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Jan 8 2009
At least two Katyusha rockets fired from Lebanon landed in the town of Nahariyah, in northern Israel on Thursday morning, lightly injuring two people. Israel responded by shelling across the border into Lebanon. The Israeli army claimed they targeted...
Jan 7 2009
Israeli warplanes killed three Palestinian civilians on Wednesday afternoon during what Israel had earlier declared to be a unilateral three hour halt in its attacks on Gaza. Israel had announced that it would halt attacks between 1:00pm and 4:00pm on...
Jan 6 2009
Barack Obama, the US president-elect, has said he is “deeply concerned” over the number of civilian casualities in Gaza and Israel during the conflict there. Earlier on Tuesday, the Bush administration had called for an immediate ceasefire...
Jan 6 2009
Twenty-two more Gazans were killed by the Israeli army since midnight on Tuesday morning, most were residents of the central Gaza Strip. There are 145 dead since the ground invasion began, and now 575 dead in total since Israel launched its attack on...
Jan 6 2009
A Palestinian has committed the first suicide bombing in fighting with invading Israeli forces in Gaza, Hamas’ armed forces said on Tuesday. According to Abu Ubayda, the spokesman of the Al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas fighters managed to lure a group of...
Jan 6 2009
Today is the eleventh day of the war on Gaza. Number of casualties has reached its highest ever. 650 were killed and more than 3000 were injured, 400 of them are serious. Tens of air strikes nearly committed by Israeli air forces targeting almost...
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Jan 2 2009
Thousands of Palestinians have taken to the streets of Gaza to mourn a Hamas leader and his family killed in an Israeli raid. Nizar Rayyan was assassinated on Thursday along with 14 members of his family.
Jan 2 2009
People across several continents have staged rallies to protest against Israel’s ongoing bombardment of Gaza. Thousands of Palestinians demonstrated in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Friday, after calls by Hamas for a “day of...
Jan 2 2009
West Bank cities and villages, as well as neighborhoods across East Jerusalem staged massive demonstrations following the Friday prayers, calling for an end to the Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip.
Jan 1 2009
A senior leader of the Palestinian Hamas movement, Nizar Rayyan, has been killed in the latest air assault by the Israeli military in Gaza. Rayyan is the most senior Hamas official killed since Israel unleashed its massive bombardment on Gaza, in what...