Hamas calls on Gaza donors to recognise its legitimacyGAZA - The Islamic Hamas movement Monday called on the international community to recognise its legitimacy as the ruler of Gaza Strip. Israel promises strong response to Gaza rocket fireJERUSALEM /GAZA - Continued Palestinian rocket fire from the Gaza Strip on southern Israel will be met with ‘a painful, sharp, strong and uncompromising response’, outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert threatened Sunday. Hamas says will respond Saturday to truce proposalGAZA - An official in the Islamist movement Hamas said Thursday that the movement would give its final answer on Saturday to a possible Egyptian-brokered truce with Israel, but said that Israeli proposals for an agreement were vague. Gaza militants fire three rockets into Israel: ReportGAZA - Gaza militants fired three rockets into southern Israel overnight, causing no damage or injury, Israel’s Arabic radio service reported Tuesday. Israeli planes hit targets in GazaGAZA - Israel launched a series of airstrikes Sunday night on several targets in the Gaza Strip, including a police station and the border area between Gaza and Egypt, witnesses said. Israel bombs tunnels in southern GazaGAZA - Israel launched airstrikes Sunday night targeting the tunnels in Rafah in southern Gaza Strip. Hamas says it accepts one-year truce with IsraelGAZA - The Islamic Hamas movement said Monday that it accepted a one-year truce with Israel for lifting the blockade on Gaza and reopening the border crossings. Fatah slams Hamas call to form new Palestinian leadershipGAZA - The Fatah movement of President Mahmoud Abbas slammed Saturday its arch-rival Islamic Hamas movement for seeking to form a new leadership for the Palestinians. Israeli aircraft strikes in Gaza again, eight woundedGAZA - Eight Palestinians were injured Thursday as an Israeli army aircraft fired a missile in the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis, medics and witnesses said. Israeli soldier killed, three wounded near Gaza borderGAZA/JERUSALEM - One Israeli soldier was killed and three others wounded Tuesday morning near the border between Israel and the central Gaza Strip, Palestinian and Israeli sources said. Gaza’s schools reopen, but fear remainsGAZA - Across the Gaza Strip Saturday, Palestinian children walked to and from school for the first time since Israel’s three-week offensive which wrecked havoc across the enclave and killed over 1,300 people. Hamas rejects long-term truce with IsraelGAZA - Hamas movement’s leaders Sunday rejected a long-term ceasefire agreement with Israel, saying that only a ceasefire for a limited period of time was acceptable. UN chief Ban Ki-moon arrives in GazaGAZA - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Gaza Tuesday afternoon to evaluate the ground situation following the Israeli military offensive in the salient. Hamas vows to continue fighting despite Israeli ceasefireGAZA - Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas vowed to continue fighting after Israel declared a unilateral ceasefire in the Gaza Strip Saturday evening. Rockets, gunfire hours after Gaza ceasefire beginsTEL AVIV/GAZA - Militant Palestinians in the Gaza Strip launched rockets into the Israeli border area, near the town of Sderot only hours after the beginning of a unilateral ceasefire declared by Israel, the Israeli army said Sunday. Exchange of fire in Gaza hours after ceasefire beginsTEL AVIV/GAZA - Israeli troops came under fire by a group of Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip Sunday, only hours after the beginning of a unilateral ceasefire declared by Israel, an Israeli army spokeswoman said. Palestinian militants claim responsibility for attacks on IsraelGAZA - Palestinian militants Sunday claimed responsibility for fresh attacks on Israel after the Jewish state’s unilateral ceasefire. Militants declare limited Gaza ceasefireTEL AVIV/GAZA - Palestinian militant groups fighting Israel in the Gaza Strip declared a one-week limited lull Sunday, hours after Israel also implemented a limited ceasefire after a massive three-week-long military operation which left over a thousand people dead. Gaza toll rises to 1,133GAZA - The toll in the Israeli operation against the Hamas-led militant groups in the Gaza Strip has risen to 1,133, emergency officials said here Friday. UN central compound in Gaza hitGAZA - The central United Nations compound in the Gaza Strip has been hit in the fighting between Hamas and the Israeli military Thursday, UN officials said. Israel ups pressure on Hamas as fighting enters 19th dayTEL AVIV/GAZA - Israel appeared Wednesday to be increasing its pressure on Palestinian militant groups in the Gaza Strip, as its air force attacked 60 targets in the salient overnight, bringing to 160 the number of airstrikes carried out in the past 24 hours. Gaza death toll exceeds 1,000; Hamas sends threatening messageGAZA - The death toll in Gaza surpassed 1,000 mark Wednesday with more than 4,600 others injured since Israel launched air and ground offensive in the strip last month. Heavy clashes in Gaza City, 60 targets struck from the airGAZA/TEL AVIV - Israeli soldiers fought heavy battles with militants early Tuesday as ground troops on Gaza City’s outskirts pushed deeper into a southern neighbourhood. Israeli soldier kidnapped by Hamas killed in airstrikeGAZA - The Islamic Hamas movement’s armed wing, al-Qassam Brigades, Monday claimed that an Israeli soldier kidnapped by its fighters was killed in an Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza Strip. Gaza toll rises to 854GAZA - The toll in the Israeli military operation against the Islamic Hamas-led militant groups in the Gaza Strip has risen to 854, emergency officials here said. Gaza toll rises to 801GAZA - The toll in the Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip has risen to 801, officials said Friday. Toll in Israel’s Gaza offensive crosses 800TEL AVIV/GAZA - Israel continued its offensive in the Gaza Strip Saturday, pounding over 40 targets overnight, a military spokesman said. More airstrikes in Gaza, Israelis to debate truce in CairoGAZA/TEL AVIV - Israel pressed on with both its air and ground offensive in Gaza Thursday as government officials were due to travel to Cairo to discuss Egyptian-French truce proposals. Fighting in Gaza resumes after lullTEL AVIV/GAZA - Fighting in the Gaza Strip resumed shortly after the expiration of a three hour lull Israel initiated Wednesday afternoon to allow Palestinians to restock on basic supplies, killing nine additional people in the coastal salient. UN suspends all Gaza activities after driver is killedGAZA - The UN agency for Palestinian refugees, United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), said it was suspending all its activity in the Gaza Strip after one of its employees was killed Thursday. |