Islamic Jihad

Gaza hospital blast: Doctors recount horror amid conflicting claims by Israel, Islamic Jihad

Even by the standards of the recent days, which have bombarded the globe with nonstop images of Israelis killed in their homes and subsequently of Palestinian families buried under debris as a result of Israel's retaliatory attacks, the scenes of destruction from the hospital were horrifying

Renewed fighting rocks Gaza but Egyptian mediators keeps up truce push

The violence between Israel and Gaza continued on Friday, as Egyptian mediators made a new effort to put an end to the conflict, which has claimed dozens of lives over several days

Despite cease-fire efforts, Palestinian militants fire rockets into Jerusalem, Israel warplanes strike targets in Gaza

The cross-border exchanges this week have pitted Israel against Islamic Jihad, the second-largest militant group in Gaza after the territory's Hamas rulers

Explained: Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the Gaza militant group exchanging blows with Israel

Palestinian militants in Gaza have fired over 600 rockets toward Israel. However, the Hamas is not involved. This time, it's the smaller Islamic Jihad group taking the lead. But who are they?

Israeli strike kills top rocket commander in Gaza

Ali Ghali, the commander of a rocket launch team, was killed in the southern Gaza Strip in the Israeli pre-dawn strike, according to a statement from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad

One killed as Israel renews strikes on Gaza Strip

One person was killed in fresh strikes by the Israeli military on Gaza on Wednesday, according to the Palestinian territory's health ministry

Islamic Jihad says Israel killed commander in Syria

The Gaza Strip-based group said Ali Ramzi al-Aswad, 31, was killed Sunday morning "by agents of the Zionist (Israeli) enemy" in the countryside outside the Syrian capital Damascus

Pakistan is proof that Islamism as State policy kills the economy

To claw out of the deep economic ditch, Pakistan needs to scrape off its jihadi DNA and hatred of the other. That leads us to the bigger question: If it gives up its Islamist instincts, will it still be Pakistan?

Chequered history of narco test in India: The famous cases that were solved and not solved

Although not regarded as totally reliable, a host of law enforcement agencies around the world use the narco-analysis test or narco test during their investigations as they feel that this method allows them to extract true answers from their subjects

Israeli strike, not errant Islamic Jihad rocket, killed 5 children in Gaza cemetery

The five children had gathered at a local cemetery at Jebaliya when they were killed in a strike on 7 August, just hours before a truce was brokered between Israel and Islamic Jihad. Israel had claimed that it was an errant Islamic Jihad rocket that killed the children