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A woman looks at the damage caused by a rocket fired from Gaza that hit a house in a moshav in Israel near the border with Gaza, 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/Tsafrir Abayov)

Under heavy rocket fire, Israeli reprisals kill 6

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

Smoke rises from an explosion caused by an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City, early Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018. Israeli aircraft struck several militant sites across the Gaza Strip early Saturday shortly after militants fired rockets into southern Israel, the Israeli military said. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

After Gaza strikes, Israel threatens Iranian forces in Syria

By FARES AKRAM and JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

Palestinians inspect the damage to the Italian Complex following several late night Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014. Israel bombed two Gaza City high-rises with dozens of homes and shops Tuesday, collapsing the 15-story Basha Tower and severely damaging the Italian Complex in a further escalation in seven weeks of cross-border fighting with Hamas. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Israel, Hamas accept Gaza war cease-fire

By Mohammed Daraghmeh and Karin Laub - Associated Press

An Israeli is positioned at the Israel and Gaza border on Thursday, March 13, 2014. Gaza militants resumed rocket fire toward Israel on Thursday, striking the outskirts of two major cities a day after launching the largest barrage since an eight-day Israeli offensive in late 2012. Israel has responded with a series of airstrikes on militant targets. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Gaza militants offer Israel cease-fire of rocket blasts

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** The family of American teenager Daniel Wultz — (from left) sister Amanda and parents Cheryl and Tuly — touch the youth's coffin, covered by a Jewish prayer shawl and a folded American flag, given to the family by the U.S. ambassador to Israel, during a memorial service at a Jerusalem synagogue before transferring his body to the U.S. for burial. The 16-year-old was killed in a suicide bombing carried out by Islamic Jihad in Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Anti-terrorism case in U.S. is key test for Israel

By Josef Federman - Associated Press

On Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, Palestinian schoolchildren walk in the rubble left days after an Israeli airstrike destroyed the Hamas Interior Ministry in Gaza City, Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Israel, Palestinian militants begin talks on truce details

By Josef Federman - Associated Press

Smoke rises Monday after an Israeli attack on smuggling tunnels on the border between Egypt and Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. Egypt has been mediating indirect talks between Israeli and Palestinian officials. (Associated Press)

Cease-fire urged as Gaza explodes

By Abraham Rabinovich - Special to The Washington Times

Israeli police stand next to a rocket that landed in the resort town of Eilat in southern Israel, early April 5, 2012. At least one rocket hit Eilat near the Egyptian and Jordanian borders, Israeli police said, causing no injuries. A police spokesperson said the rocket was likely launched from Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. (Associated Press)

Gaza militants say they’ll adhere to cease-fire

By Daniella Cheslow - Associated Press

Bary Mike, an Israeli store owner, cleans up after a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip by Palestinian militants landed nearby in the port city of Ashdod on Tuesday. Israel halted its airstrikes against Gaza Strip militants early Tuesday and rocket fire from the Palestinian territory ebbed as a cease-fire ending four days of clashes started to take effect. (Associated Press)

Israel, Gaza militants reach truce

By Amy Teibel - Associated Press

Palestinians inspect the rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Jabaliya, Gaza Strip, on Monday, March 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Israel-Gaza violence ebbs as truce takes effect

By Amy Teibel - Associated Press

Israeli police officers patrol a site after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip hit the city of Ashdod in Israel on March 12, 2012. (Associated Press)

Israel’s missile shield aces first serious test

By Ibrahim Barzak and Karin Laub - Associated Press

Palestinians inspect building rubble after an Israeli airstrike on Jabaliya in the Gaza Strip on Monday. Airstrikes killed two Palestinian militants and a schoolboy while Palestinian rocket squads barraged southern Israel. (Associated Press)

Israel’s Iron Dome defense pays off

By Karin Laub and Ibrahim Barzak - Associated Press

The Israeli anti-missile system known as "Iron Dome" launches a rocket in Ashdod, Israel, to intercept a missile fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip on Sunday, March 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

3 killed in 3rd day of Gaza-Israel violence

By Ibrahim Barzak and Karin Laub - Associated Press

Palestinian prisoner on 55th day of hunger strike

By Diaa Hadid - Associated Press