Israel and Hamas have agreed to extend their truce for five more days.
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Gaza truce expires; rocket firing resumes
Hamas militants have resumed rocket fire after Egypt has failed to extend the truce between the militants and Israel.
Slim chance of extension in Gaza ceasefire
In a negotiation in Cairo, Hamas militants are ready to continue their attacks against Israel, making it impossible to extend the ceasefire in Gaza which will end tonight. Hamas militants refuse long-term ceasefire as long as Israel maintains economic blockade in Gaza.
Israeli tanks, troops deployed again near Gaza as truce nears deadline
Israel once again deployed forces and tanks in the Gaza border as the 72-hour truce nears its end.
Ten dead in strike on school in new Gaza fighting
(Reuters) – An Israeli air strike killed 10 people and wounded about 30 on Sunday in a U.N.-run school in the southern Gaza Strip, a Palestinian official said, as dozens died in Israeli shelling of the enclave and Hamas fired rockets at Israel. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon described the attack as a “moral outrage and a criminal act” and called for those responsible for the “gross violation of international humanitarian law” to be held accountable. The […]
Israel and Palestinian militants agree to a 3-day ceasefire
Israel and Hamas Islamist militants have agreed to a 72-hour humanitarian truce after three weeks of fighting in the Gaza.
At least 43 Palestinians killed as Israel maintains pressure on Gaza
(Reuters) – Israeli fire killed at least 43 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip early on Wednesday as the Jewish state said it targeted Islamist militants at dozens of sites across the coastal enclave, while Egyptian mediators prepared a revised ceasefire proposal. Israel’s Channel Two TV said progress was being made to achieve a deal in Cairo, where a Palestinian delegation was expected to arrive for discussions. Israeli tank shells and air strikes on houses and […]
At least 18 Palestinians killed in latest Israeli attacks in Gaza
Israel pounded targets in Gaza, including a missile attack on a house of a Hamas leader.
UN security council statement urges ceasefire in Gaza
International pressure mounts to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The UN security council adopts a statement agreed by all its 15 members. RWANDAN U.N. AMBASSADOR AND SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT EUGENE GASANA: The Security Council expresses strong support for the call by international partners and the Secretary-General of the United Nations for an immediate and unconditional humanitarian ceasefire, allowing for the delivery of urgently needed assistance, and they urged all parties to accept and fully implement the […]
U.N. calls for immediate Gaza truce
The United Nations Security Council has called for an immediate and unconditional humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza.
Fighting in Gaza abates, but truce hopes look fragile
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ori Lewis GAZA/JERUSALEM Sun Jul 27, 2014 6:15pm EDT (Reuters) – Fighting subsided in Gaza on Sunday after Hamas Islamist militants said they backed a 24-hour humanitarian truce and U.S. President Barack Obama called for a ceasefire but there was no sign of any comprehensive deal to end fighting with Israel. Hamas said it had endorsed a call by the United Nations for a pause in the fighting in light of […]
Shelling of Gaza school kills at least 15; toll nears 800
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ori Lewis GAZA/JERUSALEM Thu Jul 24, 2014 9:29pm EDT (Reuters) – Gazan authorities said Israeli forces shelled a shelter at a U.N.-run school, killing at least 15 people, as the Palestinian death toll in the conflict reached 796 and attempts at a truce remained elusive. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed horror at the Thursday attack on the school at Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza strip. “Many have been killed […]
