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...
View ArticleIsraeli 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...
View ArticleIsraeli 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...
View ArticleChinese 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.
View ArticleFierce 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.
View ArticleRights 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...
View ArticlePalestinian 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...
View ArticleIsraeli 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...
View ArticleIsraeli 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...
View ArticleChina 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.
View ArticleGazans 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...
View ArticleIsrael 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.
View Article10-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,...
View ArticleFirst 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...
View ArticleIsraeli 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...
View ArticleEyeless 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.
View ArticleFighting 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...
View ArticleUS, 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...
View ArticleHamas 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...
View ArticleGaza 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...
View ArticleViolence '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.
View ArticleUN 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.
View ArticleTroops 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...
View ArticleUranium 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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