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Major fighting begin in Gaza City


Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:34:40 GMT


A fierce battle has erupted in Gaza City as the Israeli army engages in heavy exchanges of fire with Hamas resistance fighters.


The fighting broke out in the vicinity of Gaza City on Monday for the first time since the Israeli military crossed over the border on Saturday, beginning an incursion into the costal sliver.


According to AFP, large explosions and heavy exchanges of fire rocked eastern neighborhoods of Gaza City, as attacks on the densely-populated strip continues for a tenth day.


The Israeli army has reportedly prepared to face strong resistance in the city.


At least 50 Israeli troops have been wounded in the Operation Cast Lead; one has been killed and five others are reported in serious conditions.


Meanwhile, some 551 Palestinians have lost their lives, and at least 2,790 others are wounded -- most of whom are civilians.


Despite international calls for an immediate halt to the ongoing crisis in Gaza, Israeli Defense Minister Ehu Barak said earlier Monday that the ground incursion would be continued until the objectives are reached.


"Hamas has suffered a very heavy blow, but we have yet to reach the goals we set for ourselves, so the operation continues. International talks are being held simultaneously," Barak said.


Tel Aviv says through its military campaign, it aims to force Hamas stop its rocket attacks on southern Israel. Hamas, the democratically-elected government of the strip, is said to agree to stop its retaliatory attacks should Tel Aviv lift its 18-month blockade of the coastal sliver.


The Gaza Strip has been under an Israeli blockade since the Hamas movement won a majority in the 2006 Palestinian election and took control of the area in mid-June 2007. SB/MD


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Gaza wounded die waiting for ambulances
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:43:06 GMT

A growing number of wounded Palestinians in Gaza are succumbing to death as Israeli bombings have made it hard for ambulances to reach them.







"The situation is extremely dangerous and the coordination of ambulance services is very complex because of nonstop attacks and military operations," International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) spokeswoman, Dorothea Krimitsas, said in Geneva.

She added, "Wounded people have died while waiting for Palestinian Red Crescent ambulances. In some other cases, ambulances cannot reach the wounded at all because of the ongoing fighting and shelling."

Gaza's health services are in dire need of supplies and many health workers are unable to reach their hospitals. Emergency rooms and intensive care units are overwhelmed and at least two hospitals were out of fuel for their generators.

The Red Cross has also voiced concern over water supplies in the densely populated enclave. Krimitsas said two out of the 45 wells in the Gaza Strip were out of action after having been hit during Israeli air raids, while the pumps on eight others were no longer working because of power cuts.

"Half a million people, that's about one third of the population of the territory, are threatened with being completely deprived of water," she said. The ICRC spokeswoman noted that technicians needed to gain access to the electrical installations damaged during the fighting.

Since Israel unleashed its air and sea campaign against Gaza on December 27, at least 555 Palestinians have lost their lives and more than 2,790 others have sustained injuries.

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Chavez: US behind Israeli attacks in Gaza
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:53:13 GMT

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says that the US is behind Israeli military operations against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

"The ground invasion at the border of Gaza is supported and driven forward by the government of the United States," said Chavez on Monday.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez


On the 11th day of the assault, at least 555 Palestinians have been killed and some 2,790 have been wounded in the impoverished area that is also under a strict Israeli blockade.

The Venezuelan president also on Monday urged Israel to stop its 'genocidal' attacks on Gaza.

"It is not known what plans they [US leaders] have to extend the war in the Mideast and other parts of the world," Reuters quoted Chavez as saying.

Meanwhile, the outspoken critic of Washington asked the United Nations and other countries to help end the Israeli offensive.

"It is necessary to denounce the Israeli government as a killer government, a genocidal government and the world should stand up - the United Nations, the governments of the European continent, of the Mideast, of Arabia, the Arab world, the great countries of the world - we should all state and demand - as Venezuelan demands - with our voice and our morality to cease the invasion on the Gaza border and the killing of thousands of innocents," he said.

Earlier, Chavez condemned Israel for its air raids, saying, "The US is the only government compliant in the attacks."

