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12-hour truce comes into force in Gaza

Date: 2014-07-26 07:52:35 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:845661

A 12-hour ceasefire came into force between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip at 8 am (05:00 GMT) on Saturday, the 19th day of a conflict that has killed at least 900 people. At least 10 houses in Gaza were reportedly struck by Israeli aircraft ....

Gaza death toll climbs to 883

Date: 2014-07-26 07:27:11 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:845643

At least 883 Palestinians were killed and 5,840 injured since Israel started its current aggression against Gaza on July 7, a Palestinian medical official has said. Nineteen persons were killed and 100 were injured in the early hours of Saturday, ....

Qassam Brigades says killed 10 Israeli soldiers in northern Gaza

Date: 2014-07-25 18:15:19 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:845285

Ezz El-Din Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, said it killed at least ten Israeli soldiers in clashes in eastern Beit Hanoun of Gaza. In a military statement on Friday, the brigades said it targeted 15 Israeli soldiers with explosives ....

5 Palestinians killed in fierce clashes with Israeli troops in West Bank

Date: 2014-07-25 16:13:04 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:845188

Five Palestinians were killed and dozens injured in fierce clashes that erupted Friday between some Palestinian youth form a side and Israeli army and settlers from another side in different places in the West Bank. Mass rallies started after ....

AL chief sends cable of condolences to Algerian President over doomed plane's victims

Date: 2014-07-25 16:12:17 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:845185

Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi sent on Friday a cable of condolences to Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika over the death of passengers of an Air Algerie plane that crashed over Mali yesterday. An AL statement said that ....

UAE president condoles with Bouteflika over plane victims

Date: 2014-07-25 16:07:09 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:845174

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika Fridy received a cable of condolences from UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nuhayyan over the death of passengers of an Aglerian plane that crashed yesterday. Bouteflika also received cables from ....

Ban, Kerry discuss efforts to reach ceasefire in Gaza

Date: 2014-07-25 08:09:07 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:844408

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and US Secretary of State John Kerry held a meeting Thursday in Cairo to discuss reaching a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The talks covered results of the shuttle trips made by the UN Chief and Kerry in the region ....

Hamas, Jihad call for uprising in face of Israelis

Date: 2014-07-25 07:44:01 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:844369

Hamas and Islamic Jihad movements called on the Palestinians in the West Bank to rise in face of the occupation forces. In a statement on Friday, Jihad said that an uprising of the Palestinians in the West Bank would come in solidarity with the ....

AL chief, UAE FM discuss situation in Gaza

Date: 2014-07-24 10:52:08 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:843069

Arab League (AL) chief Nabil El Araby received a phone call Thursday from UAE's Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed. They discussed ways to end the two-week Israeli aggression in the Gaza Strip. Zayed reiterated his country's support for the ....

Russia offers help to negotiate Gaza truce

Date: 2014-07-24 08:29:37 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:842778

Russian President Vladimir Putin offered help to mediate a truce between the armed Palestinian group Hamas and Israel, which has expanded its military campaign in the Gaza Strip by launching a ground offensive, Ria Novosti reported ....