GAZA, Jan. 9, 2009 (Reuters) Israel rejected a U.N. resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Friday and warplanes and tanks pounded the Palestinian enclave. ... > full story
GAZA, Jan. 6, 2009 (Reuters) Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip killed more than 30 Palestinian civilians on Tuesday, medical officials said, and international efforts to secure a ceasefire focused on an Israeli demand to prevent Hamas from rearming. ... > full story
GAZA, Dec. 27, 2008 (Reuters) Israeli warplanes pounded the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing at least 229 people in one of the bloodiest days for the Palestinians in 60 years of conflict with the Jewish state. ... > full story
GAZA, Dec. 27, 2008 (Reuters) Israel eased a blockade of the Gaza Strip on Friday but militants there aimed rockets and mortars across the border, one of which misfired and killed two Palestinian girls. ... > full story
GAZA, Dec. 26, 2008 (Reuters) Israel eased a blockade of the Gaza Strip Friday but militants there aimed rockets and mortars across the border, one of which misfired and killed two Palestinian girls. ... > full story
GAZA, Dec. 24, 2008 (Reuters) An Israeli air strike killed a Hamas gunman in the Gaza Strip after Palestinian militants fired dozens of rockets and mortars into southern Israel on Wednesday, dampening prospects for a renewed ceasefire. ... > full story
GAZA, Dec. 22, 2008 (Reuters) Palestinians in Gaza observed a 24-hour halt to rocket fire against Israel at the request of Egyptian mediators who made efforts to restore a longer truce. ... > full story
GAZA, Dec. 22, 2008 (Reuters) Palestinian armed factions in the Gaza Strip are observing a 24-hour halt to rocket fire against Israel at the request of Egyptian mediators, a senior official of the ruling Islamist Hamas group said on Monday. ... > full story
GAZA, Dec. 20, 2008 (Reuters) An Israeli air strike killed a Palestinian militant in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, a day after the end of a six-month-old ceasefire between Israel and the Hamas rulers of the enclave, the army and Palestinians said. ... > full story
GAZA, Dec. 19, 2008 (Reuters) Armed Islamist factions in Gaza went on alert on Friday after declaring an end to a six-month truce with Israel and warned the Jewish state not to attack the coastal enclave. ... > full story
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Spanish FM to visit Mideast next week Jan. 9, 2009 (Ynet News, Israel) Spanish Foreign Minister Migel Angel Moratinos is due to arrive in the Middle East on Monday as part of his country's efforts to promote the ...
MK Henin to participate in TA demonstration against Gaza op Dec. 26, 2008 (Jerusalem Post) MK Dov Henin (Hadash) will participate in a Tel Aviv demonstration on Friday against a military operation in Gaza. . . "A comprehensive war in Gaza ...
Hamas pushes for Sharia punishments Dec. 24, 2008 (Jerusalem Post) Talkbacks for this article: 0 . . . The Hamas parliament in the Gaza Strip voted in favor of a law allowing courts to mete out sentences in the ...