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3 Israeli soldiers killed in fierce Gaza fightings
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:15:33 GMT


At least three Israeli soldiers have lost their lives as Israel's ground forces and Palestinian resistance forces fought their first major battles in Gaza City.



Israeli soldiers raiding Gaza at night



The Israeli loss took place as tanks and assault helicopters launched a nighttime offensive against the besieged enclave on Monday. Massive explosions and heavy machine gun fire were heard in Shejaiya neighborhood in what was seen as the heaviest fighting since Israel's deadly campaign against Gaza.

Residents said that they could see assault helicopters buzzing overhead and firing at Palestinian resistance forces. Flares consequently were lighting up the skies over blacked-out Gaza neighborhoods. The Islamic Jihad movement stated that at least one of its members was killed in the fighting.

“The fighting is very intense at Shejaiya. The resistance drew Israeli forces into a trap and wounded seven. We have left a lot of explosives in their path,” a Hamas official told AFP on condition of anonymity.

Meanwhile, there were reports of clashes in the nearby Zeitoun district. An unnamed Israeli military source said that the combat in Shejaiya and Zeitoun was very fierce.


On Saturday, Israel launched a ground operation on the besieged coastal sliver following a week of massive aerial and naval bombardments.

Since Israel unleashed its air and sea campaign against Gaza last Saturday, at least 555 Palestinians have lost their lives and more than 2,790 others - most of whom are civilians - have been injured.

Israel initially claimed that the military campaign was aimed at halting rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip, however, Deputy Prime Minister Haim Ramon later revealed that the main goal of the attacks is to topple the democratically-elected Hamas government, which took over the coastal sliver in mid-June 2007.

Hamas resistance fighters on the other hand, continue shelling rockets and mortar shells into southern Israeli towns, in retaliation to the deadly blockade imposed on them as well as the recent attacks on Gaza.

MP/MMA

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Bush continues backing Israel, slamming Hamas
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:45:58 GMT


US President George W. Bush has continued to support Israel's attacks on Gaza, saying that the Hamas movement caused the disaster in Gaza.





Bush (L) meets Barak in Jerusalem



"I understand Israel's desire to protect itself and that the situation now taking place in Gaza was caused by Hamas," Bush said on Monday.

Earlier, the Bush administration blamed Hamas for provoking Tel Aviv by firing rockets into Israel from Gaza.

"In order for the violence to stop, Hamas must stop firing rockets into Israel and agree to respect a sustainable and durable ceasefire," White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe had said.

Palestinian resistance fighters in the Gaza Strip say they fire rockets into Israel in retaliation for the daily Israeli attacks against them. Unlike the state-of-the-art Israeli weapons and ammunition, the home-made Qassam rockets rarely cause casualties.

At least 555 Palestinians have been killed and some 2,790 have been wounded since December 27, when Tel Aviv began its military campaign on Gaza.

This is while Israeli daily Haaretz said on its website that 55 Israeli soldiers had been injured in clashes with Hamas fighters in the Gaza Strip since Saturday and reports say that some.

The outgoing president also said that Washington was concerned about the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the Gaza Strip on the 11th day of a relentless Israeli air and land assault against the impoverished strip.

The Pentagon said on Monday that Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak called US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Sunday, the day after Israeli ground forces pushed into Gaza.





Gates meeting with Barak


Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman would not comment on the substance of their conversation, but confirmed "Ehud Barak did phone Secretary Gates on Sunday."

Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, learned of the Israeli ground offensive, shortly before it began, from his Israeli counterpart, a US military official also said.

Lieutenant General Gabi Ashkenazi, chief of staff of the Israeli Defense Forces, relayed "an official notification of the commencement of the ground operation" through the Israeli defense attache in Washington, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

On Monday, Republican congressman Ron Paul said that Israel had received a green light from the US for the deadly blitz.

Paul went on to challenge the idea of Hamas threatening Israel's security and argued that "Palestinian missiles are so minor compared to the fire power of Israel, who also has nuclear weapons."

Later on Monday, White House Press Secretary Dana Perino also suggested that the war would help create "a more stable and secure" life for the people of Gaza.

