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Gaza media blockade challenged
Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:48:47 GMT
Tel Aviv has not allowed any journalists into the war zone to cover the carnage.
A group of journalists has traveled to the Rafah border checkpoint in an attempt to break the Israeli blockade on reporters covering the Gaza crisis.
Seventeen journalists and media activists on Tuesday left Cairo for the border on a bus, demanding to be let into the war-torn region to cover the Israeli atttack on the Gaza Strip.
Israel's 18-day-old onslaught in Gaza has killed at least 975 Palestinians and wounded 4400 others, mostly women and children.
Despite an Israeli court ruling, Tel Aviv has not allowed any journalists into the war zone to cover the carnage.
The trip's organizer, the Doha Centre for Media Freedoms, says the move was unsuccessful after the group spent a night at a hotel in nearby El-Arish.
"We are being optimistic," AFP quoted Robert Maynard, head of the media rights group, as saying on the way back from the crossing.
Maynard stated that the journalists would try to enter the Gaza Strip again on Wednesday, hoping the Egyptian government may "show they are different."
The move came a week after many international news outlets and activists issued a joint call with global press watchdog Reporters Without Borders for Israel to allow foreign journalists into the besieged territory.
The journalists also expressed solidarity with their Palestinian colleagues and criticized the Israeli army for its refusal to allow journalists into Gaza.
On Saturday, journalists in Gaza accused Israel of targeting them as they reported on the conflict.
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Settler kills Palestinian youth in West Bank
Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:02:14 GMT
An Israeli settler has shot and killed a 15-year-old Palestinian youth, Nasser Awdi, in the northern West Bank.
The incident happened on Tuesday evening near the town of Qalqilya when the Jewish settler opened fire at the youth from a passing car.
AFP quoted Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld as saying that the gunman opened fire "after his car was stoned."
He said police are currently questioning the murderer to determine "the exact circumstances behind this incident."
Around 975 Palestinians have been killed and another 4,400 wounded in the Israeli army's relentless onslaught on the Gaza Strip over the past 18 days.
The murder of the youth adds one more to the death toll for Palestine.
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Egypt, S. Arabia to attend Kuwait summit
Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:31:38 GMT
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Saudi King Abdullah held a meeting in Riyadh on Tuesday. (photo: SPA)
Egypt and Saudi Arabia have announced their support for a proposal to hold a summit meeting in Kuwait on January 19 to discuss the conflict in Gaza.
The decision came following a meeting between Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Saudi King Abdullah on Tuesday.
The two Arab states also rejected Qatar's proposal to host an extraordinary summit this week on the Gaza crisis.
Qatar had called for an emergency Arab summit to be held in Doha this Friday. Lebanon, Syria, and Algeria had agreed to attend before Saudi Arabia and Egypt refused to participate.
Mubarak and Abdullah said they had agreed to attend the Kuwait meeting in order to find "a way to stop the Israeli aggression on Gaza," AFP reported, citing a statement published by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
"Saudi Arabia and Egypt will take part in the Arab summit in Kuwait... to find a way to bring peace to the Palestinian people," read the statement.
Mubarak made an official visit to Riyadh on Tuesday to discuss the 18-day-old Israeli offensive on Gaza, which has killed at least 975 people and injured another 4,400.
"The Egyptian and Saudi sides agreed that there must be an immediate ceasefire and immediate, full implementation of Egypt's initiative," added the statement, referring to the ceasefire proposal Cairo presented last week.
The Egyptian plan calls for both sides to observe a truce so that humanitarian assistance can be delivered to civilians.
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Iran aid ship coordinated to reach Gaza
Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:00:51 GMT
The people of Gaza are gripped by a humanitarian crisis, UN agencies have warned.
An Iranian ship carrying humanitarian aid for Palestinians heads toward the Gaza Strip after obtaining required paperwork to dock.
An Iranian Foreign Ministry official said Tuesday that the ship had left the Egyptian port of Said to carry goods for the people of Gaza.
"The Foreign Ministry has had required coordination with the International Committee of the Red Cross, the United Nations and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon" to ensure the safe passage of the ship to Gaza, Ghazanfar Rokn-Abadi told Al-Alam.
Tel Aviv launched Operation Cast Lead on Dec. 27 to put an end to rocket attacks on southern Israel. At least 940 Palestinians have died during the offensive, while some 4,400 others have been wounded.
The Israeli army has sustained serious casualties since a ground operation into Gaza was launched in the second week of the attacks. Official numbers indicate at least 10 Israeli soldiers have been killed in battles against Hamas fighters.
Hamas, the democratically-elected ruler of the coastal sliver, demands a cessation of an 18-month Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip before its fighters suspend rocket attacks.
Rokn-Abadi expressed hope that the humanitarian aid, provided by the Tehran government as well as charity organizations, would soon reach Palestinians.
Meanwhile, a Ynet news report quoted Israeli Defense Forces officials as saying that the Israeli navy would not prevent the Iranian vessel from reaching the Gaza Strip.
According to UN officials, the Iranian ship carries medical and food supplies for the people of Gaza who are gripped by a humanitarian crisis.
