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  UN Chief pledges support for Gaza reconstruction

  World | September 26, 2014 12:53 IST

  United 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 | August 24, 2014 6:50 IST

  Gaza/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 | August 14, 2014 9:13 IST

  United 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 | August 07, 2014 7:31 IST

  Gaza: 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 | August 02, 2014 7:26 IST

  Gaza: 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 | July 31, 2014 6:53 IST

  United 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 | July 28, 2014 7:46 IST

  United 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