Gaza Toll at 765: Olmert Looks to Escalate Attacks

As rescue teams continue to pull bodies from the wreckage that two weeks ago was the Gaza Strip, the death toll now sits at 765, and is expected to rise even further in the days to come. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak told reservists that despite multiple...

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Israeli Troops Kill UN Aid Truck Driver

Shortly before Israel was scheduled to start another three hour humanitarian pause in its now nearly two week long attack on the Gaza Strip, an Israeli tank attacked a United Nations aid truck at the Erez border crossing, killing the driver and seriously wounding...

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Are US Troops Helping in Israel’s War on Gaza?

According to respected London-based Arabic language newspaper al-Quds al-Arabi, the United States deployed troops to the Egypt-Gaza border weeks ago, at Israel's behest, and the Army Corps of Engineers is currently helping the Israeli military unearth the tunnels used...

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Israeli Escalation Imperils Gaza Truce Talks

Tomorrow's Cairo ceasefire talks may well be the best chance at peace the Gaza Strip has seen since Israel began its attacks 12 days ago. But as this afternoon's brief humanitarian lull gave way to not just renewed, but escalated attacks, the prospects of those talks...

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Hamas: Ceasefire Could Be Reached in 48 Hours

Talks to settle on the Egyptian proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip are set to begin tomorrow in Cairo, and Hamas seems quite optimistic. "In the light of all the diplomatic efforts ongoing right now, I am convinced we will succeed in finding a formula...

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Status of Gaza Ceasefire Proposal Unclear

False hope of a quick end to the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip which has now killed nearly 700 Palestinians came early this morning, when the office of French President Nicolas Sarkozy declared that both the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority had...

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