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08.01.2009, 07:49
Israel has resumed shelling Gaza after a pause to allow aid agencies to deliver humanitarian supplies to Palestinians. It comes as diplomatic efforts to broker a ceasefire gather pace.
07.01.2009, 16:26
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The ’secret weapon’ that Hamas has hinted at unleashing before the Gaza fighting is over is apparently a long-range rocket. But Israeli officials say the likely target is not the nuclear reactor at Dimona but Tel Aviv.
07.01.2009, 16:21
Israel has begun mobilising “tens of thousands” of reservists as it prepares for violent reactions to its Gaza incursion from other directions.
06.08.2009, 14:44
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Despite all diplomatic efforts the US has undertaken to dissuade Israel from striking Iranian nuclear facilities, the attack now seems virtually inevitable.
18.12.2009, 15:28
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A leading Israeli missile expert said this week that the damage Iranian missiles are capable of causing Israel is limited, whereas Israel is capable of setting back Iran’s nuclear program by several years.
25.02.2009, 19:14
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Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni warned that the Jewish state may launch another military operation, unless Iran stops smuggling weapons into the Gaza Strip.
12.07.2010, 22:57
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An Israeli military investigation says poor planning and intelligence led to the deadly attack on a Gaza aid flotilla in May.
19.07.2009, 17:47
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Thirty years ago, Saddam Hussein came to power in Iraq. His dictatorship ended with the US-led invasion in 2003, followed by his execution later. But are Iraqis better off after Saddam?
10.12.2009, 19:10
Stuck in between two states and unwittingly linked to a conflict with a third one – two Druze security prisoners have returned to the Golan Heights after the airing by Hamas of Israeli prisoner Gilad Shalit's video.
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.
Published: 08 January, 2009, 06:29
While politicians and diplomats continue to call the shots in the Gaza conflict, it’s ordinary people who suffer – from fear, deprivation and grief.
