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Syrian army steps up raids against Damascus towns
Date: 2014-08-02 06:39:14 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:853961
Syrian regime military jets intensified raids against Ghouta towns, eastern Damascus, in tandem with other raids against Idlib and Hama countryside. Two persons were killed and several others wounded in the night shelling of Ghouta’s eastern ....
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Hamas refuses blame for collapse of Gaza ceasefire
Date: 2014-08-02 06:37:11 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:853956
Palestinian resistance movement “Hamas” rejected being held responsible for the collapse of a 72-hour humanitarian ceasefire that came into force in Gaza on Friday. In a press release Saturday, Hamas spokesman Sami Abu-Zuhri said the United ....
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Hamas military wing says has no info about missing Israeli soldier
Date: 2014-08-02 06:34:12 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:853953
The Ezz Eddin al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, denied having any information about an Israeli soldier who reportedly went missing in eastern Rafah, south of Gaza. In a statement on Israel’s breach of the 72-hour humanitarian truce ....
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Gaza ceasefire collapse extremely depressing - Hammond
Date: 2014-08-01 18:34:44 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:853770
UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said Friday number one priority is ending the suffering of the people of Gaza and called again for an urgent humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza. In a television interview, the Foreign Secretary added diplomacy is ....
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Egypt concerned over latest developments in Gaza
Date: 2014-08-01 18:33:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:853769
Egypt is following up with great interest and concern the recent developments in Gaza, the Foreign Ministry said Friday. Egypt calls on the conflict parties to fully commit to the humanitarian truce terms that have already been announced by the ....
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Egypt FM makes contacts with Abbas, Kerry on Gaza
Date: 2014-08-01 18:31:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:853766
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri made on Friday intensive contacts with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and US Secretary of State John Kerry on the deteriorating situation in Gaza, the foreign ministry's spokesman said. Shoukri also made ....
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247 cross Rafah terminal
Date: 2014-08-01 17:20:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:853727
As many as 247 people crossed the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on Friday, an official source with the terminal said. The source said that 230 people have arrived in Egypt from Gaza, while 17 others have left for the opposite ....
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Two corpses moved to Gaza via Rafah crossing
Date: 2014-08-01 17:01:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:853708
The bodies of two Palestinians, an old man and a child, were moved to the Gaza Strip via Rafah terminal, a well-placed source said Friday. The source added that two other corpses could not be sent to the enclave and were admitted back to the ....
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UN chief blames Hamas for breaking cease-fire
Date: 2014-08-01 17:01:04 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:853707
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has blamed Hamas for violating a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza and is demanding the immediate and unconditional release of an Israeli soldier reportedly captured after it started, The Washington Post reported on ....
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Egypt closes Rafah terminal before deadline due to heavy Israeli shelling
Date: 2014-08-01 16:57:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:853701
The Egyptian authorities were forced to close the Rafah crossing on Friday ahead of deadline due to the heavy Israeli shelling on the Gaza Strip. Official sources said the closure took place in the afternoon after several shells fell near the ....
