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  • Cautious calm in Gaza after ceasefire truce enters into force

    Cautious calm in Gaza after ceasefire truce enters into force

    Date: 2014-08-01 08:28:03 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:852971

    Cautious calm prevailed over Gaza after a 72-hour ceasefire truce came into effect this morning. As soon as the truce became effective, Palestinians went out in the streets to get food and check on the debris left behind by the Israeli ....

  • Hamas military wing snipes 3 Israeli soldiers

    Hamas military wing snipes 3 Israeli soldiers

    Date: 2014-07-31 18:25:47 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:852565

    Ezzeddin al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas movement, claimed on Thursday responsibility for sniping three Israeli soldiers and shelling military masses and equipment on the border of the Gaza Strip. Two soldiers were sniped on Sorani ....

  • Hamas: Netanyahu in dilemma; he has to accept Palestinian terms

    Hamas: Netanyahu in dilemma; he has to accept Palestinian terms

    Date: 2014-07-31 17:50:13 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:852539

    Hamas Movement asserted that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing a dilemma due to the Palestinian resistance's strikes, adding that he is now trying to find a solution for his problem. In a press release on Thursday, Hamas' ....

  • Haftar did not leave Libya: spokesman

    Haftar did not leave Libya: spokesman

    Date: 2014-07-31 17:49:23 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:852538

    Libyan General Khalifa Haftar has not left for Egypt during Eidul Fitr, an official spokesman of the "Libya Dignity Operation" has said. In a phone call with Bawabat al-Wassat on Thursday, Haftar said the general was always with his soldiers and ....

  • Gaza death toll rises to 1,400

    Gaza death toll rises to 1,400

    Date: 2014-07-31 16:02:52 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:852417

    The death toll from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 1,400, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. At least 8,220 were injured during the ongoing Israeli aggression, the ministry's spokesman Ashraf el-Qedra said in statements ....

  • Palestinian FM hands UN official Abbas' letter

    Palestinian FM hands UN official Abbas' letter

    Date: 2014-07-31 14:35:24 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:852308

    Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki handed on Thursday a letter of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to the United Nations (UN) assistant secretary general for political affairs. In the letter, Abbas demanded that UN Secretary General ....

  • Ya'alon: The damage done to Hamas is unprecedented in its scope

    Ya'alon: The damage done to Hamas is unprecedented in its scope

    Date: 2014-07-31 11:33:08 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:851970

    Israel's Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon said Thursday that the damage done to Hamas by the IDF in Operation Protective Edge is "unprecedented in its scope." Speaking at the opening of an Israeli security cabinet meeting, Ya'alon said that Israel ....

  • Israel will destroy Hamas tunnels no matter what - Netanyahu

    Israel will destroy Hamas tunnels no matter what - Netanyahu

    Date: 2014-07-31 10:52:53 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:851895

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the military will dismantle the Hamas tunnel network in the Gaza Strip "with or without a cease-fire," CBS News reported Thursday. Netanyahu added that he will not accept any truce that won't allow ....

  • UN human rights chief slams Israel 'defiance' of international law

    UN human rights chief slams Israel 'defiance' of international law

    Date: 2014-07-31 10:52:02 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:851894

    UN human rights chief Navi Pillay Thursday slammed Israel's "deliberate defiance" of international law during the Gaza conflict, according to ABC News. Pillay lambasted the country's attacks on homes, schools, hospitals and UN facilities in ....

  • Referring Palestinian-Israeli issue to ICC is double-edged sword: FM

    Referring Palestinian-Israeli issue to ICC is double-edged sword: FM

    Date: 2014-07-31 09:45:43 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:851787

    Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs Riad al-Malki said Wednesday that referring the issue of Palestine-Israel war into the International Criminal Court (ICC) is a double-edged sword. Malki added that referring the issue to ICC would open the ....

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