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Flare-up dims truce hopes along Israel-Gaza border

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

Hamas says open to new truce in Gaza

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

New Israeli crossings hurt Palestinian trade: World Bank

JERUSALEM, Dec. 22, 2008 (Reuters) — A new network of crossing points for Palestinian goods, built into Israel's barrier in and around the occupied West Bank, may hurt exports, not facilitate them as Israel claims, the World Bank said on Monday. ...  > full story

Hamas says holding fire in Gaza at Egypt's request

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

Livni and Netanyahu vow to topple Hamas rule

JERUSALEM, Dec. 21, 2008 (Reuters) — The top candidates to become Israel's next prime minister vowed on Sunday to topple Hamas in the Gaza Strip and officials authorized strikes on a wider range of Islamist targets after a six-month-old truce ended in violence. ...  > full story

Russia starts missile delivery to Iran: Iranian MP

TEHRAN, Dec. 21, 2008 (Reuters) — Russia has begun delivering S-300 air defense systems to Iran which could help repel any Israeli and U.S. air strikes on its nuclear sites, the official IRNA news agency reported on Sunday. ...  > full story

Gaza militants hit Israeli house with rocket

SDEROT, Israel, Dec. 21, 2008 (Reuters) — A rocket fired by Palestinian militants in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip struck a house in southern Israel on Sunday as cross-border violence escalated after a six-month-old truce expired last week. ...  > full story

Lebanon's control of Syria border still tenuous

WADI KHALED, Lebanon, Dec. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Crossing back and forth from Lebanon into Syria is woven into the daily habits of Hassan Atiyeh and other residents of this remote border valley. ...  > full story

Israeli air strike kills Gaza militant

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

Hamas on alert in Gaza after truce with Israel ends

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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