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Israeli warplanes bomb southern Gaza

AFP - 1 hour 59 mins ago

JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli warplanes bombed several sites in southern Gaza overnight in response to rocket fire from the Hamas-run enclave, the army and Palestinian medics said on Wednesday. More »

Hard times in Gaza fill ranks of Hamas police
AFP - 2 hours 19 mins ago
GAZA CITY (AFP) - Taher al-Mazlum is desperate to join the Hamas-run police in the Gaza Strip, not because he agrees with the Islamist group's hardline ideology, but because he needs money to get married. More »
Israel supreme court chief backs inquiry into Gaza war
AFP - Monday, February 8 06:55 pm
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel's supreme court president, Dorit Beinish, on Monday came out in favour of a commission of inquiry into the Gaza war as called for by the United Nations in its Goldstone report. More »
Palestinians set terms for talks as violence flares
Reuters - Monday, February 8 06:34 pm
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - More than a dozen people were injured when Israeli police confronted Palestinian protesters in a refugee camp at the edge of Jerusalem on Monday, violence stoked by rising tensions over a stalemate in peace talks. More »
Palestinians to hold local elections in July
AFP - Monday, February 8 04:53 pm
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) - The Western-backed Palestinian Authority said on Monday it would hold local elections in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on July 17. More »
UN urges Egypt, Arab League to press Israel on Gaza
AFP - Monday, February 8 03:33 pm
CAIRO (AFP) - The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Filippo Grandi, on Monday urged Egypt and the Arab League to press Israel to allow reconstruction equipment into the blockaded Gaza Strip. More »
Egypt steps up security on Gaza sea border
AFP - Sunday, February 7 07:15 pm
CAIRO (AFP) - Egypt is stepping up security on its maritime frontier with Gaza in a bid to prevent smuggling by sea, as work continues on an underground barrier along the land border, a security official said Sunday. More »
HRW says Israel 'failed' to probe Gaza war crimes
AFP - Sunday, February 7 08:18 am
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Human Rights Watch said on Sunday that Israel has failed to properly investigate alleged crimes committed during last winter's devastating Gaza war as demanded by the United Nations. More »
Rivals slam Hamas for "apology" to Israelis
Reuters - Saturday, February 6 02:56 pm
GAZA (Reuters) - Hamas's Palestinian rivals denounced the Islamist movement on Saturday for expressing regret over the deaths of Israeli civilians during the Gaza war a year ago. More »