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Israel withdrew the last of its troops from the Gaza Strip before dawn Wednesday, the military said, and pursued diplomatic efforts to stanch the flow of arms into the Hamas-ruled territory.

U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon headed to the Gaza Strip Tuesday to inspect the devastation wrought by Israel's three-week onslaught ...

A fragile halt to the devastating 22-day battle opened the way for intensified efforts to build a more durable peace.

The Saudi king said Monday his country will donate $1 billion to help rebuild the Gaza Strip after the devastating Israeli ...

The announcement, 12 hours after Israel declared its own cease-fire, came after a flurry of rocket launches.

GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip launched rockets into southern Israel on Sunday in defiance of the unilateral ceasefire that Israel declared hours earlier.

Medecins Sans Frontieres cannot reach sick and injured civilians in Gaza because of Israel's bombing campaign and may have to pull out if the security situation worsens, officials from the aid group said on Friday.

Residents of a Gaza neighbourhood devastated by fighting between Israeli troops and Palestinian guerrillas fled to other parts of the enclave on Friday, showing little faith in prospects for ceasefire talks ...

The U.S. has agreed to a range of measures, including providing international monitors, to help stem the smuggling of weapons into Gaza.

One of the top Hamas leaders in Gaza, interior minister Said Siyam, is killed in an air strike, Hamas and Israeli officials say.