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| Jan.14 |
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Hamas uses female suicide bomber |
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| Jan.28 |
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Israeli troops kill 8 in raid |
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| Jan.30 |
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Israeli forces kill 3 Palestinian 'terrorists' |
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| Feb.2 |
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Sharon orders Gaza pullout plan Prime Minister said he has given an order to plan for the evacuation of 17 settlements in the Strip
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| Feb.7 |
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Israeli strike kills two, including boy |
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| Feb.9 |
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Court hearing on barrier |
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Qurei calls for action on barrier |
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| Feb.23 |
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Israeli barrier court test begins
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| Feb.28 |
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Israeli missile attack kills 4 |
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| Mar.6 |
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Palestinians killed in border attack |
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| Mar.7 |
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'14 dead' amid heavy fighting |
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| Mar.9 |
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Abu Abbas, Achille Lauro hijacker, dead A head of a Palestinian splinter group, who masterminded the 1985 hijacking, has died in U.S. custody
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| Mar.14 |
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Israeli helicopters attack |
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| Mar.17 |
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Israeli missile strike kills 2 in Rafah |
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| Mar.21 |
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Hamas founder killed in Israeli airstrike| Sheikh Ahmed Yassin was killed as he was leaving a mosque. 6 others were killed in the strike | |
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| Mar.22 |
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Huge crowds mourn Hamas leader
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| Mar.23 |
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High alert for reprisals |
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Hamas names interim leader |
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| Mar.28 |
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Hamas chief attacks 'enemy Bush' |
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| Apr.12 |
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Israeli troops kill 3 Palestinian gunmen |
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Sharon to retain West Bank grip |
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| Apr.17 |
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Hamas leader killed in Israeli airstrike Abdel Aziz Rantisi was killed Saturday in Gaza City by an Israeli missile. The helicopter strike also killing 2 others
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Anger at killing of Hamas leader |
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| Apr.18 |
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Fury as Gaza buries Hamas leader
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Hamas taps secret leader |
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| Apr.23 |
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Sharon: Arafat pledge is off
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| May.1 |
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Likud votes on Gaza pullout plan |
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| May.2 |
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Gunmen killed pregnant and 4 children Israeli helicopters have fired missiles into Gaza City hours after Palestinian gunmen killed a Jewish family
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Likud voted against withdrawal from Gaza Prime minister's plan fails to win party support. Sharon has said failure could lead to new elections
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| May.3 |
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2 dead in attack |
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| May.4 |
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Quartet tells Israel to quit Gaza
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| May.8 |
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Bush: Delay for Palestinian state
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| May.11 |
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6 Israeli troops die in blast An armoured personnel carrier was blown up during a Gaza City raid. A helicopter fired a missile at a Palestinian car
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| May.12 |
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23 Palestinians killed in two days |
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| May.13 |
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Israeli air strikes hammer Gaza |
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| May.15 |
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Israel hits militant targets |
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Israelis call for Gaza withdrawal Tens of thousands have attended a rally to show support for Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's pullout plan
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Court approves Gaza demolitions
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| May.16 |
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Israel 'to step up demolitions'
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Powell chides Arafat's terror talk |
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| May.18 |
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Israelis sweep through Rafah camp |
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Rafah residents 'living in hell' |
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| May.19 |
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Palestinians: 9 die in airstrike
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Israel rebuked over Gaza killings The Security Council by 14-0 vote has adopted a resolution condemning Israel's killing of civilians
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| May.20 |
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Israel presses on despite outcry
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Refugee camp hit with Israeli rocket fire |
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| May.23 |
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Army lifts siege on district |
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| May.24 |
