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Gaza rebel leader detonates himself during mosque raid

World
2009-8-16

THE leader of an al-Qaida-inspired group in the Gaza Strip blew himself up during a shootout yesterday with security forces that at least killed 24 people. The jihadis have posed one of the biggest challenges...

Donors pledge aid to rebuild Gaza, shun Hamas

World
2009-3-2

INTERNATIONAL donors began making aid pledges expected to exceed US$3 billion to the Palestinian Authority today mainly to rebuild Gaza, while shunning the territory's Hamas rulers. But the United Nations and...

Australia offers A$20 million for Gaza reconstruction

World
2009-3-1

THE Australian government announced today that it will offer 20 million Australian dollars (US$12.9 million) to reconstruct Gaza strip which was devastated by the Israeli and Palestinian conflict more than two months...

Hamas rockets threaten efforts to agree a truce

World
2009-2-9

TWO rockets fired by Palestinian militants struck southern Israel yesterday, Israel's military said, violating an informal truce even as Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers appeared to be moving closer to cementing a...

Hamas theft halts UN aid to Gaza Strip

World
2009-2-7

THE UN agency for Palestinian refugees said yesterday that it has halted all aid shipments into the Gaza Strip due to interference by the ruling Hamas militant group. The UN Relief and Works Agency said it made...

Air strike, shelling strain Gaza truce

World
2009-2-3

AN Israeli aircraft struck a car traveling in the southern Gaza Strip yesterday, killing a Palestinian militant and further straining a truce with Hamas, as the Islamic militant group sent a delegation to Egypt in...

Israeli warplane strikes on southern Gaza, one killed

World
2009-1-28

A PALESTINIAN militant was killed as an Israeli warplane struck yesterday the motorcycle he was driving east of the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, medics and witnesses said. The witnesses said that an...

Gaza schools reopen after one-month suspension

World
2009-1-25

IN the aftermath of the 22-day Israeli military offensive on Gaza Strip, which unilaterally ended a week ago, schools run by the Hamas-ruled Ministry of Education and the UN were back to work yesterday. Israel...

Israel firm on border access

World
2009-1-25

ISRAEL has dismissed international calls for a full reopening of border crossings with the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, leaving a shaky cease-fire and post-war reconstruction in doubt. Hamas has conditioned abiding...

Relief returns to battered Strip

World
2009-1-24

GAZA residents headed for communal prayers yesterday and Israeli naval guns were largely silent as grief and shock began to mix with a palpable sense of relief in the coastal strip pounded by weeks of Israeli airstrikes...