The Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip commenced earlier today, and while with no journalists on the ground details on the attacks are spotty at best, Defense Minister Ehud Barak held a special press conference to clear up some things about the invasion, particularly...
Updated 1/3/09 4:30 PM EST After an initial salvo of artillery fire and increased air strikes earlier this morning, the Israeli military has begun its long-promised invasion of the Gaza Strip. The initial strikes included the destruction of another mosque in the...
Reports last night were that the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip was to commence sometime this morning. It didn't seem an outlandish prediction, with the military announcing that it had completed days of preparations for the massive casualties expected in the...
A massive rally in the northern Israeli Arab town of Sakhnin drew nearly 100,000 protesters against the continuing war on the Gaza Strip, making it the largest protest by Israel's Arab minority in over a decade. Thousands of Israeli police were also deployed, though...
Just because Israel is running out of things to bomb in the Gaza Strip doesn't mean the air barrage will quiet down in anticipation of the ground invasion. Rather today the Israeli Air Force has stepped up its bombings across Northern Gaza, and the military has also...
With the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip now entering their second week, the populace at large has yet to show any signs of war exhaustion. Indeed, polls show wide support for continuing the attacks on the Gaza Strip, though they have killed hundreds and have failed...
"That's not why the US sells weapons abroad - for the killing of innocent civilians." At least, that is the sentiment expressed by CNN Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr, who warns that America's role in arming the Israeli military that is killing a growing number...
The long-promised Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip seems set to begin at any time, some reports suggest it could be a mere matter of hours. And while in his weekly radio address tomorrow President Bush is going to claim the United States is "leading diplomatic...
Anticipated virtually since the war began, the long-promised ground invasion of the Gaza Strip may begin as soon as Saturday morning, according to The Times. Preparations have been ongoing for the invasion but appear to have been completed as the few hundred Gaza...
The Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip continue, but with few targets remaining the air strikes are causing fewer deaths, and more and more of them are civilians. Though earlier in the war the United Nations Relief and Works Agency reported that "a minimum of 25...
