The SS Dignity, the chartered ship the Free Gaza Movement has repeatedly used to deliver humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip is no stranger to Israeli threats. Still, despite being condemned as "provocateurs" by an Israeli government that has threatened the use of...
An Israeli soldier was killed in a mortar strike on a military base in western Negev today, and a civilian was killed in a strike on the city of Ashdod. A handful of others were also wounded in the attacks from the Gaza Strip. The toll in three days of fire from the...
The latest innocent casualties of the Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip were five young sisters, who died this evening when an attack on the mosque of the refugee camp they lived in caused a wall to fall on their small home, killing them and injuring their father...
As Israeli officials continue to promise to escalate attacks on the Gaza Strip, the small enclave's hospital system, already weakened by a blockade which kept medical supplies in short supply, is on the verge of collapse according to the Red Cross. Dr. Wael Qadan, the...
Around 3,000 protesters clashed with police in London as they rallied at the Israeli embassy calling for an end to the Israeli military's attacks on the Gaza Strip. Over a thousand marched in a similar rally in Berlin, while smaller rallies were reported in Paris,...
As top Israeli officials met to discuss the ongoing military offensive against the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert issued a rather strange order to his cabinet. "We no longer talk about an exit policy," Olmert declared as he reported to the meeting that Israel...
Updated 12/30 1:15 PM EST Israeli warplanes pounded the Gaza Strip for a third straight day, and Defense Minister Ehud Barak promised that the war would continue "to the bitter end." The death toll has continued to rise, with at least 375 killed and over 1,600...
Addressing one of the most heated Knesset (Israeli parliament) sessions in recent memory, Defense Minister Ehud Barak reiterated his promise to widen the attacks on the Gaza Strip, saying the current situation amounts to "an all-out war against Hamas and its kind,"...
According to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's spokesman Mark Regev, the onslaught against the Gaza Strip over the past weekend has revitalized the cabinet, saying "there was an energy, a feeling that after so long of showing restraint we had finally acted."...
Israeli warplanes attacked Islamic University of Gaza, the oldest university in the Gaza Strip today. No injuries were reported but the strikes destroyed several buildings on the female portion of the campus and damaged many other buildings near the university....
