Tags (9) : Gaza conflict

Remnants of war become art in Gaza

Remnants of war become art in Gaza
Mai Yaghi | 10/02/2014 | News
GAZA CITY, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, Mai Yaghi- Four flower vases adorn the living room of Hossam al-Dabbus's home. Initially inconspicuous, a closer look reveals they are made of Israeli tank shells collected by war-scarred Gazans. The refugee camp dweller has picked through the rubble of the...
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Hamas executes 'collaborators', Israeli boy killed

Hamas executes 'collaborators', Israeli boy killed
Sakher Abu El Oun | 08/23/2014 | Politics
GAZA CITY, Sakher Abu El Oun- Hamas executed 18 alleged collaborators in Gaza City on Friday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed harsh retribution for the killing of a four-year-old boy by Palestinian mortar fire. The escalating bloodshed has seen another 79 Palestinians die in Gaza...
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Deadly Gaza conflict reignites as Egypt urges new truce

Deadly Gaza conflict reignites as Egypt urges new truce
Sakher Abu El Oun | 08/09/2014 | News
GAZA CITY, Sakher Abu El Oun- Israeli warplanes Friday pounded targets across Gaza, killing at least five Palestinians, and militants fired dozens of rockets into Israel after attempts to extend a three-day truce stalled. The month-long conflict flared once again after mediators tried but failed to...
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Tensions high as Gaza truce deadline looms

Tensions high as Gaza truce deadline looms
Sakher Abu El Oun | 08/08/2014 | Politics
GAZA CITY, Sakher Abu El Oun- Fears rose that the Gaza conflict could resume Friday as a temporary ceasefire entered its final stretch and Palestinians accused Israel of stalling at truce talks in Cairo. Israel has said it is ready to "indefinitely" extend the 72-hour lull, due to expire at 0500...
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Israel, Palestinians agree on new 72-hour truce

Majeda El-Batsh | 08/04/2014 | News
JERUSALEM, Majeda El-Batsh- Israel and the Palestinians have agreed a new 72-hour truce starting on Tuesday, Egypt said, after increasingly vocal world demands for a ceasefire in the bloody Gaza conflict. The apparent breakthrough came during talks in Cairo only days after a similar three-day truce...
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UN fury over new deadly strike on Gaza school

Mai Yaghi | 08/04/2014 | News
GAZA CITY, Mai Yaghi- The UN expressed outrage after another deadly strike on one of its schools Sunday as Israel began pulling some troops back from Gaza in a step towards unilateral withdrawal. The strike killed 10 people at a school in the southern city of Rafah where around 3,000 Palestinians...
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Obama tells Israel Gaza truce needed as conflict rages

Obama tells Israel Gaza truce needed as conflict rages
John Davison | 07/28/2014 | Politics
GAZA CITY, John Davison- US President Barack Obama on Sunday spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and stressed the need for an immediate and sustainable ceasefire in the raging Gaza conflict. Both the Israelis and Hamas exchanged strike and counter-strike on day 20 of the war, as...
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Gaza rocket halts Israel flights, world pushes for truce

Gaza rocket halts Israel flights, world pushes for truce
Mai Yaghi | 07/23/2014 | Politics
GAZA CITY, Mai Yaghi- A rocket fired from Gaza on Tuesday led airlines to halt flights to Israel, as the UN chief urged an end to a conflict that has killed more than 630 Palestinians. As the violence entered its third week, the United States and Egypt discussed ceasefire proposals in Cairo, and...
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Diplomatic drive intensifies as Gaza death toll soars

Diplomatic drive intensifies as Gaza death toll soars
Mai Yaghi, John Davison | 07/20/2014 | Politics
GAZA CITY, Mai Yaghi, John Davison- Fresh Israeli bombardments killed five people in Gaza Sunday, hiking the death toll from the assault to over 350, as diplomatic efforts to end the conflict picked up with UN chief Ban Ki-moon due in the region. As Israel pressed its air, sea and ground offensive...
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