haaretz.com - 1/19/2009
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The Israel Defense Forces began a partial withdrawal of ground troops from the Gaza Strip on Sunday evening, hours after ending a three-week offensive on the Hamas-ruled coastal territory. The move also came shortly after Gaza's Hamas rulers announced a one-week cease-fire, despite continuing ...
jpost.com - 1/19/2009
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jpost.com —
Hamas militiamen have rounded up hundreds of Fatah
activists on suspicion of "collaboration" with Israel during Operation...
Cast Lead, Fatah members in the Gaza Strip told The Jerusalem Post on Monday. They said the Hamas crackdown on Fatah intensified ...
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'Hamas torturing Fatah members in Gaza' | Middle East | ...
ynetnews.com - 1/22/2009
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ynetnews.com —
Physician at Gaza's Shifa Hospital tells Italian newspaper
number of dead in Israeli offensive 'stands at no...
more than 500 or 600, most of them youths recruited to Hamas' ranks'. Senior Palestinian Health Ministry official denies claims, IDF estimate ...
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Gazan doctor says death toll inflated
jpost.com - 1/19/2009
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jpost.com —
A day after Hamas announced a truce with
Israel, a spokesman for Izzadin Kassam, the group's military...
wing, stressed that Hamas will continue to rearm despite efforts to stop the weapon smuggling into the Gaza Strip. "Do what you like, but the ...
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Hamas: We will continue to smuggle weapons into Strip | ...
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The No Truce Truce
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... activity while still shelling Israel. And if Israel doesn't pull out in a week Hamas can always declare a new truce. According to the statement, Israel must end the blockade and open the border crossings. A leader of the Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip said that his group agreed to the Hamas truce, and said that other smaller Palestinian factions have signed on, as well. The development comes after Israel declared a unilateral cease-fire which took effect earlier Sunday morning. The Israelis have a different idea about what the truce entails. Shortly after it announced a ...
Obama Immediately Gets Working On Gaza
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Before attending an official prayer service this morning, President Barack Obama put in a bit of work, his communications office let it be known. And It appears that, not withstanding a request to temporarily postpone military tribunals for Guantanamo detainees, the first foreign policy topic the new administration addressed was the crisis in Gaza.
From press secretary Robert Gibbs:
This morning, the President placed phone calls to four Middle Eastern leaders: President Mubarak of Egypt, Prime Minister Olmert of Israel, King Abdullah of Jordan, and President Abbas of the Palestinian Authority. He used this ...
Obama Immediately Gets Working On Gaza
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Before attending an official prayer service this morning, President Barack Obama put in a bit of work, his communications office let it be known. And It appears that, not withstanding a request to temporarily postpone military tribunals for Guantanamo detainees, the first foreign policy topic the new administration addressed was the crisis in Gaza.
From press secretary Robert Gibbs:
This morning, the President placed phone calls to four Middle Eastern leaders: President Mubarak of Egypt, Prime Minister Olmert of Israel, King Abdullah of Jordan, and President Abbas of the Palestinian Authority. He used this ...
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