Israel has extended the 12-hour truce by four hours after international powers called on it and Palestinian militants to extend the ceasefire.
A 12-hour truce is in effect after Israel and Palestinian militant groups in Gaza agreed to a UN request amid efforts to secure a long-term ceasefire.
Israel has resumed air strikes on Gaza following Hamas’s rejection of an Egyptian-proposed Gaza ceasefire.
Israel will not bow to the Palestinians’ demand on the borders of their future state, but will meet their request for the release of some prisoners.
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/ 20 November 2012
The UN chief has called for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the US Secretary of State has headed to the region with a peace message.
Israeli researchers say they have developed marijuana that can be used to ease the symptoms of some ailments without getting patients high.
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/ 15 November 2011
Startled ultra-Orthodox Jewish men looked away as women boarded a public vehicle from the front door and sat in its first rows.