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27.01.2009, 06:41
The UK-based Sky News channel has followed the BBC in refusing to broadcast a pro-Gaza fundraising appeal. The international broadcaster said it did not want to be seen as taking sides in the Israel-Hamas dispute.
26.01.2009, 16:53
Israeli soldiers fighting in Gaza this month were ordered to kill themselves rather than be captured, according to the Israeli newspaper Yediot Achronot.
25.01.2009, 13:56
Three years after its victory in Palestinian parliamentary elections, Hamas has emerged from its first conventional war with Israel physically battered but, for the time being at least, stronger politically.
23.01.2009, 21:23
The Israeli Ambassador to Russia admitted that Israel used white phosphorous but maintained that it was in accordance with international law.
03.02.2009, 00:02
Hamas has been seizing supporters of the moderate Fatah party, sometimes torturing and killing them, in an effort to reassert its grip on political power after Israel's attack on Gaza.
03.02.2010, 12:07
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A recent poll has revealed more than half of Israelis approve of another attack on Gaza – despite widespread international condemnation of last year's offensive which killed more than 1,300 Palestinians.
16.10.2009, 19:28
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Despite a diplomatic blitz by Israel to block passage of the Goldstone report, which accuses Israel and Palestinians of war crimes in the Gaza War, the UN on Friday voted to back the recommendations.
17.04.2010, 08:40
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Since Hamas captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit back in 2006, his plight has been etched into the nation's conscience. Israelis have pressured the government to offer thousands of Palestinians in exchange for Shalit.
04.02.2009, 12:56
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While the world’s attention is focused on the fragile peace in Gaza and the food crisis it is facing after Israel’s military offensive, Palestinians in the West Bank see their land confiscated, polluted and walled off.
26.02.2009, 09:05
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A 99-year-old Palestinian man is recovering in hospital after being attacked by Israeli army dogs. The pensioner's ear and shoulder were bitten as he lay in bed when soldiers conducted a house search.
Published: 27 January, 2009, 09:44
In southern Gaza merchants are busy rebuilding a complex network of underground tunnels used to bring in goods from neighbouring Egypt. Many of the passages were destroyed or badly damaged during the Israeli offensive.
