UN curbs Gaza aid after trucks hit by Israeli fire
JERUSALEM - The U.N. suspended aid shipments in the Gaza Strip on Thursday and the Red Cross restricted its convoys after their trucks came under Israeli fire. The threat of a wider conflict arose when militants in Lebanon fired two rockets into northern Israel.
Nations:Palestine Lebanon Egypt Israel France People:Nicolas Sarkozy Activities:2009 Gaza War Source:(AP)
2009-01-08
UN halts Gaza aid shipments, cites Israeli attacks
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - The United Nations says it is halting all aid deliveries to the besieged Gaza Strip. It is citing a series of Israeli attacks on U.N. staff and installations.
Nations:Lebanon Egypt Israel People:Mahmoud Abbas Condoleezza Rice Activities:2009 Gaza War Source:(AP)
2009-01-08
Gaza fighting rages despite cease-fire proposal
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israel resumed its Gaza offensive Wednesday, bombing heavily around suspected smuggling tunnels near the border with Egypt after a three-hour lull to allow in humanitarian aid. Hamas responded with a rocket barrage.
Nations:Egypt Israel France People:Nicolas Sarkozy Condoleezza Rice Activities:2009 Gaza War Source:(AP)
2009-01-08
Israel conditionally welcomes cease-fire proposal
GAZA CITY, Gaza - Israel ordered a three-hour pause in its Gaza offensive Wednesday to allow food and fuel to reach besieged Palestinians, and said it welcomed a cease-fire proposal as long as Hamas halts rockets and weapons smuggling.
Nations:France Egypt Israel People:Nicolas Sarkozy Hosni Mubarak Tony Blair Activities:2009 Gaza War Source:(AP)
2009-01-07
Gaza truce proposed after Israeli shell kills 30
GAZA CITY, Gaza - France and Egypt announced an initiative to stop the fighting in Gaza late Tuesday, hours after Israeli mortar shells exploded near a U.N. school sheltering hundreds of people displaced by the onslaught on Hamas militants. At least 30 Palestinians died, staining streets with blood.
Nations:France Egypt Israel People:Ban Ki-moon Mahmoud Abbas Ehud Olmert Hosni Mubarak Barack Obama Condoleezza Rice Activities:2009 Gaza War Source:(AP)
2009-01-06
Israel shells near UN school, killing at least 30
GAZA CITY, Gaza - Israeli mortar shells struck outside a U.N. school where hundreds of Palestinians had sought refuge on Tuesday, killing at least 30 people -- many of them children whose parents wailed in grief at a hospital filled with dead and wounded.
Nations:Egypt Israel People:Shimon Peres Nicolas Sarkozy Gordon Brown Ehud Olmert Condoleezza Rice Activities:2009 Gaza War Hamas Gaza Conflict
2009-01-06
Israeli troops approach Gaza population centers
GAZA CITY, Gaza - Israeli shells slammed into Gaza and ground forces edged closer to major population centers Tuesday, taking more civilian lives after Israel ignored mounting international calls for an immediate cease-fire.
Nations:Israel People:Shimon Peres Nicolas Sarkozy Ehud Olmert George W. Bush Activities:2009 Gaza War Hamas Gaza Conflict Source:(AP)
2009-01-06
Calls to use oil as weapon in Gaza fight fall flat
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The call to use oil as a weapon against Israel's friends once would have echoed in capitals across the Middle East and struck fear in the West's heart. But even as the crisis in Gaza deepens, threats of an embargo by some officials in Iran and Bahrain are falling flat.
Nations:Iran Israel Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Egypt Activities:Hamas Gaza Conflict 2008 Global Oil Crisis 2009 Gaza War Source:(AP)
2009-01-05
Israel tightens grip on Gaza
GAZA CITY (AFP) - Israeli troops tightened their military grip on Gaza with new air strikes and ground battles on Monday while Europe led a diplomatic offensive to secure a ceasefire.
Nations:Russia People:Ehud Olmert Dmitry Medvedev Nicolas Sarkozy Ban Ki-moon Hosni Mubarak Angela Merkel Activities:2009 Gaza War Source:(AFP)
2009-01-05
How Israel, Hamas define victory in Gaza
Tel Aviv - Escalating a week-long assault against Hamas, Israel invaded Gaza over the weekend to stop the Islamist militants who continue to launch cross-border rocket attacks.
Nations:Lebanon Egypt Israel People:Ehud Olmert Activities:2009 Gaza War Hamas Gaza Conflict Source:(Christian Science Monitor)
2009-01-05
Worldwide alarm at Israeli ground offensive
PARIS (AFP) - Israel's tank and troop assault on the Gaza Strip provoked cries of alarm worldwide Sunday, but Israel won heavyweight US backing and moves for an immediate ceasefire foundered at the United Nations.
Nations:Egypt China Syria Jordan Lebanon Pakistan People:Dmitry Medvedev Nicolas Sarkozy Gordon Brown Hosni Mubarak Barack Obama Condoleezza Rice Activities:2009 Gaza War Hamas Gaza Conflict
2009-01-04
Israeli troops and tanks slice deep into Gaza
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Thousands of Israeli troops backed by tanks and helicopter gunships surrounded Gaza's largest city and fought militants at close range on Sunday, in the first full day of an overwhelming ground offensive in the coastal territory.
Nations:Israel Lebanon People:Mitch McConnell Shimon Peres Ehud Olmert Dick Durbin Harry Reid Dick Cheney Source:(AP)
2009-01-04
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