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Israel 'stripping ME of Palestinian blood'
Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:47:07 GMT
The United Nations says children's death toll in Gaza is 'distressing and horrifying'.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says Tel Aviv's extreme measures in Gaza show Israeli intent to completely eradicate the Palestinian people.
Abbas said on Saturday that Gazans are withstanding the worst of the Israeli military's ongoing ground offensive against the Hamas. "Israel is keeping up this aggression in order to wipe out our people over there," he said as Israel's onslaught on Gaza saw a considerable increase earlier in the day.
Israeli ground forces --backed by tanks and artillery-- made their deepest push into Gaza since the beginning of the offensive on the 1.5 million people in the coastal strip on Dec. 27.
Tel Aviv's military incursion into Gaza has resulted in high Palestinian casualties. According to the latest estimates, 940 people have been killed so far with another 4,400 wounded.
"What is essential is to stop the aggression. It must stop, Israel must withdraw from Palestinian territory, lift the blockade and reopen the border crossings so that our people's suffering can end," Abbas added, who drew sharp criticism from most Arab countries over his stance on Gaza.
Kuwaiti lawmakers urged the government on Tuesday to prevent the Palestinian President from attending an Arab economic summit, which takes place in the Persian Gulf littoral state next week.
"We call on the government to declare that Abbas is not welcome in Kuwait," said a statement released by the Kuwaiti Parliament on Tuesday.
The UN Security Council passed resolution 1860 calling for an "immediate" and "durable" halt to the Israeli offensive into Gaza. Tel Aviv, however, has labeled the UN decision as "not practical" and has affirmed that it does not need to act upon international requests.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, pointing to the mass killing of Gazan civilians, has demanded that echelons in Tel Aviv be tried for war crimes.
Her call was echoed by Geneva-based Iranian diplomat Ali-Reza Moayyeri-- who said that Israel should be held accountable for the "massive violation of humanitarian law" that it has so far committed in the Gaza Strip.
According to Moayyeri, deliberate attacks on civilians that lack strict military necessity 'not only account for war crimes, but also constitute blatant crimes against humanity'.
"Israel's political and military leaders bear personal liability for their offenses against thousands of defenseless Gazans," said Moayyeri.
Switzerland is another country that wants an international investigation into likely Israeli violations of humanitarian law in the Gaza Strip.
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Israel to do what US did to Japan in WWII?
Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:28:04 GMT
Despite the heavy deployment of Israeli troops and military resources to the Gaza Strip, the army is yet to achieve its strategic objectives in an 18-day-old battle with resistance fighters.
The head of an Israeli opposition party says Tel Aviv should deal with Gaza the same way the US dealt with Japan in World War II.
"We must continue to fight Hamas just like the United States did with the Japanese in World War II," Avigdor Lieberman, the head of an ultra-nationalist opposition party, said Tuesday.
Japan was brought down to its knees before surrendering in 1945 after the US dropped two atomic bombs on the cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
Lieberman was quoted by the Jerusalem Post as saying that Israel needed to decisively "break the will" of Hamas in the Gaza Strip -- home to some 1.5 million Palestinians.
Tel Aviv launched Operation Cast Lead on Dec. 27 to put an end to rocket attacks on southern Israel. At least 940 Palestinians have died during the offensive, while some 4,400 others have been wounded.
The Israeli army has sustained serious casualties since a ground operation into Gaza was launched in the second week of the attacks. Official numbers indicate at least 10 Israeli soldiers have been killed in battles against Hamas fighters.
Hamas, the democratically-elected ruler of the coastal sliver, demands a cessation of an 18-month Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip before its fighters suspend rocket attacks.
"Israel won't be secure so long as Hamas is in power, and therefore we need to come to a decision that we will break the will of Hamas to keep fighting," said Lieberman, who quit Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's coalition government last year.
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Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:25:00 GMT
A number of Gaza doctors say they have treated patients with 'obvious' white phosphorous (WP) wounds. The use of the lethal agent against civilians is prohibited by international conventions.
Israel once again challenges mounting international charges by denying the use of illegal weapons in its bombardment of the Gaza Strip.
"All weapons used by the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) are in accordance with international law," AFP quoted an unnamed spokesman for the Israeli Defense Forces as saying Monday.
Tel Aviv launched Operation Cast Lead on December 27 to put an end to rocket attacks against southern Israeli towns. At least 940 Palestinians have died during the offensive, while some 4,400 others are reported wounded.
Hamas, the democratically-elected ruler of the coastal sliver, demands a cessation of an 18-month Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip before its fighters suspend the rocket attacks.
A fierce controversy has broken out over the alleged use of white phosphorus, also known by the military as WP or Willie Pete, by the Israeli army in Gaza.
The legality of the toxic chemical agent is a matter of debate, with many groups recognizing it as an illegal weapon, while international law allows its usage solely for smoke-screening.
The US intelligence has classified WP as a "chemical weapon."
Despite international calls against the use of the lethal weapon in populated areas, the Israeli army maintains that its actions are being conducted under international laws.
"We are only using what is being used by other Western armies- we are not using anything out of the ordinary," said the Israeli spokesman, while declining to confirm or refute the use of white phosphorus.
