Israel’s warplanes have launched new airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip amid escalating tensions in the region over the US President Donald Trump’s so-called deal of the century on Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Media sources in Palestine said the airstrikes on Tuesday targeted a position belonging to the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement in the city of Rafah, south of the coastal enclave. The warplanes also fired five missiles at Hamas positions in ...
![Gaza comedians spoof Van Damme's viral ad for Volvo [electronicintifada.com]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/iran/download.jpg?itok=8L3Phtmt "Gaza comedians spoof Van Damme's viral ad for Volvo [electronicintifada.com]")
![Israel's Environment Minister Amir Peretz speaks during the 18th ordinary meeting of contracting parties to the Barcelona convention and its protocols on December 5 2013 in istanbul. [Ozan Kose/AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/iran/453718163.jpg?itok=YomuveT3 "Israel's Environment Minister Amir Peretz speaks during the 18th ordinary meeting of contracting parties to the Barcelona convention and its protocols on December 5 2013 in istanbul. [Ozan Kose/AFP]")
![he Israeli military has released its first comic book entitled "Hamas: Terror and Tyranny in Gaza." [yourmiddleeast.com]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/iran/hamas.jpg?itok=5h13eCbY "he Israeli military has released its first comic book entitled \"Hamas: Terror and Tyranny in Gaza.\" [yourmiddleeast.com]")
![Palestinians wait at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip on September 18, 2013 for a brief opening for special cases after the Egyptian authorities closed the crossing 'indefinitely' the day before for security reasons. [Mohammad Abed/AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/180934525.jpg?itok=GgbrICYN "Palestinians wait at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip on September 18, 2013 for a brief opening for special cases after the Egyptian authorities closed the crossing 'indefinitely' the day before for security reasons. [Mohammad Abed/AFP]")
![A Palestinian child raises up a paper ship reading 'No siege' during a rally to protest against the Israeli siege of the Gaza Strip on November 30, 2013 at Gaza City harbour. [Mahmud Hams/AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Egypt/452597519.jpg?itok=2adq-tTN "A Palestinian child raises up a paper ship reading 'No siege' during a rally to protest against the Israeli siege of the Gaza Strip on November 30, 2013 at Gaza City harbour. [Mahmud Hams/AFP]")
