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Israeli troops kill Palestinians responsible for teen deaths
Two Hamas men accused of killing three Israeli teens, an act that sparked a war in Gaza, have been killed, according to the Israeli military.
Hamas, Islamic Jihad claim rocket fire into Israel
Gaza’s ruling Hamas movement and the Islamic Jihad group say they fired rockets at Israel in response to an air strike that injured 10 people.
Israel’s conscription draft law draws Arab anger
For many Arab Israelis, a young Muslim woman willingly performing national service at a hospital in the city of Haifa is nothing less than a betrayal.
Israel sends tanks, bulldozers into Gaza
Israeli tanks and bulldozers crossed into the Gaza Strip on Friday after the Jewish state warned it would retaliate against Hamas for a deadly explosion of violence earlier this…
Palestinian businesses look east to China
Faced with Israeli trade and travel restrictions, a stagnant economy and a flood of cheap imports from Asia, Palestinian businessmen are increasingly seeking their fortunes in…
Rachel Corrie play debuts in Israel
A play about the United States activist Rachel Corrie, who was killed at the age of 23 by an Israeli army bulldozer in Gaza, will be performed for the first time in Israel on…
Israeli army, Gaza militants in uneasy lull
Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip have been holding off from violence that could jeopardise Egyptian efforts to mediate a ceasefire, officials from both sides…
Palestinian gunman kills eight in school
A Palestinian gunman opened fire in a Jewish religious school in Jerusalem on Thursday, killing at least eight people and wounding about 10 in the most lethal attack in Israel in…
Israel vows to continue Gaza strikes
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert vowed on Wednesday to keep up military strikes on the Gaza Strip as long as rocket fire from the Hamas-ruled territory continues. ”The Israeli…
Rice ends Mideast trip without move on peace talks
United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice wrapped up a Middle East trip on Wednesday after failing to secure a resumption of peace talks as Palestinians insisted on a…
Israel kills 52 in Gaza, two soldiers killed
Israel killed 52 Palestinians on Saturday in its deadliest and deepest incursion into the Gaza Strip since pulling out in 2005, stoking fears of a broader conflict that could…
Israel kills 22 Palestinians in Gaza raid
Israeli forces killed 22 Palestinians in the Hamas-led Gaza Strip on Saturday in the most intense fighting in weeks and Israel threatened a broader offensive to stop rocket fire.…
Palestinian protesters form human chain in Gaza
Palestinians protesting against an Israeli-led blockade formed a human chain on Monday along roads in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip and Israel threatened to use force if they…
Egypt letting in Palestinians for food
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said on Wednesday he had given his security forces orders to let Palestinians in from Gaza to buy food and then return home. ”I told them: ‘Let…
Palestinians blow up border wall, flood into Egypt
Palestinian militants blew up part of the wall between Gaza and Egypt on Wednesday, and tens of thousands of Palestinians poured into Egypt to stock up on food and fuel in short…