Gaza Strip
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Hamas admits to kidnapping and killing of Israeli teens
World | Aug 22, 2014, 07:15 AM ISTJerusalem: A senior Hamas leader has said the group carried out the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli teens in the West Bank in June — the first time anyone from the Islamic militant group
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If Hamas will shoot, Israel will hit back seven-fold: PM Netanyahu
World | Aug 21, 2014, 07:01 AM ISTJerusalem: Israel will step up the offensive in the Gaza Strip until rocket firing from there into Israel stops, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday in response to renewed Gaza rocket attacks against central and
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Gaza ceasefire extended for 24 hours: Egypt
World | Aug 19, 2014, 08:28 AM ISTCairo: Egypt announced that Israeli and Palestinian negotiators agreed to extend ceasefire in the Gaza Strip for 24 hours, state media reported on Monday."Both sides have agreed to extend the ceasefire to 24 hours, to
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Dalai Lama, Carter, Desmond Tutu & Godard among voices seeking end to Gaza crisis
World | Aug 13, 2014, 05:37 PM ISTParis: Sixty six Nobel laureates and 203 European parliamentarians have sought the release of people caught in the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip.“There are two ways to stop rockets from the besieged (Gaza) enclave.
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UN Human Rights Council appoints panel for Palestine inquiry
World | Aug 13, 2014, 09:52 AM ISTGeneva: The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) chief Baudelaire Ndong Ella announced a three-member panel to investigate the human rights violations in the occupied Palestinian territory, particularly in the conflict-torn Gaza Strip.Ella appointed Canadian William
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Israel agrees to 72-hour ceasefire with Hamas
World | Aug 05, 2014, 07:12 AM ISTJerusalem: Israel has accepted an Egyptian proposal for a 72-hour ceasefire with Hamas movement starting 8 a.m. Tuesday, Israeli media reported on Monday.Delegates from both sides approved the unconditional truce late Monday in a round
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Israeli attack on UN-run school a 'criminal act': UN Chief
World | Aug 04, 2014, 03:00 PM ISTUnited Nations: UN chief Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned an Israeli attack on a UN-run school in the Gaza Strip that killed 10 Palestinians, terming it as a ‘moral outrage and a criminal act' and
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Israel announces seven-hour humanitarian truce in Gaza
World | Aug 04, 2014, 08:12 AM ISTJerusalem: Israel will hold its fire in most of the Gaza Strip for a seven-hour ‘humanitarian window' on Monday, the military said, four weeks into its bloody conflict with Hamas. According to an army statement,
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Israel starts withdrawing troops, 10 dead in UN school attack
World | Aug 03, 2014, 05:07 PM ISTJerusalem: Even as Israel began withdrawing some of its troops from Gaza, at least 10 people were killed and 30 injured today in a fresh strike on a UN school sheltering displaced Palestinians in the
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Israel hunts for missing soldier as troops leave northern Gaza
World | Aug 02, 2014, 09:08 PM ISTGaza/Jerusalem: Israel today continued its attacks in southern Gaza while it searched for one of its missing soldiers believed to have been captured by Hamas even as Israeli troops were seen withdrawing from a northern
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UN, US announce 72-hour ceasefire in Gaza
World | Aug 01, 2014, 07:00 AM ISTUnited Nations: The United Nations and United States announced that Israel and Hamas had agreed to a “unconditional humanitarian ceasefire” in Gaza for a period of 72 hours starting today, allowing both sides to negotiate
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Hamas agrees to 24-hour humanitarian truce in Gaza; toll 1060
World | Jul 27, 2014, 08:52 PM ISTGaza/Jerusalem: Ahead of the Muslim holy festival of Eid, Hamas today agreed to a 24-hour UN-brokered humanitarian truce after initially rejecting it as the 20-day Gaza conflict killed 1,060 Palestinians and 46 Israelis, including an
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Gaza death toll tops 1,000 as Israel extends temporary truce
World | Jul 27, 2014, 07:22 AM ISTGaza/Jerusalem: Gaza residents today used a temporary humanitarian truce agreed to by Israel and Hamas on a UN request to pull out bodies from mounds of rubble and metal of bombed homes, as the Palestinian
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Gaza crisis: Israel, Hamas begin 12-hour 'humanitarian window'
World | Jul 26, 2014, 12:56 PM ISTGaza/Jerusalem: A 12-hour ‘humanitarian window' began on Saturday after Israel and militants in Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip agreed to a UN request for a pause in fighting, but a ceasefire deal still looked elusive even as
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Rajya Sabha to debate Gaza conflict Monday
National | Jul 18, 2014, 11:25 AM ISTNew Delhi: The government has agreed to a debate in the Rajya Sabha Monday on the conflict in Gaza strip, after two days were lost over disruptions on the issue.The Rajya Sabha was stalled Thursday,
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Uproar in Lok Sabha over Israeli attack in Gaza Strip
National | Jul 15, 2014, 05:42 PM ISTNew Delhi: Uproar was witnessed today in the Lok Sabha as several parties got together to demand a resolution to condemn Israeli raids in Gaza Strip but the government did not oblige.Members of Congress, Trinamool
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Death toll in Gaza rises to 170
World | Jul 14, 2014, 08:25 AM ISTGaza: The death toll in Gaza rose to 170 Sunday after four more Palestinians, including a father and son, were killed in three separate airstrikes by Israel on southern Gaza Strip, authorities said.More than 10
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Israeli air strikes kill 20 as offensive enters third day
World | Jul 10, 2014, 05:04 PM ISTJerusalem: At least 20 Palestinians were killed on Thursday in fresh Israeli air strikes targeting over 300 Hamas positions, taking the death toll to 64 in the in three days of offensive, the deadliest in
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Jacob Zuma voices support for Palestinian state
World | Jun 06, 2014, 07:34 AM ISTCape Town: South Africa supports international efforts aimed at the establishment of a viable Palestinian state, President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday."South Africa calls on the international community to support the new government of national
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Abbas not authorised to negotiate with Israel: Hamas
World | Aug 13, 2013, 10:06 AM ISTGaza: The Hamas group that controls the Gaza Strip said Monday that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was not authorised to negotiate peace with Israel.Mahmoud Zahar, a high-ranking Hamas official, told reporters at a press conference