By DIAA HADID
Associated Press
JERUSALEM (AP) – Palestinian militants fired a rocket from Gaza on Saturday that landed close to the southern Israeli town of Ashkelon without causing any damages or injury, an Israeli military spokesman said.
Israeli forces and Gaza militants are meant to be refrain from attacking each other, but the fragile cease-fire has been [...]
By ZVI MAZEL
The semi-official Al-Ahram daily laid bare the dilemma at the root of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s position in an editorial last week:
French President Nicolas…
“Israel’s loathsome crime with Hamas assistance,” reads the headline.
Alongside a scathing attack on Israel, the paper emphasized the fact that had Hamas not fired missiles at Israel, the [...]
Israeli troops fought heavy battles with Hamas fighters in two densely populated Gaza towns today as the Army sought to split the strip into three sections to cut off the Islamist group’s supply lines.
Thirty Israeli troops were injured, two seriously, and dozens of Palestinian fighters were killed, the military said. Hamas said that it had [...]
By IBRAHIM BARZAK and JOSEF FEDERMAN
Associated Press Writers
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) – Israeli warplanes and gunboats blasted more than two dozen Hamas positions Saturday, targeting weapons storage facilities, training centers and homes of leaders. But as the offensive against Gaza’s Islamic militant rulers entered a second week, international cease-fire efforts were gaining momentum.
There were [...]
GAZA CITY (AFP) — Hamas vowed on Wednesday to fight “until the last breath” if Israel makes good on threats to send ground troops into Gaza after rejecting calls for a truce and pressing on with its air assault.
“We in Hamas are ready for all scenarios and we will fight until the last breath,” senior [...]
By SARAH EL DEEB
Associated Press Writer
CAIRO, Egypt – The Israeli onslaught on Gaza has unleashed anger across the Middle East – but it’s as much against Egypt as it is against Israel. Protesters have attacked Egyptian embassies, and Hamas leaders accuse Egypt of helping Israel’s longtime blockade and even giving a green light for the [...]
Paul Schemm, Associated Press Writer
CAIRO — The Arab world reacted with outrage at Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip on Saturday, launching scattered protests and calls for retaliation against Israel.
The Arab League announced a gathering of foreign ministers Wednesday would focus on the attack, said the organization’s chairman Amr Moussa.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit [...]
Mark Lavie, Associated Press Writer
JERUSALEM — Israel moved closer to invading Gaza, saying Thursday it had wrapped up preparations for a broad offensive after Palestinian militants fired about 100 rockets and mortar shells across the border in two days.
Israel’s foreign minister brushed off a call for restraint from Egypt’s president, and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud [...]
By IBRAHIM BARZAK
Associated Press Writer
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) – An Israeli air strike against a rocket squad killed a Palestinian militant Saturday, the first Gaza death since Hamas formally declared an end to a six-month truce with Israel.
Meanwhile, a boat carrying a Qatari delegation, Lebanese activists and journalists from Israel and Lebanon sailed into [...]
By REVITAL LEVY STEIN
Associated Press Writer
EILAT, Israel (AP) – A bus filled with Russian tour guides crashed through a roadside barrier and tumbled down a steep ravine in southern Israel, killing at least 23, rescue workers said, in one of the worst traffic accidents in Israel’s history.
The tour guides had just arrived in Israel to [...]
