Israeli Embassy to the UK files a formal complaint against broadcaster: "Hamas struck Israel before Israel responded with air strikes."

Hamas says it wants Israel to end the 10 year blockade of Gaza and to ease up restrictions on goods flowing to the strip.

Some 200 mortars and rockets were fired towards southern Israeli communities since Wednesday evening by Hamas and other terror groups in the coastal enclave.

“Searching for a job is one of the major challenges any new immigrant faces,” said Juan Taifeld, Director of Gvahim.

Since leaving the Knesset in 1981, Avnery wrote several books and continued to be active in Israel’s peace movement. He famously met with Yasser Arafat in 1982 during the First Lebanon War.

Syrians have fled to Idlib from other parts of the country as the government has advanced. The United Nations has warned that an offensive could force 2.5 million people towards the Turkish border.

“What Hamas did was a natural response to Israeli crimes,” a Hamas spokesman said.