Fares Akram, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

Rockets are launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, in Gaza City, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

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Palestinians, Israel declare cease-fire

by Fares Akram Associated Press, and Tia Goldenberg Associated PressAugust 7, 2022

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — A cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian militants took effect late Sunday in a bid to end nearly three days of violence that killed dozens of Palestinians and disrupted the lives of hundreds of thousands of Israelis.The…

Rockets fired by Palestinian militants toward Israel, in Gaza City, Friday, Aug. 5, 2022. Palestinian officials say Israeli airstrikes on Gaza have killed at least 10 people, including a senior militant, and wounded 55 others. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

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Israeli strikes kill at least 10, including militant — Palestinians respond with rockets

by Fares Akram Associated Press, and Joseph Krauss Associated PressAugust 5, 2022

Rockets are launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, in Gaza City, Thursday, May 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

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Israel approves unilateral cease-fire in Gaza offensive

by Fares Akram Associated Press, and Joseph Krauss Associated PressMay 20, 2021

Palestinians inspect the damage of a destroyed house that was hit by an Israeli airstrike in town of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, May 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Yousef Masoud)

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Netanyahu ‘determined’ to continue Gaza offensive

by Fares Akram Associated Press, and Joseph Krauss Associated PressMay 19, 2021

A Palestinian vendor pushes a cart loaded with bread during a general strike, in the West Bank city of Nablus, Tuesday, May 18, 2021. Palestinian leaders are calling for a general strike in Gaza, the West Bank and within Israel to protest against Israel's air strikes on Gaza and the violent confrontations between Israeli security forces and Palestinians in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

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Israel topples 6-story building; Gaza rocket kills 2

by Fares Akram Associated Press, and Joseph Krauss Associated PressMay 18, 2021

A Palestinian man reacts to the death of his father who was killed by an Israeli airstrike that destroyed the upper floors of a commercial building and caused damage to the nearby Health Ministry and prime health care clinic, in Gaza City, Monday, May 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

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Israel strikes Gaza tunnels

by Fares Akram Associated Press, and Ravi Nessman Associated PressMay 17, 2021

A woman reacts while standing near the rubble of a building that was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike on Saturday that housed The Associated Press, broadcaster Al-Jazeera and other media outlets, in Gaza City, Sunday, May 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

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Israeli PM warns war will go on

by Fares Akram Associated Press, and Ravi Nessman Associated PressMay 16, 2021

Smoke rises following Israeli airstrikes on a building in Gaza City, Thursday, May 13, 2021. Weary Palestinians are somberly marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, as Hamas and Israel traded more rockets and airstrikes and Jewish-Arab violence raged across Israel. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

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Hamas-Israel fighting escalates amid truce efforts

by Fares Akram Associated Press, and Joseph Krauss Associated PressMay 13, 2021

Palestinian rescuers evacuate an elderly woman from a building following Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City, Wednesday, May 12, 2021. Rockets streamed out of Gaza and Israel pounded the territory with airstrikes early Wednesday as the most severe outbreak of violence since the 2014 war took on many of the hallmarks of that devastating 50-day conflict, with no endgame in sight. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

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Bombardments continue in Gaza, Israel

by Fares Akram Associated Press, and Joseph Krauss Associated PressMay 12, 2021

Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Tuesday.

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Dozens killed as Israel, Hamas trade deadly fire

by Fares Akram Associated Press, and Josef Federman Associated PressMay 11, 2021