The comments echoed remarks made by Mark Regev, the spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
"Israel military forces only use munitions that are acceptable under international law and international convention," Regev said. "The type of munitions used by Israel are similar, if not identical, to munitions used by other Western democracies, including NATO member."
Israel, the US and Russia have the toxic chemical agent in military combat.
Under international law, the controversial measure for concealing ground operations is banned from use against civilians in mortal shells, bombs and artillery because of its serious after effects.
Earlier on Sunday, the UN Human Rights Watch warned Israel against use of the dangerous smoke-screening agent in the densely-populated Gaza, as civilian casualty would be inevitable.
The UN body said its researchers in Israel had observed multiple firings of artillery containing white phosphorus that would spread the chemical over an area covering 125 to 250 meter in diameter.
White prosperous can cause severe burns that tear through flesh or bone, or damage liver, kidney, heart, the lungs, and even lead to death.
Israel initially refuted similar charges of using WP in civilian areas during the 2006 war with Lebanon. The army later admitted to employing the toxic agents, while insisting they were used within the confines of international law.
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Gaza media blockade challenged
Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:48:47 GMT
A group of journalists has traveled to the Rafah border checkpoint in an attempt to break the Israeli blockade on reporters covering the Gaza crisis.
Settler kills Palestinian youth in West Bank
Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:02:14 GMT
An Israeli settler has shot and killed a 15-year-old Palestinian youth, Nasser Awdi, in the northern West Bank.
Egypt, S. Arabia to attend Kuwait summit
Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:31:38 GMT
Egypt and Saudi Arabia have announced their support for a proposal to hold a summit meeting in Kuwait on January 19 to discuss the conflict in Gaza.
Iran aid ship coordinated to reach Gaza
Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:00:51 GMT
An Iranian ship carrying humanitarian aid for Palestinians heads toward the Gaza Strip after obtaining required paperwork to dock.
Israel 'stripping ME of Palestinian blood'
Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:47:07 GMT
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says Tel Aviv's extreme measures in Gaza show Israeli intent to completely eradicate the Palestinian people.
Israel to do what US did to Japan in WWII?
Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:28:04 GMT
The head of an Israeli opposition party says Tel Aviv should deal with Gaza the same way the US dealt with Japan in World War II.
Israel says only using weapons of Western armies
Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:25:00 GMT
Israel once again challenges mounting international charges by denying the use of illegal weapons in its bombardment of the Gaza Strip.
'Hamas fighters kill 12 Israeli soldiers'
Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:10:25 GMT
Hamas says its fighters have killed at least 12 Israeli soldiers during fierce clashes near the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya.
Barak: We will continue Gaza war
Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:56:56 GMT
Israeli Defense Minister has ruled out the possibility of halting the ongoing offensive against the Gaza Strip for diplomatic efforts.
Intense fighting underway in Gaza City
Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:35:26 GMT
Heavy gun battles continue between Palestinian fighters and Israeli ground forces as the army aims to push deeper into populated Gaza areas.
UN to Israel: Allow media into Gaza
Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:08:58 GMT
The UN has called on Israel to halt its military censorship and lift the ban on local and international media professionals entering Gaza.
Gaza now Israeli weapons testing lab?
Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:11:25 GMT
Israel has turned Gaza into a research laboratory to test out its new "extremely nasty" weapons on Palestinians, a medical expert says.
'Israel forces under fire from Jordan'
Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:57:07 GMT
Israeli troops have come under fire from Jordan at a border crossing with the kingdom, says an Israeli military spokeswoman.
Israel: Hamas should be ready for more
Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:16:15 GMT
The Israeli military chief warns that his troops will inflict severe damage on Hamas fighters despite an Israeli pull-out from Gaza City.
Hamas kills Israeli officer, wounds 11
Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:05:04 GMT
Fighters of the Palestinian Hamas say they have killed another Israeli officer and have wounded eleven troops in recent attacks.
Israeli troops hit with missiles
Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:53:41 GMT
The Hamas military wing has targeted Israeli troops taking refuge at a Palestinian house in the city of Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip.
Sniper hits 3 Israeli soldiers in West Bank
Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:42:29 GMT
Israeli sources say at least three Israeli soldiers have been wounded after a Palestinian attacked an army patrol in the West Bank.
Israeli soldiers refuse to serve in Gaza
Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:36:11 GMT
Ten Israeli reservists have reportedly refused to enter the war on Gaza in protest at the ongoing killing of women and children.
Hamas rockets hit Israeli towns
Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:32:51 GMT
Palestinian resistance Hamas says its Grad rockets have hit several Israeli towns, killing at least one Israeli and wounding another.
Israel blasted for breaching HR laws
Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:56:47 GMT
The EU Commission hammers Israel for breaching international human rights laws and failing to ensure the safety of civilians in Gaza.
Israel bans Arabs from contesting election
Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:03:29 GMT
Israeli election authorities have banned two of the three main Arab political parties from running in next month's general elections.
Israel shelling Gaza residential areas
Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:52:37 GMT
Tel Aviv is reportedly shelling residential areas in eastern Gaza and staging new attacks on the strip with its apache helicopters.
Egypt imprisons anti-Israel protesters
Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:20:01 GMT
Egypt has detained more than 60 members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood in a protest against the Israeli offensive into Gaza.
Israel blocks aid to wounded in Gaza
Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:13:23 GMT
The Palestinian Hamas says Tel Aviv has prevented an emergency vehicle from aiding those injured in attacks on the Gaza Strip.
Israeli tanks retreating from Gaza City
Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:15:24 GMT
Israeli tanks are moving out of the densely-populated Gaza City after intense street battles with Palestinian resistance fighters.
Three Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza
Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:53:54 GMT
At least three Israeli soldiers have been killed near Khan Yunis as Israel's deadly offensive on the Gaza Strip entered its 18th day.
Israel rains bombs on 'own soldier'
Tue, 13 Jan 2009 06:52:25 GMT
The Hamas military wing has revealed that Tel Aviv has launched airstrikes against a house where a captured Israeli soldier was kept.
UN chief lashes out at Israel, Hamas
Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:33:59 GMT
The United Nation's Secretary General lashes out at Israel and the Hamas resistance group, urging them to immediately stop fighting in Gaza.
Arabs talk Gaza reconstruction amid bombings
Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:21:38 GMT
Arab leaders are scheduled to meet and discuss reconstruction in the bombarded and blockaded Gaza Strip in their first economic summit.
Four Israeli soldiers wounded in Gaza
Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:16:33 GMT
At least four Israeli soldiers have been wounded as they pressed on their onslaught against the besieged Gaza Strip into the 17th day.
Arabs barred to run in Israel's election
Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:50:49 GMT
The Israeli Central Elections Committee has banned Arab political parties from running in next month's parliamentary elections.
US told not to vote for Gaza resolution
Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:21:58 GMT
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says he had told the US president not to vote in favor of the recent United Nations resolution on Gaza.
Rafah crossing still closed to medics
Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:35:55 GMT
The Egyptian government is still refusing to allow foreign medical teams pass through Rafah border crossing and enter the Gaza Strip.
Jews stage int'l anti-Israeli protests
Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:02:47 GMT
Jewish civil society organizations across the globe have protested the Israeli incursion into Gaza, calling for an immediate ceasefire.
Hamas: Crushing victory in the offing
Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:16:59 GMT
The Hamas prime minister vows a final victory over Israel saying that Gazans are now stronger than ever as 'Palestinians are united today'.
'Israeli war in Gaza will destabilize West'
Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:46:37 GMT
An Iranian analyst believes that the continuation of Israeli attacks on Gaza will inevitably trigger suicide-bombings in the West.
Israel feels hurt by global condemnation
Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:33:44 GMT
Israel's foreign minister expresses Tel Aviv's grave concern over "a wave of anti-Semitism" sparked by the Israeli offensive in Gaza.
Jihad chief: Israel to leave in denial
Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:25:42 GMT
Palestine's Islamic Jihad fighters say Israel is about to retreat from the Gaza Strip while keeping a brave face on its defeat.
Europe Jews: Israel causing anti-Semitism
Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:59:34 GMT
Jewish communities across Europe fear that the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip might fuel anti-Semitic sentiments across the continent.
Israel fails to kill top Hamas commander
Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:38:50 GMT
Israeli military forces have failed to kill Hamas's top military commander despite bombing his house in an air strike on the Gaza Strip.
Day 17: Israel sets condition for ending war
Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:30:32 GMT
As the Israeli army pours reservists into Gaza, Premier Ehud Olmert says Tel Aviv will end the offensive once its two demands are met.
Israeli troops death toll hits 12
Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:58:50 GMT
Hamas military wing says an Israeli soldier has been shot by resistance snipers near the Gaza city, as the war extends to the 17th day.
UN rights council lambastes Israel
Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:50:09 GMT
The UN Human Rights Council has condemned Israel for 'grave' human rights violations against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
'Israel might need more troops in Gaza'
Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:39:01 GMT
The Israeli Army is reportedly waiting for the government's green light to start the next phase of its operation inside the Gaza Strip.
Gaza still under Israeli fire
Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:58:43 GMT
Israeli military forces are continuing a full-scale offensive against Gaza, pounding dozens of targets across the war ravaged enclave.
Gaza mosque targeted by Israeli jets
Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:38:55 GMT
Israeli warplanes have bombed another mosque in the southern Gaza Strip, as the attacks on the populated territory continue for a 17th day.
Resistance rockets still target Israel
Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:17:02 GMT
Palestinian fighters have lived up to their promise of maintaining rocket attacks on Israeli despite the ongoing onslaught in the Gaza Strip.
Egypt allows aid, medics into Gaza
Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:16:47 GMT
Egypt has allowed dozens of doctors along with some medical supplies pass through Rafah border crossing and enter the Gaza Strip.
Willie Pete burns Gazan residents again
Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:28:35 GMT
Israel targets eastern Gaza City with phosphorous bombs as resistance fighters prevented Israeli forces from advancing into the city.
UK firm blasted for arming Israeli military
Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:13:20 GMT
A British company's links to the Israeli military come under scrutiny, as pressure mounts on the government to curb arms sales to Tel Aviv.
Israel kills five Gazan civilians
Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:02:29 GMT
At least five Palestinian civilians have been killed in separate Israeli attacks in the north and east of the impoverished Gaza City.
