Gaza air strikes

14 Jan 2013

North Korea's launch of a long-range missile last month was followed by a flurry of global condemnation that was almost comical in its predictability and impotence. But the launch underscored a...

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TV men killed in missile strike 'legitimate targets', says Israel

23 Nov 2012

The unprecedented killing of two cameramen from Gaza's Hamas television station in a targeted missile strike this week raised questions about whom Israel considers to be militant operatives, and...

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Three dead in new Israeli air strikes, media building hit

19 Nov 2012

A senior Islamic Jihad militant was killed on Monday in an Israeli strike on a Gaza City building housing Palestinian and international media, the Islamist faction told news agency, AFP.

11:40PM

Fatah, Hamas agree to unite over Gaza crisis

19 Nov 2012

Fatah, Hamas agree to unite over Gaza crisis Fatah and Hamas said on Monday they have decided to end infighting in a show of solidarity in the West Bank over the Gaza crisis, reporters said.

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China urges 'maximum restraint' in Gaza

19 Nov 2012

China on Monday called for “maximum restraint” by all parties, especially Israel, in the Gaza Strip conflict as the death toll from air strikes on the territory rose to 87.

9:36PM

Protests across Middle East over Israeli air attacks on Gaza

17 Nov 2012

Thousands of people across the Middle East protested yesterday against Israel's aerial bombardment of the Gaza Strip, with some chanting "death to Israel" and others calling for the bombing of Tel...

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Opinion

EU fails to adapt to borderless world

Updated 4:35AM

Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

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Hamas rejects talk of truce with Israel for now; Israel to take 'whatever action necessary' in Gaza: PM

Israel will take “whatever action is necessary” to defend its citizens from Palestinian rocket attacks, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday as the military pressed a massive...

11:02PM

Israel vows to punish Hamas after wave of rockets from Gaza

Israel vowed to punish Hamas militants after scores of rockets fired from Gaza seriously wounded two people, provoking air strikes that killed four Palestinian militants.

10:56AM

Gaza strikes kill 4 militants as 68 rockets hit Israel

Tensions soared around Gaza on Wednesday after Israeli air raids killed four militants and Palestinian armed groups fired 68 rockets at southern Israel, seriously wounding two people.

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MIDDLE EAST

Israel kills 3 Hamas militants in Gaza air strikes

Israel killed three Hamas gunmen in Gaza Strip air strikes on Tuesday which the military said targeted squads preparing to launch rockets into the Jewish state.

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