A look at shifting regional politics, and how Hamas is circumventing blockade of Gaza to develop military capability.
Gaza
Shot in the leg during the Great March of Return, cycling champ Alaa al-Dali is now making a comeback as a para-cyclist.
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Palestinian sources said Israeli military hit two agricultural areas in Khan Younis and Deir al-Balah.
![Footage taken by Talal Abu Rahma shows Jamal al-Durrah trying to protect his son, Muhammad, on September 30, 2000 in Gaza [Photo by France 2/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/000_APP2000100164262.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Talal Abu Rahma captured the final moments in the life of a boy in Gaza as his father tried to shield...
‘This is a stab in the back of the Palestinians’: Bahrain joins the UAE as it agrees to normalise ties with Israel.
![Egyptian officials could not immediately be reached for comment and it was unclear whether the fishing boat had crossed into Egyptian waters [File: Mohamed Saber/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/67cb1b1419294be088fb307a729c375f_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
The fishermen, who were brothers, were shot off the coast near the southern border town of Rafah.
The Israeli restriction is one of many in response to incendiary balloon launches and rocket fire from the besieged strip.
![Dozens of balloon-borne incendiary devices have been floated into southern Israel igniting more than 80 fires, the military says [Tsafrir Abayov/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ad9de1661f26440a9c131540d382e51e_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
A military compound, underground infrastructure, observation posts among those targeted by the Israeli army in Gaza.
![A funeral procession for members of the Albatsh family killed in an Israeli air raid in July 2014 [Courtesy: Albatsh family]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/4235fb5965034264b407962e6a3a5de7_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Palestinians have ‘little hope’ UN court will hold Israel accountable for thousands of deaths in 2014 Gaza attack.
![Netanyahu remains popular among Likud members and the fiercely loyal party despite the corruption indictments hanging over him [File: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/3fd2118affc8441ab844c46a54b4ef26_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Ex-education minister hopes to unseat PM in Likud primaries ahead of national elections in March.
![Nine members of the family were among 34 Palestinians killed in Israeli air raids over the Gaza Strip during fighting between Israel and Islamic Jihad in November [Hassan Jedi/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ef8ac2b0247b4387bcea9d797f3fd3d6_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Nine members of Sawarka family, including five children, were killed in November along with dozens more Palestinians.
Meir Margalit, Israeli settler and soldier turned human rights activist, speaks to Al Jazeera.
![Palestinians stand outside a building damaged during the 2014 Gaza War [Mohammed Saber/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/c644ff3a7ad0453b916ae18bbca78b5e_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
On day of Israeli elections, Dutch court holds hearing to determine if serious contender could face a war crimes case.
![The Gaza Strip, home to two million people, is under an Israeli-imposed economic and military blockade [Mohammed Salem/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/7bc143ad17d7401298d02359c78947e0_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Increased Hamas presence on main roads of the Palestinian enclave after two bombings target security forces.