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IDF forces out of Rafah camp
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| May.29 |
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Hamas leader killed in helicopter strike |
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| Jun.26 |
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Influential militant, 5 others killed |
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| Jun.27 |
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Explosion hits Israeli army post
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| Jun.28 |
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Gaza rockets kill 2 in Israel
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| Jun.29 |
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Court orders barrier shift
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| Jul.5 |
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Israeli Forces Launch Anti-Arms Raid |
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5 dead in violence |
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| Jul.9 |
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U.N.: Israel barrier 'violates law' The U.N.'s highest judicial authority has decided Israel's planned 425-mile-long barrier in the West Bank must be dismantled
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| Jul.16 |
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State of emergency declared |
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| Jul.17 |
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Arafat rejected government resignation
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Marchers spurn Arafat reform |
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| Jul.18 |
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Storm over new security boss |
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Militants protest Arafat security shakeup Members of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades burned down offices of the Palestinian intelligence services in southern Gaza
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| Jul.19 |
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Palestinian prime minister: Gaza in 'chaos' |
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| Jul.20 |
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U.N. votes against West Bank barrier The General Assembly voted 150-6 to call on Israel to dismantle a barrier that would seal off the West Bank
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| Jul.25 |
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Human chain protest at Gaza plan Tens of thousands of Israelis to form a human chain to protest against the government's plan to withdraw from Gaza
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| Aug.17 |
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Israel targets Hamas in strike |
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| Sep.12 |
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Settlers protest Israeli withdrawal plan
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| Sep.26 |
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Hamas leader killed
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| Sep.29 |
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Rocket kills two Israeli children
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| Sep.30 |
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Fighting kills at least 22 |
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| Oct.2 |
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Death toll rises to 16 |
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Israelis secure Gaza buffer zone
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| Oct.3 |
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3 Israeli attacks killed 6 Palestinians
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Sharon vows to end rocket strikes |
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Annan condemns Gaza offensive |
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| Oct.4 |
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Palestinians: 8 killed |
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| Oct.5 |
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Meeting under way |
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| Oct.6 |
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Explosions rocked Gaza |
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| Oct.12 |
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Girl, 10, shot as she sat in her class |
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| Oct.14 |
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Settlers march against Gaza plan |
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| Oct.15 |
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Israeli troops pull back Soldiers finished pulling back from positions in refugee camps and cities in northern Gaza, the first day of the Ramadan
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| Oct.17 |
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Sharon refused to bow settlers' demands |
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| Oct.21 |
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Israeli airstrike kills top Hamas leader
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| Oct.25 |
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Major Israeli incursion |
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| Oct.26 |
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Parliament OKs Sharon's withdrawal plan| Knesset has backed the plan to pull troops and settlements out of Gaza and part of the West Bank by 67 for, 45 against | |
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| Oct.27 |
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Sharon resists Gaza referendum |
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Officials deny Arafat's condition critical |
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Doctors watch over Yasser Arafat Palestinian leader has spent the night watched over by medical teams and aides after serious concerns for his health
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| Oct.28 |
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Ailing Arafat gets Israel pledge |
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Arafat to get treatment in France |
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| Oct.29 |
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Ailing Arafat arrives in Paris| A helicopter carrying Palestinian leader landed after leaving his West Bank compound for the first time in 3 years | |
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| Oct.30 |
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Questions swirl around Arafat's health
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Arafat's illness not fatal - aide |
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| Nov.3 |
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Arafat's health 'suffers setback' |
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| Nov.4 |
