Rival Palestinian factions have so far failed to overcome obstacles in reconciliation talks which they hope will lead to a unified governing body.
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/ 2 February 2009
Israel launched a series of air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, targeting a Hamas security complex and tunnels used to smuggle weapons.
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/ 29 January 2009
A Gaza ceasefire came closer to unravelling on Thursday despite efforts by US President Barack Obama’s Middle East envoy to reinforce the truce.
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/ 28 January 2009
Israeli aircraft struck at tunnels used for smuggling goods and weapons on the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt on Wednesday.
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/ 27 January 2009
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.
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/ 20 January 2009
Voicing shock and anger at the ”heartbreaking” devastation, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon visited the Gaza Strip on Tuesday to pledge aid.
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/ 19 January 2009
Palestinians took stock on Monday of the devastation from a three-week war in the Gaza Strip as a ceasefire took hold.
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/ 19 January 2009
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.
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/ 18 January 2009
Palestinian militants in Gaza launched rockets into southern Israel on Sunday in defiance of a unilateral ceasefire Israel declared hours earlier.
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/ 17 January 2009
Israeli warplanes returned to the attack on the Gaza Strip on Saturday as leaders of the Jewish state weighed a unilateral ceasefire.