In the first major diplomatic breakthrough in the war, Palestinian militants will release during a four-day truce 50 women and children kidnapped during their October 7 raids
A government commission on Monday blasted Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and top army brass for ”serious failure” in handling last year’s Lebanon war, dealing a heavy blow to his flagging leadership. A retired judge held Olmert, Defence Minister Amir Peretz and former chief of staff Dan Halutz principally responsible for the failures of the conflict.
Israel on Tuesday threatened a tougher response to Palestinian rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip, faced with a general strike in the town of Sderot to protest the salvos. "The prime minister, others and myself have reached the conclusion no one will be protected if … [it] continues," chairperson of Israel’s parliamentary defence and foreign affairs committee Tsahi Hanegbi said.
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/ 10 January 2006
Doctors treating Ariel Sharon were on Tuesday to continue the process of waking the critically ill Israeli leader from a coma a day after he responded positively to initial tests to assess the damage caused by a massive brain haemorrhage. Medics on Monday began the process of trying to rouse the ailing premier.
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was breathing unassisted on Monday while being gradually awoken from a deep coma so doctors can assess the extent of damage to his brain after a massive stroke. Doctors say he could survive, but have ruled out the chances of him returning as prime minister.
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was being gradually awoken on Monday from a deep coma so his doctors can assess the extent of damage to his brain following a massive stroke. The procedure will be the biggest breakthrough in his condition since the 77-year-old former general has been wired up to a life support machine after a huge brain haemorrhage.
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was rushed back to the operating theatre on Friday for emergency surgery to stop fresh bleeding in his brain as the country braced for the end of the Sharon era. Sharon, who has been prime minister since February 2001, was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday, little more than two weeks after he suffered a minor stroke.
Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz tried to assuage the anger of Gaza Strip settlers on Tuesday, saying he is willing to consider delaying the operation to uproot them from their homes. Mofaz said he is sympathetic to calls for the evacuation to be postponed so it does not clash with a period of Jewish mourning that ends on August 14.
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/ 14 October 2004
For Eitan Braun, a Jewish settler in the Gaza Strip, the equation is simple: "If Ariel Sharon falls, I get to keep my house." If the Israeli Prime Minister has his way, Braun and 8 000 fellow settlers will be uprooted from their homes next year as part of a wider plan that also envisages the strengthening of Israeli control over West Bank settlements.
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