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Arafat 'in critical condition' Palestinian leader is at a Paris military hospital after drifting in and out of consciousness throughout the night
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Arafat 'alive but gravely ill' |
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| Nov.5 |
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Arafat on life support
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Arafat 'stable' - French doctors
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Arafat remains in critical state |
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Airstrike kills 3 Palestinians |
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| Nov.6 |
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Palestinians ponder end to Arafat era
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| Nov.8 |
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Arafat visit to go ahead |
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Palestinian leaders in Paris to visit Arafat |
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| Nov.9 |
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Palestinian PM visits Arafat |
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Aide: Arafat suffers brain hemorrhage
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| Nov.10 |
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Palestinians plan Arafat funeral |
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Israel agrees Arafat burial plans |
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'Final hours' for Yasser Arafat |
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Arafat died The veteran Palestinian leader has died in a Paris hospital. There is no clear line of succession
| Yasser Arafat led Palestinian struggle for more than 40 years. He had been in a coma since November 3 and suffered a brain hemorrhage
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| Nov.11 |
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Arafat's body arrives in Egypt The body, together with Arafat's widow, Suha Tawil, was flown from a French military air base to Cairo
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| Nov.12 |
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Chaos as Arafat is buried| Amid chaotic and highly emotional scenes, Palestinian leader has been buried at the Ramallah compound | |
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| Nov.13 |
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Palestinians call for peace talks |
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Somber mood over Arafat grave |
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| Nov.14 |
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Abbas unharmed in shooting spree The militants have burst into a mourning tent for Arafat, firing shots in protest at the presence of his potential successor
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| Nov.17 |
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Israeli forces kill Egypt troops Israeli forces have killed 3 Egyptian soldiers after mistaking them for Palestinian militants trying to cross into the Strip
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| Nov.22 |
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Arafat nephew: No poison found |
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| Nov.24 |
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EU chief holds secret Hamas talks |
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| Dec.12 |
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Barghouthi Drops Out
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| Dec.14 |
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Abbas calls for end to violence |
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| Dec.17 |
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Operation launched to end rocket attacks |
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| Dec.24 |
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Vanunu held over Bethlehem trip |
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|
| 2004 |
|
| Jan.28 |
Israeli troops kill 8 in raid |
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| Jan.30 |
Israeli forces kill 3 Palestinian 'terrorists' |
|
| Feb.2 |
Sharon orders Gaza pullout plan Prime Minister said he has given an order to plan for the evacuation of 17 settlements in the Strip
|
| Feb.7 |
Israeli strike kills two, including boy |
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| Feb.28 |
Israeli missile attack kills 4 |
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| Mar.6 |
Palestinians killed in border attack |
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| Mar.7 |
'14 dead' amid heavy fighting |
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| Mar.14 |
Israeli helicopters attack |
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| Mar.17 |
Israeli missile strike kills 2 in Rafah |
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| Mar.21 |
Hamas founder killed in Israeli airstrike| Sheikh Ahmed Yassin was killed as he was leaving a mosque. 6 others were killed in the strike | |
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| Mar.23 |
High alert for reprisals |
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| Apr.12 |
Israeli troops kill 3 Palestinian gunmen |
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| Apr.17 |
Hamas leader killed in Israeli airstrike Abdel Aziz Rantisi was killed Saturday in Gaza City by an Israeli missile. The helicopter strike also killing 2 others
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| May.2 |
Gunmen killed pregnant and 4 children Israeli helicopters have fired missiles into Gaza City hours after Palestinian gunmen killed a Jewish family
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| May.3 |
2 dead in attack |
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| May.11 |
6 Israeli troops die in blast An armoured personnel carrier was blown up during a Gaza City raid. A helicopter fired a missile at a Palestinian car
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| May.12 |
23 Palestinians killed in two days |
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| May.13 |
Israeli air strikes hammer Gaza |
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| May.15 |
Israel hits militant targets |
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| May.15 |
Israelis call for Gaza withdrawal Tens of thousands have attended a rally to show support for Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's pullout plan
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| May.16 |
Israel 'to step up demolitions'
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| May.18 |
Israelis sweep through Rafah camp |
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| May.19 |
Palestinians: 9 die in airstrike
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| May.20 |
Israel presses on despite outcry
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| May.20 |
Refugee camp hit with Israeli rocket fire |
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| May.23 |
Army lifts siege on district |
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| May.24 |
IDF forces out of Rafah camp
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| May.29 |
