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...
Israeli Foreign Ministry Annoyed that Journalists Keep Asking Why They Can’t Enter Gaza
The international media continues to complain about the Israeli government's decision, contrary to their own Supreme Court's ruling, not to allow any foreign journalists to enter the Gaza Strip nearly two weeks into their attacks. The Israeli Foreign Ministry, already...
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...
Israel Outraged as Vatican Calls Gaza a ‘Big Concentration Camp’
Echoing Pope Benedict XVI's repeated calls to end the ongoing bloodshed in the Gaza Strip, Vatican Justice and Peace Minister Cardinal Renato Martino urged both the Israeli government and Hamas to show more willingness toward peace talks and for the world to help them...
Israeli Leaders Disagree on Tactics, All Seem to Oppose Gaza Truce
On the eve of the start of the Cairo talks on a proposed ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, Israeli newspaper Haaretz is reporting that the Israeli government's three top officials, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, and Defense Minister Ehud Barak...
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...
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...
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...
UN: Israel Admits Claims About Attacked School Baseless
UN Relief and Works Agency spokesman Chris Gunness reported this evening that the Israeli army is privately briefing diplomats on the fact that its previous claims about their attack on a UN-run girls' school in the Gaza Strip, which caused over 100 civilian...
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...