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A series of terror attacks and violent incidents have put Israel and the Palestinian territories on edge again.

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Five people were shot dead by a Palestinian gunman near Tel Aviv on Tuesday, Israeli police said, marking the third such attack in Israel within a week.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Sunday that Israeli warplanes had targeted a Syrian air defense battery from which they claimed an anti-aircraft rocket was launched towards Israel.

Israeli forces launched a large military operation in Jenin in the northern West Bank overnight Sunday, killing at least three people and injuring 13 others, according to the Palestinian Health … Read More

When authoritarian Middle Eastern regimes feel threatened by their public, they often shut down the internet. But such disruptions are not without costs. And one advocacy group has devised a … Read More

Israeli forces launched what a military source said is its largest military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin in more than 20 years, killing at least eight people … Read More

Israeli forces continued military operations in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin for a second night, a day after incursions killed at least 10 people between the ages of … Read More

The al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, also known as the Temple Mount to Jews, became the focal point for a clash between Palestinian youths and Israeli police on Sunday. Eyewitnesses report … Read More

A blast Thursday at a mosque belonging to Saudi security forces in southwestern Saudi Arabia killed at least 13 people, the state-run Saudi Press Agency says.