Israeli ministers say they will consider a proposed 48-hour ceasefire offered by French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner. The ceasefire is designed to allow time for humanitarian aid to be delivered to the struggling civilians in the Gaza Strip. Israeli Defense...
Israeli Military Declares Online Media ‘Another War Zone’
Across the world, mainstream journalists are expressing increasing disquiet at the way the Israeli government is trying to manage international coverage of its war on the Gaza Strip. Journalists have been barred not just from the strip itself, but the government is...
Israeli Navy Attacks Gaza-Bound Aid Ship
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...
Israeli Military Surprised by Relative Lack of Hamas Response
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...
Five Gaza Sisters Killed in Their Beds in Israeli Attack
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...
Casualties Overwhelm Gaza Hospitals
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...
European Govts Reluctant to Criticize Gaza Strikes as Protesters Take to the Streets
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,...
Olmert Orders Cabinet Not to Mention Truce
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...
375 Killed, Over 1,600 Wounded as Gaza Strikes Continue
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...
Barak Vows ‘War to the Bitter End’ in Gaza
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,"...