"We understand the need to try to create a more stable and secure area for themselves and also for the Palestinian people," she said.

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Hamas resumes talks with Egypt on Rafah
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:43:03 GMT


A delegation from the Islamic resistance movement (Hamas) has arrived in Cairo to discuss the reopening of the Rafah border crossing.

The delegation consists of two prominent Hamas authorities namely Emad al- Alami as well as Mohamed Nasr. The visit to the Egyptian capital comes as Hamas reversed its earlier refusal to send delegates to Cairo.


Egypt, despite Palestinian and Muslim calls, has refused to open its border with Gaza.


A Hamas spokesman, Ayman Taha, said Monday that his organization had accepted an Egyptian invitation to send a delegation to Cairo to discuss 'the cessation of Israeli aggression and the lifting of the three-year old blockade of the Gaza Strip.'

Egypt is said to have put before them its proposal for ceasing hostilities with Hamas on the basis of a defunct 2005 accord, whereby the Fatah-ruled Palestinian Authority should take charge of the Gaza crossings and international monitors were to be also stationed at the Rafah crossing to Egypt.

Hamas has so far rejected the demand to redeploy forces loyal to Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas at the Rafah border crossing in accordance with a US-brokered agreement that was reached in 2005.

Hamas also ruled out the return of European monitors to the terminal, insisting that the border should be controlled only by Palestinians and Egyptians.

Syria-based Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal has reportedly told the Egyptians that his movement would agree to the return of Abbas's loyalists to the Rafah border crossing on condition that Hamas, too, would be permitted to play a central role in running the terminal. Mashaal also expressed strong opposition to attempts to revive the 2005 agreement.

Abbas, for his part, dismissed the possibility that Hamas would be given any role in controlling the Rafah border crossing.

Egypt, despite Palestinian and Muslim calls, has refused to open its border with Gaza -- the Rafah crossing - amidst the escalating humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip. The refusal to open the crossing comes in the wake of an Israeli-imposed blockade of the impoverished coastal strip and Israel's recent incursion into the area.

The Israeli offensive along with the deadly blockade has so far claimed many Palestinian lives, and has left them in critical shortages of food, fuel and medical treatments.


Israel's deadly assault on Gaza has entered its 11th day


Israeli attacks on the blockaded costal sliver have entered their 11th day while on Saturday, Israel launched a ground operation into the besieged coastal sliver following a week of heavy aerial and naval bombardment.

Since Israel unleashed its air and sea campaign against Gazans last Saturday, at least 555 Palestinians have lost their lives and more than 2,790 others - most of whom are civilians - have been injured.

MP/MMA

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'Israel killing Gazans out of desperation'
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:09:42 GMT

Hezbollah Secretary General Seyyed Hassan NasrallahThe Hezbollah Secretary General says Israel is killing civilians in a desperate move after failing to fight Hamas in the Gaza Strip.


In a televised speech on Monday, Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah said Israel has been 'disarmed' in its campaign against Palestinian fighters and that it can only overpower civilians.






The Hezbollah leader had earlier urged Hamas to fight Israeli troops and had drawn a parallel between the current situation in Gaza and the 2006 Israeli war on Lebanon - which result in a humiliating defeat for Israel.
Tel Aviv launched Operation Cast Lead against the Gaza Strip on December 27, to put an end to the rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip.
The offensive which has so far left at least 555 people killed and over 2,700 others wounded, failed to stop rocket attacks to Israel.
Earlier in the day, Abu Obeida, the spokesman for the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades - the military wing of Hamas, said the movement has enough rockets to continue the attacks on Israel, adding that "There are strategic places that can be targeted by our rockets."
The movement has recently extended the reach of its rocket attacks, hitting towns some 40 km (25 miles) east of the coastal Strip. SB/MMN
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Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:22:28 GMT
At least 87 children have been among the victims of Israel's attacks on Gaza.World leaders express grave concern about the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip as Israel tightens its grip on the impoverished region.
The Gaza Strip, one of the most densely populated areas in the world, has been under fire since Israel launched Operation Cast Lead on December 27.
Despite the high civilian casualties, Tel Aviv continues rebuffing international requests for an immediate halt to the ongoing offensive.

At least 87 children have been among the victims of Israel's attacks on Gaza.


As Israeli troops and tanks enter the densely-populated Gaza city after a week-long aerial and naval offensive, the international society remains extremely concerned over the large number of civilians, killed or wounded in the costal area.

The tenth day of the assault brings the number of Palestinian casualties to 555 with over 2,700 others wounded.

In a telephone conversation with US President George W. Bush, Chinese President Hu Jintao expressed his concern about the "humanitarian crisis".

Hu "expressed concern about the escalation in the conflict between the Palestinians and the Israelis and the worsening turbulence in the Middle East," Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Washington has blocked UN Security Council efforts to put an end to the ongoing violence in Gaza. Three UN draft resolutions seeking an end to the violence in the region have been blocked by the US.

Aid groups say the Gazans face a humanitarian crisis as they have no electricity, no water, and now suffer dire food shortages.

Meanwhile, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Monday said, It was "critical for Israel to meet its humanitarian obligations."

"Australia recognizes Israel's right to self-defense, (but) we call on all parties to avoid any actions which result in unnecessary suffering or increased suffering on the part of innocent civilians," Rudd said.

Jordan's Queen Rania, herself of Palestinian origin, on Monday called on governments to contribute to the Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA emergency appeal for 34 million dollars (25 million euros) to meet the immediate needs of Gaza's innocent civilians.

"The global humanity is incomplete when children become victims of military operations," she said. "Gaza's children, the dead and the barely living, their mothers, their fathers are not acceptable collateral damage, their lives do matter and their loss does count."

Sigrid Kaag, regional director of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), warned against the humanitarian crisis hitting Palestinian children and women most, saying, "The children in Gaza are currently being deprived not only of the basic human rights any human being should enjoy, but are also being denied the fundamental rights specific to children..."

South Korea Monday offered 300,000 dollars in humanitarian aid for people in the Gaza Strip.

Japan -- which last week announced 10 million dollars in emergency humanitarian assistance -- said it was "gravely concerned" for the safety of civilians in the Gaza Strip.

"We are seeing violence against violence and hatred intensifying hatred. The Japanese government is gravely concerned that many victims are civilians as the violence escalates," Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura told a news conference. SF/MD



10-day-old Israeli offensive claims 555


Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:21:54 GMT

The Palestinian death toll has hit 555, after another 50 people including 12 kids were killed in the latest Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip.



At least 2,700 people have also been wounded since Israeli Operation Cast Lead launched against the coastal region on December 27, Muawiya Hassanein, the head of the territory's emergency services told AFP Monday.


The casualties are expected to rise dramatically as the Israeli army has engaged in heavy exchanges of fire with Hamas resistance fighters in Gaza City.


The fighting has broken out for the first time since the Israeli military crossed over the border late Saturday after a week-long aerial and naval onslaught on the costal sliver.


Earlier in the day, the Army said its forces are gearing up for battles in heavily populated urban areas in the strip.


"This is what the troops have trained for and are designated to do -- to fight in densely-populated areas," The Jerusalem Post quoted an unnamed senior officer as saying.


Despite international calls for an immediate halt to the ongoing crisis in Gaza, tel Aviv reiterated that the ground incursion would be continued until the objectives are reached.


SB/MMN



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Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:43:01 GMT





By Akram al-Sattari, Press TV, Gaza
Norwegian Doctor Mads GilbertDoctor Mads Gilbert is a member of a Norwegian triage medical team present in the besieged Gaza Strip.





The team has exposed that Israel has used depleted uranium weapons in its war on the impoverished territory which is home to 1.5 million Palestinians. He described the conditions inside Gaza in an exclusive Press TV interview.











Norwegian Doctor Mads Gilbert


Press TV: What can you tell about the uranium findings?




Dr. Mads Gilbert:The findings about the uranium I cannot tell you much about, but I can tell you that we have clear evidence that the Israelis are using a new type of very high explosive weapons which are called Dense Inert Metal Explosive (DIME) and are made out of a tungsten alloy.




These weapons have an enormous power to explode. The power of the explosion dissipates very quickly and the strength does not travel long, maybe 10 meters, but those humans who are hit by this explosion, this pressure wave are cut in pieces.




This was first used in Lebanon in 2006, it was used here in Gaza in 2006 and the injuries that we see in Shifa [Hospital] now, many many of them I suspect and we all suspect are the effect of DIME weapons used by the Israelis.




On the long term, these weapons will have a cancer effect on those who survive. They will develop cancer we suspect. There has been very little research on this but some research has been among other places in the United States, which show that these weapons have a high tendency to develop cancer. So they kill and those who survive risk having cancer.




Press TV: And what do you have to say about this?




Dr. Mads Gilbert:All that is happening in Gaza here now is against international law, it is against humanity and I think it is against what it means to be a decent person. You don't treat other people like this. Even if you disagree with him… maybe even if you fight with them, you don't treat civilians, children and women like this.




And I have an appeal to the Israeli doctors and nurses. They are my colleagues. We belong to the same international community, the medical community. I wish that the good doctors and nurses in Israel tell their government to stop these atrocities. We cannot continue with this. We may differ in opinions, but you cannot treat the civilian Palestinian population in Gaza in this way.


Today, they were bombing in Gaza City; we received 150 wounded and more than 50 killed.




Press TV: Only at Shifa?!




Dr. Mads Gilbert:Yes, here in Shifa. I treated a ten-year-old boy. He had his whole chest filled with fragments from the bomb. On his lap was another person's leg that had been cut off. We resuscitated him and did everything we could do to save his life but he died between our hands.




This is such a terrible experience and behind the numbers that you report all the time, there are human beings, families, women, grandmothers, children. That is in fact the reality in this situation. Those who are paying the price for the Israeli bombardments now are the common people, the Palestinian people.




Half of the population in Palestine are below 15 years and 80 percent of the people in Gaza live below the level of poverty defined by the UN. Now they don't have food, they don't have electricity. It's cold they don't have warmth and in addition to that, they are killed.




This must be stopped.




Press TV How many people did you see that are effected by this weapon? Dr. Mads Gilbert: Almost all of the patients we have received have these sever amputations. They seem to have been affected by this kind of weapon. Of course, we have many fragment injuries and burns but those who have got their limbs cut off, constitutes quite a large proportion.




You know we have a lot to do. Palestinian doctors, nurses and paramedics do an incredibly heroic job to save their people. Doctor Eric and I are just a small drip in the ocean, but we learn from them. Unfortunately, we don't have the time to do research, we have to save lives, but this question should be researched by the international community.




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White phosphorus added to Israeli fire
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:06:05 GMT

White phosphorus is classified as 'chemical weapon' by the US intelligence. Tel Aviv had previously used white phosphorus during the 2006 war with Lebanon.Israel is using controversial white phosphorus shells to push forward with a ground offensive against the densely-populated Gaza Strip.

White phosphorus, classified as 'chemical weapon' by the US intelligence, can cause horrific burns and severe injuries in anyone exposed to the element released from artillery shells.


White phosphorus is classified as 'chemical weapon' by the US intelligence. Tel Aviv had previously used white phosphorus during the 2006 war with Lebanon.


"The explosions are fantastic looking, and produce a great deal of smoke that blinds the enemy so that our forces can move in," an Israeli security expert was quoted by the Times Online.

The shells were used by the artillery on Gaza City on Sunday, as Israeli tanks and ground forces pushed further into the region, tightening military grip on the city.

At least 555 Palestinians have been killed and some 2,790 have been wounded since December 27, when Tel Aviv began its military campaign on Gaza.

Earlier Sunday, Dr. Mads Gilbert, a member of a Norwegian triage medical team in Gaza, told Press TV that the medics have found depleted uranium in some Gaza residents.

The Gaza Strip, one of the world's densely-populated areas, has been under an Israeli blockade since the Hamas movement won a majority in the 2006 Palestinian election and took control of the area in mid-June 2007.

