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Caught in Gaza war zone: Chinese woman with 3 kids

She is one of the tens of thousands of mothers battling with life, and death. With Israeli shells and mortars raining day and night, she and her children face the worst crisis of their lives in the...

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Israeli fire kills 40 at UN school

Israeli tank shells killed at least 40 Palestinians yesterday at a UN school where civilians had taken shelter, medical officials said, in carnage likely to boost international calls for a halt to...

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Israeli kids race for rocket shrapnel as blitz rages on

SDEROT, Israel: As police and onlookers stare at the damage caused by the latest Gaza rocket to slam into this southern Israeli town, no one pays attention to the small boy clambering over the fence...

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Chinese envoy to visit region soon

China's special Middle East envoy will return to the region in the coming days to press for a halt to fighting in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, the Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.

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Fierce battles rage as Israel penetrates deeper

Israeli troops battled Palestinian gunmen in a suburb of Gaza City yesterday in one of the fiercest ground battles so far as Israel's military inched toward Gaza's population centers.

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Rights group: Israel uses white phosphorus in Gaza

JERUSALEM: Human Rights Watch said Sunday that Israel's military has fired artillery shells with the incendiary agent white phosphorus into Gaza and a doctor there said the chemical was suspected in...

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Palestinian death toll tops 900, say medics

Israeli troops fought fierce gun battles with Hamas fighters yesterday, keeping military pressure on the Islamist group while avoiding all-out urban warfare that would complicate ongoing diplomatic...

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Israeli leader warns Hamas of 'iron fist'

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert stood within Hamas rocket range Monday and warned Islamic militants that they face an "iron fist" unless they agree to Israeli terms for an end...

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Israeli forces near central Gaza City

Israeli ground troops closed in on downtown Gaza City yesterday, battling Palestinian militants in the streets of a densely populated neighborhood, destroying dozens of homes and sending terrified...

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China calls for implementation of UN resolution

China voiced yesterday its grave concern that UN Security Council Resolution 1860 on the fighting in Gaza has not been implemented or respected by the parties involved.

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Gazans seek new places to bury the dead

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip: One family buried a slain son over his grandfather. Another bundled up the tiny bodies of three young cousins and lowered them into the grave of a long-dead aunt. A man was laid...

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Israel hit again by rockets from Lebanon

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon renewed in Egypt yesterday a call for a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, whose aircraft pounded tunnels used by the group to smuggle arms into the Gaza Strip.

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10-day truce proposed in talks with Hamas, Israel

CAIRO, Egypt – Egypt and Hamas are close to a deal for a 10-day cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinian militant group in Gaza, where the death toll from the Israeli offensive exceeded 1,000,...

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First Gaza damage estimated at $1.4 billion

RAMALLAH, West Bank: Israel's fierce assault on Gaza's Hamas group has destroyed at least $1.4 billion worth of buildings, roads, pipes, power lines and other infrastructure in already impoverished...

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Israeli troops shell UN office in Gaza

Israeli forces shelled the United Nations headquarters in the Gaza Strip yesterday, engulfing the compound in fire as UN chief Ban Ki-moon was in the region on a mission to end Israel's devastating...

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Eyeless in Gaza: Tragedy without end

It's the human tragedy, now unfolding in horrific proportion in Gaza, that is the cruelest face of the Middle East crisis. It has hit other parts of the region time and again.

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Fighting slows as Hamas offers truce

Israel said its Gaza offensive could be "in the final act" on Friday and sent envoys to discuss truce terms after Hamas made a ceasefire offer to end three weeks of fighting that has killed more than...

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US, Israel agree to halt Gaza weapon smuggling

WASHINGTON -- The United States and Israel signed here on Friday a Memorandum of Understanding to stop weapon smuggling to the Gaza Strip so as to boost efforts for a durable ceasefire in the war-torn...

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Hamas follows Israel to announce ceasefire

Hamas said yesterday it would cease fire immediately along with other militant groups in the Gaza Strip and give Israel, which already declared a unilateral truce, a week to pull its troops out of the...

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Gaza counts loss as ceasefire holds

Palestinians took stock yesterday of the devastation from a three-week war in the Gaza Strip as a ceasefire took hold and Israeli forces pressed on with their gradual withdrawal from the Hamas-ruled...

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Violence 'cannot be solution' in Gaza

China urged both sides in the Gaza conflict to give up violence and instead join the Middle East peace process, a Chinese envoy said yesterday.

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UN chief Ban Ki-moon arrives in Gaza

The situation in the Gaza Strip is "heartbreaking," said visiting UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday, two days after the end of the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip.

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Troops out of Gaza, says Israel

JERUSALEM: Israel said it completed a troop pullout from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip yesterday, starting its relationship with US president Barack Obama by quitting Palestinian land devastated by its...

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Uranium ammunition used in Gaza?

The UN nuclear watchdog said yesterday it would investigate allegations by Arab countries that Israel may have used ammunition containing depleted uranium during its 22-day military offensive in Gaza.

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