The latest escalation came hours after thousands of Palestinians attended the funeral of a young female volunteer medic killed by Israeli fire in violence on the border in southern Gaza

Israel, Gaza exchange fire after Palestinian woman killed at border

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The United States vetoed Friday an Arab-backed UN draft resolution calling for measures to protect the Palestinians but failed to win any backing for its own text condemning Hamas for the violence in Gaza

US vetoes UN resolution on protecting Palestinians

The rocket and mortar firings from the Gaza Strip were claimed by Hamas and Islamic Jihad, prompting Israel to respond with air strikes on bases of the militant Palestinian groups

UN Security Council to meet on Gaza rocket firings on Israel

Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan said on Sunday he is seeking to ban Palestinian prisoners who are members of Hamas from watching the upcoming World Cup

Israel minister Gilad Erdan wants World Cup TV ban for Hamas inmates

The Israeli military said in a statement that its 'fighter jets struck military targets in a compound belonging to the Hamas terror organisation in the southern Gaza Strip'

Israel hits Hamas targets in Gaza Strip: Palestinian security

Israeli tank fire at an Islamic Jihad observation post killed two Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday, the enclave's health ministry and sources from the militant movement said

Two Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in Gaza Strip: Ministry

Dubbed the March of Return, the protests were launched on March 30 to demand the right of return for Palestinian refugees and their descendants to family lands or homes lost to Israel during its founding in a 1948 war

Dozens of Palestinians injured by Israeli gunfire, tear gas in Gaza border protests

Israel's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the military's use of lethal force against Palestinians during protests and clashes on the Gaza border

Gaza violence: Israel's Supreme Court upholds open-fire rules on Gaza border

The UN Human Rights Council voted Friday to send a team of international war crimes investigators to probe the deadly shootings.

Israel summons ambassadors of Spain, Slovenia & Belgium over Gaza vote

Palestinian foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki was to arrive in The Netherlands later Monday ahead of talks with the chief prosecutor of the world's only permanent war crimes court

Gaza violence: Palestinian foreign minister to press ICC on war crimes probe

The exchange of fire east of Jabalia came after weeks of mass protests and clashes on the Gaza border, which peaked on Monday when some 60 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces

Israel targets Hamas position after Gaza gunfire

More than 100 Palestinians were killed in seven weeks of protests, culminating in 60 dead on Monday

Gaza violence: Palestinian cause back on global agenda as nearly 100 killed in seven weeks

Britain also called for infrastructure and development projects in Gaza and pressed for an easing of restrictions on movement in the region

Gaza violence: Britain calls for investigation

Israel has faced mounting questions over its use of live fire after 10 days of protests and clashes along the Gaza Strip border in which its forces have killed 30 Palestinians, according to Gaza's health ministry

Israel defence minister says 'no innocent people' in Gaza

The proposed statement stressed the need to promote peace between Israel and the Palestinians based on a two-state solution

US blocks UN Security Council statement on Gaza violence

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