The U.N. Security Council says it is deeply concerned about the loss of civilian life in southern Israel and Gaza.

An intense Israeli military operation Saturday in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip has killed 33 Palestinians in Israel's deadliest raid on the territory in more than a year.

Israel has continued air strikes on the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip Thursday, killing at least three suspected militants.

Thousands of Palestinians have formed a human chain in the Gaza Strip to protest Israel's blockade of the Hamas-controlled territory.

The European Parliament has passed a resolution urging Israel to lift its blockade of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.

Israel says it plans to continue crippling sanctions on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, despite international opposition. The announcement was made as three Palestinian gunmen and a civilian were killed in Israeli raids in Gaza. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem.

A senior leader for the Palestinian militant group Hamas is in Egypt to resume talks on the future of Egypt's border with the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.

Palestinian militants have stepped up rocket attacks against Israel after a tightening of Israeli sanctions on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem.

Israeli troops have killed at least six Palestinian militants and a schoolteacher in the northern Gaza Strip. VOA's Jim Teeple has details from our Jerusalem bureau.

Egypt has closed the border with the Gaza Strip, ending 11 days of unrestricted movement for Palestinians. VOA Correspondent Challiss McDonough has more from Cairo.

A senior leader for the Palestinian militant group Hamas has vowed to work with Cairo to seal off the breached border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip.

The Palestinian militant group Hamas has freed a senior advisor to Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad.