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Gaza |
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Israel turns back Gaza aid ship
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| Dec.2 |
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Israel buries victims of Mumbai attacks
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| Dec.3 |
West Bank |
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Hebron on edge after recent clashes
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| Dec.4 |
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Hebron settlers evicted by force  Israeli forces have evicted about 200 Jewish settlers from a disputed building in the mainly Palestinian city
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| Dec.7 |
Jerusalem |
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PM: calls settlers' actions a 'pogrom'
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Jerusalem |
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Israel amends Palestinian release list
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| Dec.14 |
Syria |
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Carter meets with leader of Hamas
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| Dec.15 |
Jerusalem |
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Israel frees hundreds of Palest. Prisoners
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| Dec.16 |
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 Tourist bus crash kills 24  Map of Eilat Israel A bus carrying Russian tourists from St. Petersburg came off a desert road and rolled down a steep slope near the Red Sea resort of Eilat
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Militant shot dead by Israeli forces
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| Dec.17 |
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 Militants' rockets pound southern Israel Palestinian militants fired a salvo of rockets from Gaza, with one landing in the parking lot of a supermarket in Sderot
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| Dec.18 |
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Hamas declares Israel truce over| The Islamist militant group says it has ended its six-month ceasefire with Israel in the Gaza Strip. It expired at 0400 GMT on Friday | |
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| Dec.24 |
Gaza |
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 Hamas launch more rockets into Israel Militants fired more than 30 rockets and mortars from Gaza days after Prime Minister Olmert threatened to respond to the ongoing attacks
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Bethlehem pilgrims mark Christmas Thousands of pilgrims have been celebrating Christmas with a mass, include about 200 Christians from Gaza, amid tight security
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| Dec.25 |
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 Israel, Egypt discuss Hamas clashes Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak met in Cairo amid escalating cross-border violence
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| Dec.27 |
Gaza |
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 Airstrikes pounded targets in Gaza At least 225 killed in Israeli attacks. An Israeli army spokeswoman said her country is ready to continue the attacks 'as long as it takes'
| Israel was responding to an escalation in rocket attacks from Gaza. Missiles struck security compounds and militant bases. About 700 others were wounded. Gaza officials: Most of those killed were policemen in the Hamas militant movement, but women and children also died
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Israel set for prolonged Gaza op Israel says it will widen its attacks on Hamas if necessary to stop the militant group firing rockets from the Gaza Strip
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Israel renews air strikes on Gaza Israeli jets have launched new air attacks on the Strip, amid warnings that operations will continue until Hamas ends rocket fire from Gaza
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| Dec.28 |
Gaza |
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Israeli jets target Gaza tunnels | Israel has bombed supply tunnels in the southern Strip in a 2nd day of intense air raids aimed at forcing Hamas militants to halt rocket fire. Israel says its jets bom... | |
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 Calls grow around world for calm in Gaza International pressure is mounting on Israel and the Palestinians to halt violence, with the U.S., U.N., EU calling for an restoration of ca...
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Israel bombs university in Gaza Israeli air force jets have bombed Hamas government offices and the Islamic University in the Strip, a significant cultural symbol for Hamas
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Israeli airstrikes in Gaza enter third day The death toll from a weekend of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza has topped 300. Another 650-plus people have been wounded in the strikes
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| Dec.29 |
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Barak: Israel in 'all-out war' with Hamas | The nation's defense minister: Israel is in 'all-out war' with Hamas. 'We have stretched our hand in peace many times to the Palestinian' | |
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Israel pounds Gaza for fourth day Israeli jets have attacked the Gaza Strip with raids on a number of Hamas government buildings and security installations
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Gaza death toll exceeds 375 Israel bombed a Hamas government compound, leveling at least 3 structures, including the foreign ministry building
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| Dec.30 |
Jerusalem |
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Gaza air campaign 'a first stage' Prime Minister Ehud Olmert: Israel's air assault is 'the first in several stages' of operations aimed at ending militant rocket fire
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Growing calls for Gaza ceasefire| Foreign powers stepped up calls for Israel and the Hamas to end hostilities, after four days of violence | |
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Israel considers truce amid airstrikes Israeli airstrikes on Gaza continued for a fifth day, as the defense minister mulled a truce proposal to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza
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| Dec.31 |
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Israel rejects Gaza truce calls Prime Minister Olmert has rejected international calls for a 48-hour truce in the Strip to allow in more humanitarian aid
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Hamas ready for peace, Russians say Russian Foreign Ministry: The exiled leader of Hamas is ready to stop the fighting with Israel in exchange for an end to the blockade on Gaz...
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UN holds Gaza crisis discussion The Council is meeting to discuss the crisis in the Strip as international calls grow for a halt to the Israeli-Palestinian violence
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