Gaza Unrest
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UN Chief pledges support for Gaza reconstruction
World | Sep 26, 2014, 12:53 PM ISTUnited Nations: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has assured Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of its support for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip.Ban met with Abbas on the sidelines of the annual high-level UN debate, which
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Nine killed in Israeli air strikes as Egypt urges talks
World | Aug 24, 2014, 06:50 AM ISTGaza/Jerusalem: Nine Palestinians, including four children, were killed in Israeli air strikes in Gaza as the war entered its 47th day even as Egypt invited both sides to accept a fresh ceasefire to continue negotiations
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30 aid workers killed in month-long Gaza conflict: UN
World | Aug 14, 2014, 09:13 AM ISTUnited Nations: As many as 30 aid workers were killed and 74 others injured in the month-long conflict in Gaza, the UN said on Wednesday."The 30 aid workers included 11 staff members of the UN
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Ceasefire extension not discussed, says Hamas
World | Aug 07, 2014, 07:31 AM ISTGaza: The Islamic Hamas movement denied that the Palestinian factions of the group have agreed to extend a 72-hour Egyptian mediated ceasefire between Palestinian militant groups and Israel."The issue of extending the ceasefire was not
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Hamas's denies kidnapping Israeli soldier in Gaza
World | Aug 02, 2014, 07:26 AM ISTGaza: The armed wing of the Islamic Hamas movement, Qassam Brigades, on Saturday denied kidnapping of an Israeli soldier in the Gaza Strip."Until now, we have no idea about the disappearance of the Israeli soldier,"
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Attack on Gaza school 'unjustifiable, shameful': Ban Ki-moon
World | Jul 31, 2014, 06:53 AM ISTUnited Nations: Condemning as ‘unjustifiable and shameful' the shelling of a UN-run school in Gaza sheltering thousands of displaced Palestinians, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday said those responsible for the attack should be
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UN Chief appeals Israelis, Palestinians to extend truce
World | Jul 28, 2014, 07:46 AM ISTUnited Nations: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon has urged ‘in the strongest terms' both the Israelis and Palestinians to extend, for an additional 24 hours, the humanitarian ceasefire that was in effect and mostly observed