“We congratulate the Muslim Afghan people for the defeat of the American occupation on all Afghan lands," Hamas said in a statement.

One witness said he had seen the bodies of five people being taken to a vehicle and some Afghans even tried to hang on to airplanes as they were taking off.

The past three months have seen a significant rise in violence in the West Bank. Though the situation has calmed somewhat, the Palestinian street is not quiet.

The Christian Kataeb Party has said the "time has come" to bring down the Lebanese government by "all available means."

This marks the first rocket fire from Gaza into Israel since the end of Operation Guardian of the Walls in May. 

A video, which is circulating online, shows a groom speaking to a crowded room of unmasked guests, at one point joking, “Clearly this is legal, because this is a group therapy session.”

The Polish deputy foreign minister said the country would announce its next steps concerning the squabble with Israel.

Israel recalled its envoy from Poland to protest a new law that limits the ability of Jews to recover property seized by Nazis during the Holocaust.