Gaza Strip

President Donald Trump assured Israel on May 5 that it has Washington's full support after the Jewish state led waves of strikes in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said May 5 he had ordered the military to launch further strikes on Gaza Strip militants in response to rocket fire from the territory, as an escalation entered its second day.

Turkey's main opposition party has condemned the Israeli warplane attack on the building in Gaza where the Anadolu Agency has its local office.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan strongly condemned an Israeli attack on Anadolu Agency office in the Gaza Strip on May 4.

Tens of thousands of Gazans gathered at the Israeli border on March 30 to mark a year since protests and clashes erupted there, testing a fragile truce only 10 days ahead of an Israeli general election.

Turkey's main opposition party has condemned the United States' decision to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights of Syria and Israel's recent aerial attack on Gaza Strip, calling on all parties to show restraint.

Turkish Red Crescent, locally known as Kızılay, provided 8.5 tons of medical aid to the Gaza Strip on Dec. 2.

Palestinian militant groups in the Gaza Strip have announced an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire with Israel after a severe escalation of violence threatened to descend into full-blown war.

Renewed violence in Gaza threatened to thwart efforts to end months of unrest as Israeli air strikes killed four Palestinians and destroyed a Hamas TV building while a barrage of rocket fire from the enclave left one dead on Tuesday, reports AFP. 

The flare-up came after a deadly Israeli special forces operation in the Gaza Strip on Sunday that led Hamas to vow revenge.

The Israeli military says an officer was killed and another was moderately wounded during an operation in southeast Gaza Strip, involving an exchange of gunfire.