The easing of restrictions comes after months of government-imposed shutdowns and less than three weeks before the countrys fourth parliamentary elections in two years.

On May 11 Israeli army said it hit 130 'military targets' in Gaza in retaliation, after Palestinian militant groups launched rockets towards Israel. The recent clashes began at the start of Ramadan on April 12.

As the escalating violence ignites riots in mixed Jewish-Arab towns in Israel and spurs wide unrest in the West Bank, what do both sides want to achieve in the worst flare-up of violence since 2014?

The armed offensive launched by Israel, considered as the most severe since 2014, has destroyed hundreds of homes in Palestine, left at least 149 dead including 41 children and more than 1,000 are reportedly wounded.

Israel appears to have stepped up strikes in recent days to inflict as much damage as possible on Hamas as international mediators try to broker a cease-fire. But targeting the group’s leaders could hinder those efforts.

It might seem an odd proposition at an odd time given that major airlines have suspended flights to Israel amid the flare-up in violence and while the spread of coronavirus remains a threat.

It’s bad enough that there is no end in sight for this decades-old Israel-Palestine conflict; what makes it worse is that this fresh round takes place during a pandemic 

The devastation caused by the current Israeli air attacks has added massively to Gaza’s infrastructure problems and vast amounts of foreign aid will be necessary over the coming years. It is not clear who will provide the funding. The Gulf states, especially…

For Washington, the path to the Indo-Pacific seems to run through West Asia 

Iron Beam is the world’s first energy-based weapons system that uses a laser to shoot down UAVs, rockets and mortars and costs $3.50 a shot, Israeli PM Naftali Bennett has said

How did Mossad, Israel's master spy intelligence agency fail to prevent the attack? Despite having the best intelligence agencies out of all the nations in West Asia, how did Israel remain unaware of the attacks launched by Hamas? Hamas' militants broke…

Israel has one of the most advanced air defence systems in the world, which help protect itself from regional aggression.