UN awaits return of Gaza aid
- 07 Feb 2009 16:35 - Staff Reporter
- The United Nations was on Saturday awaiting the promised return of hundreds of tonnes of food aid for Gaza that was "mistakenly" seized by Hamas.
Israeli activists slam treatment of Gaza prisoners
- 28 Jan 2009 16:17 - Staff Reporter
- Israeli human rights groups called for an inquiry on Wednesday into the "inhuman" treatment of Palestinians taken prisoner during the Gaza offensive.
Israel hits Gaza tunnels as US envoy due
- 28 Jan 2009 07:06 - Nidal Al-Mughrabi
- Israeli aircraft struck at tunnels used for smuggling goods and weapons on the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt on Wednesday.
Militants kill Israeli soldier in Gaza truce breach
- 27 Jan 2009 10:58 - Staff Reporter
- A soldier was reported killed close to the border with Gaza Strip on Tuesday in what Palestinians said appeared to have been an attack by militants.
Israeli army says Gaza pullout complete
- 21 Jan 2009 09:44 - Staff Reporter
- Israeli troops completed on Wednesday their withdrawal from the Gaza Strip after a 22-day offensive against the Islamist Hamas movement.
Hamas, Israel hold fire as Gazans reel at war's toll
- 19 Jan 2009 08:38 - Nidal Al-Mughrabi
- Israeli forces were pulling out of the Gaza Strip on Monday following a tentative truce with Hamas that allowed Palestinians to take stock of the war.
Israel, US eye Gaza border deal
- 16 Jan 2009 07:12 - Nidal Al-Mughrabi
- Israel worked to secure guarantees on Friday that arms smuggling to Hamas militants would end under any deal to call off its three-week-old offensive.
Israel shells Gaza as ceasefire talk gathers steam
- 15 Jan 2009 13:58 - Nidal Al-Mughrabi
- Israel unleashed its heaviest shelling of Gaza neighbourhoods on Thursday in what might be a final push against Hamas before a ceasefire.
Explosions hit Gaza, UN chief arrives for truce talks
- 14 Jan 2009 07:12 - Nidal Al-Mughrabi
- Israeli troops edged closer to the heart of Gaza City on Wednesday morning and international organisations expressed growing concern.
UN Human Rights Council condemns Gaza strikes
- 12 Jan 2009 15:58 - Staff Reporter
- A divided United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday adopted a resolution condemning Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip.
President slams Gaza strikes as 'sheer savagery'
- 09 Jan 2009 11:07 - Staff Reporter
- Kgalema Motlanthe this week slammed the attacks in Gaza, dubbing the offensive "sheer savagery and brutality" that caused a "deep sense of revulsion".
UN calls for immediate Gaza truce, attacks go on
- 09 Jan 2009 08:25 - Nidal Al-Mughrabi
- Israel pushed ahead with its offensive in the Gaza Strip on Friday, ignoring a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire.
Red Cross says Israel broke law in Gaza
- 08 Jan 2009 17:35 - Staff Reporter
- Relief workers found four starving children sitting next to their dead mothers and other corpses in a house in a part of Gaza City bombed by Israel.
Israel eases Gaza bombing, mulls expanding war
- 07 Jan 2009 13:18 - Staff Reporter
- Israel, facing condemnation over the mounting death toll in its war on Hamas, ordered a temporary halt to bombing in part of Gaza on Wednesday.
Gaza peace talks under way in Egypt
- 06 Jan 2009 17:41 - Staff Reporter
- A Hamas delegation was in Cairo on Tuesday to discuss an Egyptian-proposed ceasefire with Israel.
Oil tops $47 on Gaza, Russia gas row
- 05 Jan 2009 15:18 - Staff Reporter
- Oil jumped to a three-week high on Monday after an Iranian military commander called for an oil boycott over Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip.
Israeli troops move into Gaza Strip
- 03 Jan 2009 15:31 - Nidal Al-Mughrabi
- Israeli troops clashed with Hamas fighters as they advanced into Gaza on Saturday in the first ground action of an eight-day offensive.
Israeli planes strike government buildings in Gaza
- 01 Jan 2009 06:56 - Nidal Al-Mughrabi
- Israeli warplanes attacked government buildings in the Gaza Strip early on New Year's Day after Israel and Hamas both spurned ceasefire calls.
'I didn't see any of my girls, just a pile of bricks'
- 30 Dec 2008 06:14 - Staff Reporter
- The family house was small: three rooms, a tiny kitchen and bathroom, built of poor-quality concrete bricks with a corrugated asbestos roof.
Flare-up dims truce hopes along Israel-Gaza border
- 25 Dec 2008 09:41 - Nidal Al-Mughrabi
- An Israeli air strike killed a Hamas gunman in the Gaza Strip after Palestinian militants fired dozens of rockets and mortars into southern Israel.