EU lawmakers in Gaza to assess crisis
Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:20:56 GMT
A group of European lawmakers have entered the Gaza Strip to assess the deadly Israeli offensive that has killed over 900 Palestinians.
'Israeli settlers apply for Canadian visas'
Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:11:15 GMT
Israeli settlers in Sderot city have applied for Canadian visas as Palestinian fighters keep firing rockets from the Gaza Strip, a new report says.
Rift among Israeli leaders over Gaza war
Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:14:53 GMT
Israeli leaders Ehud Barak, Tzipi Livni and Ehud Olmert have been engaged in deep rift over ending the military operations in the Gaza Strip.
World shows solidarity with Gaza
Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:37:58 GMT
Protests against Israel's assaults on Gaza continue all around the world, with rallies in Jordan, Pakistan, Lebanon, Austria and the UK.
Israel keeps pounding Gaza, hits children's hospital
Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:19:58 GMT
Israeli forces have attacked a children's hospital in Gaza in a fourth day of attacks after a UN Security Council call for ceasefire.
Israel keeps pounding Gaza, hits children's hospital
Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:19:58 GMT
Israeli forces have attacked a children's hospital in Gaza in a fourth day of attacks after a UN Security Council call for ceasefire.
Israel fails to capture Gaza City
Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:44:15 GMT
Israel has failed to capture Gaza City despite sending thousands of reserve soldiers to invade the city, a Press TV correspondent reports.
Hamas to agree with Egyptian proposal?
Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:57:22 GMT
Hamas representative in Lebanon, Osama Hamdan, says parts of the Egyptian proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip are not agreeable.
Israelis facing strong Palestinian resistance
Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:57:26 GMT
As Israeli troops are entering into the Gaza Strip, they have encountered strong confrontation from Palestinian resistance forces.
Israeli reservists swarm into Gaza
Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:55:44 GMT
Israel has begun sending reservists into the beleaguered Gaza Strip in the wake of a massive ground operation in the populated territory.
Israeli diplomat slams Swiss Gaza stance
Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:17:05 GMT
An Israeli diplomat strongly criticizes the Swiss government's support for a UN resolution condemning human rights violations in Gaza.
Israel must be 'forced to accept truce'
Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:24:16 GMT
Jordan says Israel should be forced to accept a UN Security Council resolution which calls for an end to the offensive against Gaza.
Israel destroys medical clinic in Gaza
Sun, 11 Jan 2009 18:50:02 GMT
Charity groups say Israeli aircraft have bombed and destroyed a clinic in the Gaza Strip, shortly after targeting Hamas' ministry of culture.
Israel keeps pounding Gaza, hits children's hospital
Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:19:58 GMT
Israeli forces have attacked a children's hospital in Gaza in a fourth day of attacks after a UN Security Council call for ceasefire.
Israel fails to capture Gaza City
Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:44:15 GMT
Israel has failed to capture Gaza City despite sending thousands of reserve soldiers to invade the city, a Press TV correspondent reports.
Hamas to agree with Egyptian proposal?
Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:57:22 GMT
Hamas representative in Lebanon, Osama Hamdan, says parts of the Egyptian proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip are not agreeable.
Israelis facing strong Palestinian resistance
Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:57:26 GMT
As Israeli troops are entering into the Gaza Strip, they have encountered strong confrontation from Palestinian resistance forces.
Israeli reservists swarm into Gaza
Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:55:44 GMT
Israel has begun sending reservists into the beleaguered Gaza Strip in the wake of a massive ground operation in the populated territory.
Israeli diplomat slams Swiss Gaza stance
Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:17:05 GMT
An Israeli diplomat strongly criticizes the Swiss government's support for a UN resolution condemning human rights violations in Gaza.
Israel must be 'forced to accept truce'
Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:24:16 GMT
Jordan says Israel should be forced to accept a UN Security Council resolution which calls for an end to the offensive against Gaza.
Israel destroys medical clinic in Gaza
Sun, 11 Jan 2009 18:50:02 GMT
Charity groups say Israeli aircraft have bombed and destroyed a clinic in the Gaza Strip, shortly after targeting Hamas' ministry of culture.
Israel victory in Gaza 'unrealistic'
Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:24:14 GMT
The Israeli assault on the densely-populated Gaza Strip will not reduce the angst of the government regarding its future, a report says.
Israeli airstrike injures 4 in Egypt
Sun, 11 Jan 2009 18:27:17 GMT
Shrapnel from Israeli airstrikes have wounded two Egyptian policemen and two children near the Egypt's northern border with the Gaza Strip.
Israel mounts pressure on Iranian media
Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:58:34 GMT
Israel is mounting pressure on Iranian correspondents covering its crimes against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.
Israel strikes Hamas culture ministry
Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:01:23 GMT
Israeli forces have hit the Hamas ministry of culture in the Gaza Strip, as the offensive turns into an urban battle with resistance fighters.
Report: Israeli troops fired at from Syria
Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:19:56 GMT
Israeli troops along the northern border with Syria have come under fire from the Syrian side of the border, military sources claim.
Willie Pete becoming liability to Israel
Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:46:40 GMT
Human Rights Watch warns Tel Aviv against using white phosphorus in Gaza amid raging controversy over military tactics applied by Israel.
Israel intensifies naval attacks on Gaza
Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:27:39 GMT
Israel's naval forces have been firing at residential areas of the western Gaza Strip amid a full-scale incursion against the coastal enclave.
Livni denies Gaza war's link to election
Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:13:00 GMT
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni says the ongoing military campaign in Gaza is in no way related to the upcoming Israeli elections.
Jewish settlers: Move us back to Gaza
Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:47:10 GMT
Former residents of the Gush Katif Jewish settlements have asked Israeli officials to relocate them back to the evacuated communities in Gaza.
Surgeon wants to build hospital in Gaza
Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:55:36 GMT
An Iranian-born surgeon, Professor Seyyed Taqi Nejabat, has announced his readiness for establishing a field hospital in besieged Gaza.
Israel: Gaza offensive nearing its end
Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:20:36 GMT
Israel's deputy defense minister says Tel Aviv's large-scale military incursion into the Gaza Strip appears to be nearing its end.
Americans, Asians protest Gaza massacre
Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:32:59 GMT
People from around the world have taken to the streets in protest of the gruesome massacre in Gaza which has entered its third week.
Barak: diplomacy, bombs on same page
Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:32:41 GMT
Israel claims it is examining diplomatic channels despite intensifying its military offensive against Gaza, which has so far killed over 880.
Hamas targets Israeli aircraft
Sun, 11 Jan 2009 12:52:24 GMT
Hamas says its fighters have targeted an Israeli aircraft as the military intensifies a full-scale offensive against the Gaza Strip.
Hamas rocket hits Israeli air base
Sun, 11 Jan 2009 11:17:15 GMT
Palestinian Grad-type rocket, fired from the Gaza Strip, have struck Israeli Palmachim Air Force base .
Israel troops retreat from Gaza district
Sun, 11 Jan 2009 11:05:23 GMT
Israeli forces have retreated from Tal al-Halwa neighborhood south of Gaza Strip after attacks which killed at least 12 Palestinians.
Olmert asks Israelis to be 'patient'
Sun, 11 Jan 2009 10:44:13 GMT
Israeli Premier Ehud Olmert has asked Israelis to be more patient and determined so that Tel Aviv can achieve its goals in the Gaza Strip.
Mideast first ladies to save Gaza?
Sun, 11 Jan 2009 09:20:11 GMT
First ladies from Middle Eastern countries have met in Istanbul to appeal for an immediate ceasefire to Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip.
ICRC warns of worsening situation in Gaza
Sun, 11 Jan 2009 09:14:41 GMT
The International Committee of the Red Cross warns of a deteriorating situation in Gaza as Israel continues its military campaign in the region.
Israel kills 7 Gazan civillians
Sun, 11 Jan 2009 08:35:48 GMT
At least seven Palestinian civilians, four of whom were children, have been killed in an Israeli attack in the north of the Gaza Strip.
Gaza carnage triggers Israeli protest
Sun, 11 Jan 2009 08:01:33 GMT
One thousand Israeli protestors from Peace Now and the left-wing Meretz party have called for an end to Israeli aggression in Gaza.
Hamas rockets hit five Israeli cities
Sun, 11 Jan 2009 07:18:57 GMT
Palestinian fighters have fired more rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israel on the 16th day of Israeli incursion into the besieged region.
Israelis face strong resistance in Gaza City
Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:54:55 GMT
Israeli troops backed by tanks and helicopter gunships have attacked eastern Gaza, facing a strong resistance from Palestinian fighters.
'Israeli tank destroyed in east Jebaliya'
Sun, 11 Jan 2009 05:42:26 GMT
A Hamas run television station has reported that an Israeli tank has been destroyed in a bomb blast in east Jebaliya.
Israeli white phosphorous kills 3, wounds 60
Sun, 11 Jan 2009 03:22:48 GMT
Israeli white phosphorous shells kill three and injure 60 others on the 16th consecutive day of Israeli offensive against Gaza, medics say.
15-day-old Israeli offensive claims 854
Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:27:11 GMT
Israel's offensive against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip has killed more than 854 people and wounded 3,500 others during the past 15 days.
Hamas rockets injure 14 Israelis, shock 23 others
Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:34:50 GMT
A rocket launched by Palestinian fighters form the Gaza Strip has injured at least 14 people in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon.
West 'moving to reinstall Abbas in Gaza'
Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:16:23 GMT
The West is reportedly working on a plan to bring back Mahmud Abbas's rule to Gaza and deploy international forces in the sliver.
Israel says top Hamas commander killed
Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:01:32 GMT
The Israeli military says its forces have killed a senior member of the Hamas military wing in latest fighting in the Gaza Strip.
Hamas says no to int'l observers in Gaza
Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:37:08 GMT
Palestinian groups including Hamas reject deployment of international observers or troops in Gaza as Israeli attacks enter their third week.
Hamas hits Israeli military base
Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:34:01 GMT
Hamas resistance fighters have struck an Israeli military base amid an ongoing full-scale Israeli incursion against the Gaza Strip.
Israel violates 3-hours ceasefire, again
Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:56:16 GMT
Israel has carried out attacks in Gaza despite an announced daily three-hour ceasefire for humanitarian aid to be carried into the enclave.
Israel violates 3-hours ceasefire, again
Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:56:16 GMT
Israel has carried out attacks in Gaza despite an announced daily three-hour ceasefire for humanitarian aid to be carried into the enclave.
Israeli warplanes bomb 10 Rafah homes
Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:19:57 GMT
The Israeli air force has pounded the populated border region of Rafah in Gaza, as the army warns of "new phase of attacks" in the strip.
Israel denies shooting UN relief trucks
Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:15:12 GMT
The Israeli army denies targeting United Nations relief convoys, claiming that Hamas fighters were responsible for the shooting.
Photo shows 'Willie Pete' went to Gaza
Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:47:52 GMT
Despite Israeli denial, newly found photographic evidence proves that Israel has used controversial white phosphorus shells on Gazans.
Israel warns Gazans of new phase of war
Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:07:10 GMT
The Israeli air force drops flyers on the Gaza Strip, warning the residents of a "new phase of attacks" on the beleaguered territory.
China wants halt to Gaza conflict
Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:42:51 GMT
A Chinese envoy will visit Egypt, Israel and the Palestinian territories to demand an end to Israel's onslaught in the Gaza Strip.
Abbas: Israel should accept truce
Sat, 10 Jan 2009 12:52:52 GMT
The Palestinian Authority Chief says Israel must halt its military campaign in Gaza after a UN resolution urged a ceasefire in the strip.
World rallies to condemn Israeli crimes
Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:39:12 GMT
People continue to rally across the world to protest Israel's ongoing onslaught against the Gaza Strip, which has so far claimed 804 lives.
US plans massive arms delivery to Israel
Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:25:45 GMT
The Pentagon plans to make a large arms delivery to Israel, rising fears that the military campaign in Gaza will go on for a long time.
Israeli tank shell kills 8 Palestinians
Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:30:35 GMT
An Israeli tank shell has killed at least eight Palestinians who belonged to the same family in the north of Gaza Strip.
Abbas in Egypt over Gaza crisis
Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:19:54 GMT
Palestinian Authority Chief is to hold a meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip.
Hamas 'would unleash its full power'
Sat, 10 Jan 2009 09:05:45 GMT
Hamas says Israel will encounter the full strength of the movement if Tel Aviv fails to halt attacks on the impoverished Gaza Strip.
Israeli massacre at UN school exposed
Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:07:20 GMT
The Israeli military has reportedly admitted that the shelling of a UN school, which killed dozens of Gazan civilians, was "unprovoked".
More Hamas rockets slam Israel
Sat, 10 Jan 2009 08:36:05 GMT
Palestinian fighters have fired more rockets from Gaza despite the ongoing full-scale Israeli offensive against the coastal strip.
Hamas 'kills 12 soldiers in one day'
Sat, 10 Jan 2009 09:44:02 GMT
At least 12 Israeli military forces have been reportedly killed in fierce clashes with Palestinian resistance forces in the Gaza Strip.
UNRWA to resume Gaza aid operations
Sat, 10 Jan 2009 07:40:50 GMT
UN officials have announced that relief operations will begin in Gaza after a temporary halt brought on by Israeli attacks on aid workers.
12 Zionist soldiers dead by martyrdom mission
Twelve invading soldiers were killed when they wer caught in a martyrdom operation in Bait Lahia by a Paleswtinian fighter Tuesday evening, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the military branch of Fatah movement announced.
Several other Zionist soldiers were killed or wounded Tuesday morning in a heavy fighting with Palestinian fighters south and east of Gaza city.
Ezzeddin al-Qassam Brigades, the military branch of Hamas movement said in a statement that a number of Hamas fighters set an ambush for the special forces of the Zionist regime's army in which a number of the Zionist soldiers were killed or wounded.
Three members of Hamas military branch were martyred in the fighting, the Brigades added.
Al-Nasser Salaheddin Brigades, the military branch of Palestine's Popular Resistance Committees also accepted responsibility for firing a new generation Tandom missile at a Zionist army tank in al-Karama area, north of Gaza Strip.
Al-Qods Brigades, the military branch of Islamic Jihad movement announced its responsibility for detonating two armored vehicles of the Israeli army near al-Karama towers, north of Gaza Strip and firing two rockets at Nahal Ouz military base.
UK has handed military accessories to Israel
Zionist regime's unmanned planes used in the massacres of the Gaza people were equipped with sophisticated accessories handed by the British government, news reports said Tuesday.
The British Ministry of Defense has handed UAL-made equipments to reinforce the invading army in its attacks against Gaza.
Saturday, over one hundred thousand of British people held a massive march in London in protest at the massacre of the Gaza people and their government's supportive policy to the Zionist regime.
The demonstrations turned violent after police attacked the marchers.
Meanwhile, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband Monday faced a barrage of criticism from MPs, including from former ministers, over the country's policy on the massacres in Gaza, with Zionist regime's leaders described as mass murderers and war criminals.
Former defence minister Peter Kilfoyle noted that 'Israel' had committed state-sponsored terrorism in its latest slaughter of more than 800 Palestinians and called on the British government to impose an arms embargo.
Veteran Labour MP and former shadow foreign secretary Gerald Kaufman, described the regime's leaders as mass murderers and asked what reaction there would have been if over 800 'Israelis' had been killed.
Former Foreign Office Minister Chris Mullin along with fellow Labour MP David Winnock said that the Israelis had committed war crimes in Gaza, while Conservative MP Nicholas Soames said the regime had acted contrary to the rules of war.
Respects Party leader George Galloway also described the Israelis as “mass murderers” and called for the expulsion of the regime's ambassador to the UK.
Former Works and Pensions Secretary, Peter Hain, who has also served as a former Foreign Minister for the Middle East, said that the British government needed a new approach to the Middle East conflict and suggested opening talks with the legitimate Palestinian government, Hamas.
Daily: Israel hit Gaza to pave way for its plans
The main reason behind the Zionist regime's aggression on Gaza Strip is the resistance of Hamas movement against the unjust demands of this regime, Asharq Alawsat newspaper wrote in its Internet edition on Tuesday.
"A lot of people in the world ask this question that what the main reason for the all-out and savage aggression of the Zionist regime is," a member of Hamas political leadership Rafat Nasseef added in an article in Asharq Alawsat.
Nasseef argued that the chronological stages leading to Gaza attack would show the real motives of the Zionist regime for attacking Gaza. He then puts the stages as follows.
1- The Zionist regime and some regional and international parties thought before the first Intifada in 1987 that the Palestinian cause and resistance had come to an end and this regime can easily reach its goals in the Palestinian occupied territories, but this Intifada and the rising of Hamas in that year foiled their plot.
2- The Zionist regime and the above parties then tried to deceive some Palestinians and a number of Arab states by sealing agreements in Sharm al-Shaikh, Madrid and Oslo conferences and tried to force Hamas to bow but Hamas was not deceived.
3- The Zionist regime and the regional and international parties thought that Hamas could not win the majority in the Palestinian parliamentary elections, so they agreed to hold the elections in 2005, but finally Hamas won the elections.
4- After Hamas' victory in the elections, the enmity of the Zionist regime and these parties against the movement increased.
5- These parties imposed a limited and then a full siege on Gaza Strip in order to make the people and government of this area surrender but when failed in reaching their goal, they paved the way for an all-out military attack.
6- Because of Hamas movement's disagreement with the Zionist regime's unjust demands including recognition of the usurper regime, Israel launched a severe attack on Gaza Strip.
"The Zionists are worried about the failure of the attacks on Gaza like what took place in Lebanon, so they are searching for a decent exit from Gaza Strip," Nasseef concluded.
IRI in new round of diplomacy on Gaza
IRI Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Tuesday his ministry had launched a new round of talks with heads of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) over the Gaza issue, adding that a delegation of OIC was due in Tehran in days.
IRI Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Tuesday his ministry had launched a new round of talks with heads of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) over the Gaza issue, adding that a delegation of OIC was due in Tehran in days.
Speaking to reporters after a ceremony to mark the Gaza resistance against the Zionist regime, Mottaki said he had discussed with regional and European countries a quartet of issues for the restoration of calm to the region namely halt of Zionist regime's military offensive, withdrawal of invading troops from Gaza, opening of crossings and missile firing.
Mottaki also said that ministry was also exposing the regime's crimes in the talks and what the regime was really seeking through the Gaza carnage.
Delegations have been sent to a number of countries, carrying statements by the IRI President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over the issues, Mottaki added.
Asked about the IRI's humanitarian consignment for Gaza, Mottaki said besides a planeload aid sent to Egypt for the Gazan people, a vessel with a humanitarian load was also on its way to Gaza port.
"The ship is sailing towards Gaza port and tries to berth as a direct aid" for the besieged people.
Mottaki said he had asked his Egyptian counterpart in a letter either to have the Rafah border crossing open for the passage of the wounded and their subsequent transfers to Iran or allow a field hospital to be set up close to Gaza border by an Iranian medical team for the Gaza wounded, adding that a positive response had yet to come from the Egyptian side.
"IRI has also called on Islamic, Arabic and some other countries which have diplomatic ties with the Zionist regime to sever the relations in solidarity with the Palestinian people," the top IRI diplomat said.
Meanwhile, IRI Speaker Ali Larijani left Tehran for Istanbul, Turkey to attend an extraordinanry meeting of Islamic Inter-Parliamentary Union on Gaza.
Talking to reporters before leaving Tehran, the Speaker hoped the meeting would help further escalate pressures on the Zionist regime.
Noting that Iran had been focusing on the ways of activating the Organization Of The Islamic Conference on the current situation in Gaza, he pointed out the IIPU executive committee normally held extraordinary sessions at sensitive times to discuss the pressing issues.
He said that he was pleased with the fact that the parliament speakers of over half of the OIC member states will attend the meeting which, he said, showed the high importance of the issue for them at a time when Gaza is facing serious problems due to the barbaric assault of the Zionist regime to the territory.
The Iranian Speaker further stressed that since the Asian Inter-Parliamentary Troika would also attend the event, new initiatives were expected to be taken in the meeting.
Larijani noted that he will meet Turkish President and Prime Minister during his stay in the country and discuss issues of mutual interest with the officials taking part in the meeting.
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