Israel and Hamas Try a New Approach in Gaza

MIN READNov 15, 2019 | 22:53 GMT

This picture shows the site of an Israeli airstrike in Gaza on Nov. 12.

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Forty-eight hours after an Israeli airstrike that killed Palestinian Islamic Jihad's (PIJ) leader in the Gaza Strip, Baha Abu al-Ata, and a simultaneous strike against a PIJ target in Damascus that sparked a back-and-forth exchange of rockets and airstrikes between Gaza and Israel, the PIJ reached a fragile cease-fire with Israel Defense Forces early Nov. 14. Hamas stayed on the sidelines of the recent violence, the result of an apparent strategic shift for Israel and Hamas....