Troops push deep into Gaza City, 1.5 km from centreGAZA CITY - Israeli ground troops pushed deep into southern Gaza City Thursday, advancing as far as 1.5 kilometres from the city centre amid heavy tank shelling, residents said. Thousands flee heavy fighting as troops deep in Gaza CityGAZA CITY - Israeli ground troops pushed deep into southern Gaza City Thursday, advancing close to the city centre and sparking heavy battles with local militants, upping the pressure on Hamas even as international efforts to reach a truce seemed to be gaining momentum. Only Israel will decide when Gaza offensive ends: MinisterTEL AVIV/GAZA CITY - Only Israel will decide when it will stop its offensive in Gaza, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said Monday, as the air force struck more targets in the strip and ground troops battled with militants on Gaza City’s outskirts. Heavy fighting on Gaza outskirts, ‘progress’ in talksGAZA CITY - Israeli ground troops fought heavy battles with Palestinian militants on Gaza City’s outskirts Monday, as Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said only Israel would decide when it would stop its offensive in Gaza, and Egypt said some ‘progress’ was made in talks with Hamas aimed at reaching a truce. Israel to continue operation despite Security Council resolutionGAZA CITY/TEL AVIV - A UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire notwithstanding, Israel’s security cabinet decided Friday to continue its military campaign in the Gaza Strip, Israel Radio reported. 10 days into attacks, Gaza situation worseningGAZA CITY - After 10 days of incessant Israeli airstrikes and two days of ground fighting, the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is quickly worsening, according to residents. Hamas rejects three-hour Israeli ceasefireGAZA CITY - A spokesman for Hamas Wednesday rejected the three-hour humanitarian lull in the fighting in the Gaza Strip, set up to allow residents of the salient to stock up on vital necessities. UN says Israel deliberately targeting civilians in GazaGAZA CITY - Israel is deliberately targeting civilians in the Gaza Strip, IRNA reported quoting an UN official as saying here Wednesday. 42 killed in Israeli army strike on Gaza school: officialsGAZA CITY - An Israeli strike on a UN-school in northern Gaza killed at least 42 Palestinian civilians in the deadliest single incident since Israel launched its offensive in the Strip 11 days ago, health officials said. 520 Palestinians killed since Israeli offensive beganGAZA CITY - At least 520 Palestinians have been killed and 2,500 injured since Dec 27 in the Israeli offensive against militants in the Gaza Strip, a medical official in the salient said Sunday. Israeli strike on Gaza mosque kills 11GAZA CITY - An Israeli airstrike on a mosque in the northern Gaza Strip late Saturday afternoon killed 11 people and wounded 50, 24 of them seriously, Palestinian sources reported. Israel will not succeed in toppling our government: HamasGAZA CITY - Israel will not succeed in toppling the Hamas regime in the Gaza Strip, a spokesman for the radical Islamic movement said Tuesday. Israel’s Gaza offensive enters second day, 271 killed (Third lead)GAZA CITY - Israeli aircraft pounded the Gaza Strip for the second day Sunday, hitting a Hamas headquarters in Gaza City, witnesses said, and bringing to 22 the number of attacks launched against the Islamist movement since Saturday. 200 killed in Israeli airstrikes on GazaGAZA CITY/TEL AVIV - Israel unleashed waves of airstrikes against the Gaza Strip Saturday, targeting Hamas installations and personnel and killing 200 people, in a long-expected retaliation for ongoing rocket fire from the salient. |
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