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Arab League chief, Kerry discuss Gaza ceasefire

Date: 2014-07-22 10:32:20 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:839863

Arab League chief Nabil el-Arabi met on Tuesday with visiting US Secretary of State John Kerry. They held talks on ways to bring about a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The talks tackled also deteriorating situations in the Gaza Strip and ....

UNRWA denies giving rockets found on its premises to Hamas

Date: 2014-07-22 09:32:41 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:839718

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees denied Monday that it had given 20 rockets found in one of its empty schools to Hamas. Rumors that it had done so circulated in the Israeli media and on twitter on ....

US warns against travel to Israel, West Bank, Gaza

Date: 2014-07-22 09:15:44 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:839683

The United States on Monday warned Americans against traveling to Israel and the Gaza Strip, urging them to postpone any visits amid the current conflict. "The US Department of State warns US citizens of the risks of traveling to Israel, the West ....

Gaza death toll hits 566

Date: 2014-07-22 08:08:01 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:839567

At least 566 Palestinians were killed and 3,600 injured since Israel started its current aggression against Gaza on July 8, a Palestinian medical official has said. Among them are at least 149 children killed and 1,150 injured, spokesman of the ....

Hamas military wing kills 23 Israeli soldiers

Date: 2014-07-22 08:01:26 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:839555

Hamas' military wing Ezz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades said they killed 23 Israeli soldiers and injured scores others during clashes between the group and Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip. In a statement on Monday, the group said it shelled Israeli ....

Kerry meets UN chief in Cairo for Gaza talks

Date: 2014-07-22 07:26:33 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:839502

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and US Secretary of State John Kerry, currently visiting Cairo, held a meeting Monday for talks on the situation in Gaza. The meeting focused on ways of halting military operations in the coastal ....

Arab parl't criticizes UN Security Council's statement on Gaza

Date: 2014-07-22 07:25:34 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:839498

Speaker of the Arab Parliament Ahmed al-Jarwan has condemned the United Nations Security Council's statement on Gaza. Jarwan said the statement "fell short of the event", noting that Israeli crimes against the civilians demand more powerful ....

Qassam Brigades claim responsibility of 10 Israeli soldiers in ambush

Date: 2014-07-21 16:39:21 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:839010

The Izz el-Din Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, claimed responsibility of mounting an ambush of Israeli ambush in east of Shejaiya neighborhood of Gaza City, which killed ten Israeli soldiers. In a military statement Monday, ....

AL chief, Chinese envoy discuss ending Israeli assault in Gaza

Date: 2014-07-21 16:38:17 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:839007

Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi discussed here Monday with China's Special Envoy to the Middle East Wu Sike ways of putting an end to the Israeli assault in the Gaza Strip. The Chinese envoy affirmed his country's keenness on ....

Abbas, Meshaal discuss in Doha Egypt's ceasefire initiative

Date: 2014-07-21 15:48:50 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:838912

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas received on Monday head of Hamas political office Khaled Meshaal in Doha. Talks between them tackled means of halting the Israeli aggression on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and an Egyptian Ceasefire ....