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Rocket hits Israeli city, Gaza still sealed

AP — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:21:29 +0000

Palestinians fired a rocket at an Israeli city near the Gaza Strip on Friday but caused no casualties, police said, as the Israeli military continued its closure of all crossings into the coastal territory because of ongoing rocket...

Rocket hits Israeli town, Gaza still sealed

AP — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:31:03 +0000

Israeli police say Palestinian militants have fired a rocket at an Israeli town near the Gaza Strip. No casualties have been reported.

Israeli leaders travel to Jordan to discuss Gaza

AP — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:00:00 +0000

Israeli officials say the country’s prime minister and defense minister made a secret trip Jordan this week to discuss the latest violence in the Gaza Strip with King Abdullah...

Gazans cook on wood fires because of power cuts

AP — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:04:21 +0000

While an Israeli cutoff in fuel shipments has closed down a dozen of his competitors, baker Khalil Awad stays in business thanks to a little creativity and dirty black oil drained from car engines. The cutoff in fuel shipments to the Gaza Strip’s sole power plant started a week ago in response to rocket attacks by Palestinian militants.

Global media executives protest Gaza press ban

AP — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:13:35 +0000

Leaders of the world’s biggest media organizations filed a protest with Israel’s prime minister Wednesday criticizing the government’s decision to ban journalists from entering the Gaza Strip for the last two...

Israel spurns UN plea to ease Gaza blockade

AP — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:28:25 +0000

Israel stood fast Wednesday by its decision to clamp shut cargo crossings at the Gaza Strip, brushing off pleas to ease the blockade from United Nations chief Ban...

Israeli tanks rumble into Gaza, raze farmlands

AP — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:27:04 +0000

Israeli tanks pushed into the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, drawing mortar fire from Palestinian militants and intensifying violence that has chipped away at a tenuous...

Israeli tanks move into Gaza, level farmland

AP — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:54:04 +0000

Israeli tanks forged into the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, drawing mortar fire from Palestinian militants and intensifying violence that has chipped away at a tenuous...

Palestinians in Gaza: Israeli tanks move into area

AP — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:08:48 +0000

Palestinian residents in the Gaza Strip say Israeli tanks have moved into the area for the first time in a week. Militants say they fired rockets and mortars at the...

Israeli tanks rumble into Gaza

AP — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:27:02 +0000

Palestinian residents in the Gaza Strip say Israeli tanks have moved into the area for the first time in a week. Militants say they fired rockets and mortars at the...