

Palestinians check the damage of a multi-story building following Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City, Sunday, May 5, 2019. Palestinian militants on Saturday fired over 200 rockets into Israel, drawing dozens of retaliatory airstrikes on targets across the Gaza Strip in a round of intense fighting that broke a monthlong lull between the bitter enemies. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

The Latest: Hamas says it doesn’t want a new war with Israel

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Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza City, Saturday, May 4, 2019. Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired at least 90 rockets into southern Israel on Saturday, according to the Israeli military, triggering retaliatory airstrikes and tank fire against militant targets in the blockaded enclave and shattering a month-long lull in violence. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

The Latest: Israel airstrike kills 2 militants in Gaza Strip

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