According to Times Online, the use of unconventional weapons in Gaza is likely to ignite more controversy over the methods the Israeli army uses.

Tel Aviv had previously used white phosphorus during the 2006 war with Lebanon.

Israel says its latest military campaign aims to force Hamas to stop its rocket attacks on southern Israel.

Hamas has reportedly said it would stop retaliatory attacks if Tel Aviv lifts the 18-month blockade of the coastal sliver.

The Bush administration has expressed its support for the ongoing military campaign, saying Israel was provoked by Hamas.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday that the Hamas movement has held hostage the Palestinians who live in Gaza and have had "a very bad daily life."

Congressman Ron Paul has, however, decried the Israeli raids, rejecting the idea that Hamas is threatening Tel Aviv's security; "Palestinian missiles are so minor compared to the fire power of Israel, who has nuclear weapons."

World leaders, meanwhile, have called for an immediate halt in the attacks on Gaza.

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Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:53:13 GMT

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Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:15:33 GMT

At least three Israeli soldiers have lost their lives as Israel's ground forces and Palestinian resistance forces fought their first major battles in Gaza City.

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Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:45:58 GMT

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Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:43:03 GMT

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Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:09:42 GMT

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World fears humanitarian crisis in Gaza

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:22:28 GMT

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10-day-old Israeli offensive claims 555

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:21:54 GMT

The Palestinian death toll has hit 555, after another 50 people including 12 kids were killed in the latest Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip.

US troops 'monitoring Rafah crossing'

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:17:54 GMT

US troops are helping Egypt prevent "arms smuggling" from tunnels in the Rafah border-crossing, as Israel continues its attacks on Gaza.

White phosphorus added to Israeli fire

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:06:05 GMT

Israel is using controversial white phosphorus shells to push forward with a ground offensive against the densely-populated Gaza Strip.

'Israeli soldier killed in Gaza City'

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:03:25 GMT

An Israeli soldier has reportedly been killed in clashes erupted between Israel's ground forces and Hamas fighters in Gaza City.

UN chief criticizes UNSC over Gaza

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:56:56 GMT

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says the Security Council's failure to reach a consensus on ending violence in Gaza is regrettable.

Major fighting begin in Gaza City

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:34:40 GMT

A fierce battle has erupted in Gaza City as the Israeli army engages in heavy exchanges of fire with Hamas resistance fighters.


Israel trained on model for Gaza assault

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:18:07 GMT

Israel's army had reportedly trained on a model of Gaza City for 18 months before starting the ground offensive in the densely-populated Strip.

Palestinian mother, children shot dead

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:57:56 GMT

A Palestinian mother and four of her children are killed as the Israeli forces continue their attack on the Gaza Strip for the 10th day.

Iraq slams silence of Arabs on Gaza

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:30:12 GMT

Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki condemns the silence of Arab countries regarding Israeli crimes against the Palestinians in Gaza.

Hamas: Israelis walking into our traps

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:52:33 GMT

Hamas's military wing says its fighters are fully prepared to catch Israeli forces off guard in each corner of the beleaguered Gaza Strip.


Hamas: Israelis walking into our traps

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Hamas's military wing says its fighters are fully prepared to catch Israeli forces off guard in each corner of the beleaguered Gaza Strip.

Gaza newborns in danger of hypothermia

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:25:06 GMT

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More civilians killed in Gaza massacre

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:09:25 GMT

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Israel arrests 25 Palestinians in West Bank

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:49:13 GMT

Israeli security forces arrest 25 Palestinians in the West Bank as Israel continues its nonstop military attacks on Gaza for the 10th day.

Israel braces for fierce resistance in Gaza

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:52:03 GMT

The Israeli Army says it is gearing up for battles in heavily populated urban areas in the Gaza Strip, as Palestinians vow fierce resistance.

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Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:51:48 GMT

Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni says military operations in the Gaza Strip are aimed at changing the 'equation' in the region.

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Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:54:51 GMT

A Press TV poll suggests that the main objective of Israel's attacks on Gaza is to topple the Hamas government and prevent its reelection.

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Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:25:51 GMT

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