Israeli forces kill Hamas militant in Gaza: Hamas
A Palestinian killed in northern Gaza as Israeli aircrafts shell a home
This brutal siege of Gaza can only breed violence: Karen Koning AbuZayd in Gaza City Gaza is on the threshold of becoming the first territory to be intentionally reduced to a state of abject destitution, with the knowledge, acquiescence and - some would say - encouragement of the international community. An international community that professes to uphold the inherent dignity of every human being must not allow this to happen.
Palestinians blow up border wall with Egypt More than a thousand Palestinians crossed freely into Egypt without facing interference from Egyptian policemen, the Rafah residents said.
Red Cross Warns of Gaza Crisis The international Red Cross issued a dire warning on the state of basic services in Gaza on Tuesday, calling on Israel to lift a blockade it has imposed in response to increased rocket attacks by Palestinian militants.
Israel Metes Out Collective Punishment of Palestinians, Bush Yawns
Despite entry of fuel shipments to Gaza, the crisis persists
The Israeli army injures a Palestinian youth and kidnaps him near Hebron city
Malaysia condemns Israel's blockade of Gaza
Gaza militants resume rockets attacks at Israel
Israel arrests 16 Palestinians in West Bank Three of those nabbed in Nablus were members of the Palestinian security services.
Barak - Israel will apply more pressure on Gaza Israel will continue to apply "pressure" on the Gaza Strip to end rocket attacks, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Monday night, just hours after he authorized a one-time shipment of fuel for its power plant.
Israeli tanks shells civilians in southern Gaza Strip, no injures reported
Anger as UN debates Gaza blockade American and French representatives to the UN said the current draft was unacceptable as it did not refer to militant rocket attacks on Israel from within the Gaza Strip.
Border protests over Gaza blockade Five tankers pumped fuel for Gaza's power plant through the Nahal Oz crossing, enough to provide electricity to Gaza City for two days. Three other tankers pumped cooking oil.
Egptian border guards open fire to drive off Gaza protestors Egyptian border guards fired in the air and used clubs and water cannon to drive back hundreds of Palestinian women and children who surged across the border from Gaza Tuesday in a protest to back their demands for the frontier to be opened for shipments of food and essential provisions, in short supply due to Israel's closure of its borders with the coastal strip.
Gaza: No Rights, Little Mercy
Gaza hours from water and sewage crisis as fuel for pumps run dry Only 37 of the 122 water supply pumps have fuel and most will run out of fuel within hours. Only six water pumps have fuel to run for more than a day. Oxfam fears the risks of an outbreak of water borne diseases if the water and sanitation system shuts down.
From Gaza City, a challenge for peace I challenge the United States to wield its influence to get Israel to try the only thing that it has refused to try to date to end the conflict: to immediately end the Israeli occupation without any preconditions and without holding my life and future hostage to some final-status solution yet to be negotiated.
Church Leaders Urge End to Gaza Violence Church leaders in the Holy Land are appealing to international leaders to end what they called the siege of Gaza, an "illegal collective punishment."
Rice urges Israel to avoid Gaza humanitarian crisis U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Tuesday she had spoken to the Israelis and urged them to avert a humanitarian crisis in Gaza where Israel implemented a blockade on fuel and electricity.
Israeli and Palestinian envoys trade charges at U.N.
Stench wafts through Gaza as sewage system falters Gaza's creaking sewage system is the latest casualty of Israeli sanctions aimed at getting Hamas to halt militant rocket fire from the impoverished territory.
The Popular Committees appeals the international Community to save Gaza from imminent disaster
A child's story from Gaza Because of the Israeli blockade on Gaza, Samer has not been able to travel to hospital for his treatment for weeks, and his condition is deteriorating by the day. His young cousin, Bassam Harara who had the same disease, died of kidney failure on November 6 last year. His parents fear that it is just a matter of time before he dies too.
PA sentences killers of 2 Israeli hikers to 15 years Fatah members Amar Taha and Ali Dandanes admitted to shooting attack on off-duty soldiers Ahikam Amihai and Sgt. David Rubin near Hebron last month. Ahikam's father: I call on Olmert to display some national dignity, bring the murderers to trial in Israel
Hamas says won't abandon rockets under Israel attack "We are dealing with aggressive Zionist behaviour. Let Israel stop its aggression and its occupation of Palestinian land and the resistance, including rockets, will stop," Meshaal told Reuters in an interview.
Mayor okays 7,300 new homes in east Jerusalem: TV Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupolianski has given the okay for the construction of 7,300 new homes in occupied Arab east Jerusalem, private television Channel Two reported on Tuesday.
US: Israel 'defending itself' with Gaza blockade
U.S. diplomat backs Abbas's control of Gaza border A senior U.S. diplomat said on Tuesday the United States backed the idea of letting President Mahmoud Abbas's Palestinian Authority control main border crossings in Hamas-run Gaza to help ease local hardship.
Top EU official: Gaza siege not a war crime A change in EU attitudes towards Israel? In a briefing to Israeli reporters Tuesday, European commissioner for Justice Freedom and Security, Frano Frattini, said that the steps leading up to the Gaza blackout cannot be construed as a war crime and criticized the incessant Qassam rocket fire on Israeli civilian population centers.
Save the Children worker on the impact of Israel's blockade
Sudan students rally against Gaza blockade
Egypt and Iran presidents talk directly for first time Discussions focused on the Palestinian and Lebanese issues, the MENA news agency said in a one-sentence report.
Freedom?s Watch and ?Strong Supporters of Israel?
Two Forms of Resistance
Gaza holds key to Mid-East conflict
Dutch want to participate in new Middle East peacekeeping force
Oxford Union stages 'farcical' debate Oxford University's debating society is being accused of childishness and sensationalism by Jewish groups after inviting participants with alleged anti-Israel backgrounds to support a motion questioning Israel's right to exist in a debate on Thursday.
Vancouver to mount contentious play
AJC Condemns UN Human Rights Council Special Session on Gaza The American Jewish Committee today denounced a one-sided "special session" scheduled by the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva this week on the recent escalation of violence in Gaza. The session was called at the request of the Arab Group and the Organization of the Islamic Conference.
Yaalon: Replace political perception "We must lay the values of democracy and strengthen and bolster Palestinians willing to promote ideas of sanctifying the value of human life, rather than sanctifying death, and human rights rather than oppression. Wow. This moron ought to get Israel to practice what it preaches first. Israel wouldn't know a thing about affording others basic human rights.
Aisha, 3, the youngest Palestinian detainee, freed
Barak leaves to Paris for talks on the Iranian nuclear race Defense Minister Ehud Barak flew to Paris on Tuesday for talks with senior government officials with a focus on the Iranian nuclear threat.
Prime Minister welcomes Palestinian PM to No10 Gordon Brown has welcomed Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad to Downing Street.
Mideast not funny? Four comics are working on it
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