GAZA, Jan. 9, 2009 (Reuters) Israel pressed on with a punishing Gaza offensive and Hamas sent more rocket salvoes into southern Israeli towns in a two-week-old war that continued to defy international efforts to stop it. ... > full story
DAMASCUS, Jan. 7, 2009 (Reuters) A senior Iranian politician met Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal in Damascus on Wednesday as the Palestinian Islamist group considered an Egyptian proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. ... > 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
LONDON, Jan. 3, 2009 (Reuters) Thousands of chanting, banner-waving demonstrators marched in cities across Europe on Saturday to demand a halt to Israeli bombing in the Gaza Strip. ... > full story
PRAGUE, Dec. 31, 2008 (Reuters) The Czech Republic took the helm of the European Union on Thursday for a six-month stint in which it must help the bloc tackle its worst economic crisis in generations and deal with renewed conflict in the Middle East. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Dec. 28, 2008 (Reuters) Protesters burned Israeli and U.S. flags on Sunday in a string of Arab countries and demanded a stronger response from their leaders to Israel's attack on Gaza. ... > full story
UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 28, 2008 (Reuters) The U.N. Security Council called early on Sunday for an immediate halt to all violence in Gaza after a day of Israeli air strikes in response to rocket and mortar fire by Gaza militants against Israel. ... > 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
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Iran demands end to Gaza offensive Jan. 7, 2009 (Daily Star, Bangladesh) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has sent 22 envoys to Europe and Asia to push for an immediate halt to Israel's offensive on the Gaza Strip ...
Iran says 70,000 volunteer for Israel fight Jan. 5, 2009 (Boston Globe) More than 70,000 Iranian students have volunteered to carry out suicide bombings against Israel, Iran's state news agency reported Monday, but ...
‘Gaza will be Israel’s cemetery’ Jan. 4, 2009 (The Times, South Africa) IRAN'S parliamentary speaker, Ali Larijani, yesterday predicted that Gaza will become a "cemetery for Israel and praised Palestinian resistance ...
Iran: Gaza to turn into cemetery for Israelis Jan. 4, 2009 (Ynet News, Israel) Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said that the Gaza Strip will turn into a "cemetery" for Israelis, following the IDF's ground incursion ...