UN Contradicts Israeli Story on School Killings

Yesterday, Israeli forces fired three shells at a United Nations school in Jabalya refugee camp, which it knew was being used as shelter for displaced civilian families. The attack killed at least 46 and wounded 55 others, but Israel said the killings were "according...

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Israel Orders Thousands More Gazans From Their Homes

As Israel resumed their punishing offensive after a brief three-hour halt to allow Gaza's struggling civilian populace to search for food, attention once again turned to the border between Egypt and the strip, where thousands of civilians were ordered to flee their...

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Attacks Resume as Three Hour Humanitarian Lull Expires

Israel made good on its promise to grant Gazans a brief window of calm to look for food amid the shattered ruins of their cities, stopping their attacks for a three hour period in the early afternoon before resuming their invasion in earnest. During the brief respite,...

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Rice: US ‘Pleased By’ Egypt-Proposed Truce

Condoleezza Rice, still Secretary of State for two more weeks, says the Bush Administration is "pleased by and wish to commend the statement of the president of Egypt" with regard to his government's proposal for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the...

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Israel Mulls Complaining to UN After Killings

In its first attempt at damage control over the international outcry caused when its military deliberately attacked a United Nations girls' school full of displaced persons in a Gaza refugee camp, causing scores of civilian casualties, Israel has declared that its...

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At Least 46 Killed as Israel Attacks Gaza School

In the deadliest single attack on Gaza civilians since the war began, Israel fired three mortar shells at the United Nations' al-Fahoura school in the Jabalya refugee camp. The school was filled with civilians who had been forced from their homes by the Israeli...

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House to House Fighting Reported in Gaza

Israeli forces moved into Gaza City today, sparking major gunbattles with Hamas militants. Tanks rolled through the streets, firing dozens of shells, and local hospitals are filling up with civilians. Witnesses on the ground say the Palestinian forces have attacked...

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