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Gaza's children struggle with memories of war

Gaza's children struggle with memories of war

AFP - Yesterday, 08:51 am

GAZA CITY (AFP) - Fourteen-year-old Ghasan Matar won't talk about the explosion that cost him his legs and killed his brother. More »

  • Mubarak accuses Israel of aborting deal for captive soldier

    AFP - Thursday, July 9 08:00 pm

    CAIRO (AFP) - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak accused Israel of scuttling a deal that was on the verge of ending the three-year captivity in Gaza of soldier Gilad Shalit, in an interview to be published in Israel's top-selling daily on Friday. More »

  • Egypt in first West Bank talks with Hamas in three years

    Egypt in first West Bank talks with Hamas in three years

    AFP - Thursday, July 9 08:32 pm

    RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) - Egyptian mediators on Thursday held their first West Bank talks with Hamas representatives since before the Islamist movement seized the Gaza Strip in June 2007. More »

  • UN Gaza probe chief underlines balanced approach

    AFP - Tuesday, July 7 05:48 pm

    GENEVA (AFP) - The head of a UN human rights mission investigating the war in the Gaza Strip six months ago underlined on Tuesday that he was striving for a balanced outcome despite the obstacles. More »

  • Mubarak says captive Israeli soldier 'fine'

    Mubarak says captive Israeli soldier 'fine'

    AFP - Tuesday, July 7 10:35 am

    CAIRO (AFP) - An Israeli soldier captured by Gaza-based militants more than three years ago is in good health, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said on Tuesday, adding that he hoped he would soon be freed. More »

  • UN rights mission on Gaza hears of Israeli fear, trauma

    UN rights mission on Gaza hears of Israeli fear, trauma

    AFP - Monday, July 6 07:34 pm

    GENEVA (AFP) - Accounts of fear, fury, victimisation and pent up trauma from years of rocket attacks emerged from Israeli testimony on Monday to a UN human rights mission investigating the recent war in the Gaza Strip. More »

  • Israel frees Hamas MP after three years

    Israel frees Hamas MP after three years

    AFP - Monday, July 6 07:21 pm

    RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) - Israel on Monday released a Palestinian MP with the Islamist movement Hamas, Ibrahim Abu Salem, who was held behind bars since the capture of an Israeli soldier in Gaza, Hamas said. More »

  • Palestinian youngsters make music in former prison

    Reuters - Monday, July 6 04:10 pm

    NABLUS, West Bank (Reuters) - Ramzi Abu Redwan says he remembers waiting in the halls of Al-Fara'a prison as a boy, holding his grandfather's hand and staring up at the walls as he waited to see his father, jailed by Israel. More »

  • UN rights mission holds hearings on Gaza war

    AFP - Monday, July 6 09:13 am

    GENEVA (AFP) - A UN human rights mission investigating alleged violations committed during the war in the Gaza Strip at the turn of the year resumed its public hearings here on Monday. More »

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