Hamas leader killed in helicopter strike |
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| Jun.26 |
Influential militant, 5 others killed |
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| Jun.27 |
Explosion hits Israeli army post
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| Jul.5 |
Israeli Forces Launch Anti-Arms Raid |
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| Jul.5 |
5 dead in violence |
|
| Jul.18 |
Militants protest Arafat security shakeup Members of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades burned down offices of the Palestinian intelligence services in southern Gaza
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| Aug.17 |
Israel targets Hamas in strike |
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| Sep.29 |
Rocket kills two Israeli children
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| Sep.30 |
Fighting kills at least 22 |
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| Oct.2 |
Death toll rises to 16 |
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| Oct.2 |
Israelis secure Gaza buffer zone
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| Oct.3 |
3 Israeli attacks killed 6 Palestinians
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| Oct.3 |
Sharon vows to end rocket strikes |
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| Oct.3 |
Annan condemns Gaza offensive |
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| Oct.4 |
Palestinians: 8 killed |
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| Oct.5 |
Meeting under way |
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| Oct.6 |
Explosions rocked Gaza |
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| Oct.12 |
Girl, 10, shot as she sat in her class |
|
| Oct.15 |
Israeli troops pull back Soldiers finished pulling back from positions in refugee camps and cities in northern Gaza, the first day of the Ramadan
|
| Oct.21 |
Israeli airstrike kills top Hamas leader
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| Oct.25 |
Major Israeli incursion |
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| Nov.5 |
Airstrike kills 3 Palestinians |
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| Nov.13 |
Palestinians call for peace talks |
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| Nov.17 |
Israeli forces kill Egypt troops Israeli forces have killed 3 Egyptian soldiers after mistaking them for Palestinian militants trying to cross into the Strip
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| Dec.14 |
Abbas calls for end to violence |
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| Dec.17 |
Operation launched to end rocket attacks |
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|
| 2004 |
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| Oct.27 |
Doctors watch over Yasser Arafat Palestinian leader has spent the night watched over by medical teams and aides after serious concerns for his health
|
|
| 2004 |
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| Jan.14 |
Hamas uses female suicide bomber |
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| Mar.9 |
Abu Abbas, Achille Lauro hijacker, dead A head of a Palestinian splinter group, who masterminded the 1985 hijacking, has died in U.S. custody
|
| Mar.23 |
Hamas names interim leader |
|
| Apr.18 |
Hamas taps secret leader |
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| May.2 |
Gunmen killed pregnant and 4 children Israeli helicopters have fired missiles into Gaza City hours after Palestinian gunmen killed a Jewish family
|
| Jun.28 |
Gaza rockets kill 2 in Israel
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| Sep.26 |
Hamas leader killed
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| Sep.29 |
Rocket kills two Israeli children
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| Nov.14 |
Abbas unharmed in shooting spree The militants have burst into a mourning tent for Arafat, firing shots in protest at the presence of his potential successor
|
| Dec.24 |
Vanunu held over Bethlehem trip |
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|
| 2004 |
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| Feb.2 |
Sharon orders Gaza pullout plan Prime Minister said he has given an order to plan for the evacuation of 17 settlements in the Strip
|
| Feb.9 |
Court hearing on barrier |
|
| Feb.9 |
Qurei calls for action on barrier |
|
| Feb.23 |
Israeli barrier court test begins
|
| Mar.22 |
Huge crowds mourn Hamas leader
|
| Mar.28 |
Hamas chief attacks 'enemy Bush' |
|
| Apr.12 |
Sharon to retain West Bank grip |
|
| Apr.17 |
Anger at killing of Hamas leader |
|
| Apr.18 |
Fury as Gaza buries Hamas leader
|
| Apr.18 |
Hamas taps secret leader |
|
| Apr.23 |
Sharon: Arafat pledge is off
|
| May.1 |
Likud votes on Gaza pullout plan |
|
| May.2 |
Likud voted against withdrawal from Gaza Prime minister's plan fails to win party support. Sharon has said failure could lead to new elections
|
| May.4 |
Quartet tells Israel to quit Gaza
|
| May.8 |
Bush: Delay for Palestinian state
|
| May.15 |
Israelis call for Gaza withdrawal Tens of thousands have attended a rally to show support for Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's pullout plan
|
| May.15 |
Court approves Gaza demolitions
|
| May.16 |
Israel 'to step up demolitions'
|
| May.16 |
Powell chides Arafat's terror talk |
|
| May.18 |
Rafah residents 'living in hell' |
|
| May.19 |
Israel rebuked over Gaza killings The Security Council by 14-0 vote has adopted a resolution condemning Israel's killing of civilians
|
| Jun.29 |
Court orders barrier shift
|
| Jul.9 |
U.N.: Israel barrier 'violates law' The U.N.'s highest judicial authority has decided Israel's planned 425-mile-long barrier in the West Bank must be dismantled
|
| Jul.16 |
State of emergency declared |
|
| Jul.17 |
Arafat rejected government resignation
|
| Jul.17 |
Marchers spurn Arafat reform |
|
| Jul.18 |
Storm over new security boss |
|
| Jul.18 |
Militants protest Arafat security shakeup Members of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades burned down offices of the Palestinian intelligence services in southern Gaza
|
| Jul.19 |
Palestinian prime minister: Gaza in 'chaos' |
|
| Jul.20 |
U.N. votes against West Bank barrier The General Assembly voted 150-6 to call on Israel to dismantle a barrier that would seal off the West Bank
|
| Jul.25 |
Human chain protest at Gaza plan Tens of thousands of Israelis to form a human chain to protest against the government's plan to withdraw from Gaza
|
| Sep.12 |
Settlers protest Israeli withdrawal plan
|
| Oct.3 |
Sharon vows to end rocket strikes |
|
| Oct.3 |
Annan condemns Gaza offensive |
|
| Oct.5 |
Meeting under way |
|
| Oct.14 |
Settlers march against Gaza plan |
|
| Oct.17 |
Sharon refused to bow settlers' demands |
|
| Oct.26 |
Parliament OKs Sharon's withdrawal plan| Knesset has backed the plan to pull troops and settlements out of Gaza and part of the West Bank by 67 for, 45 against | |
|
| Oct.27 |
Sharon resists Gaza referendum |
|
| Oct.27 |
Officials deny Arafat's condition critical |
|
| Oct.28 |
Ailing Arafat gets Israel pledge |
|
| Oct.28 |
Arafat to get treatment in France |
|
| Oct.29 |
Ailing Arafat arrives in Paris| A helicopter carrying Palestinian leader landed after leaving his West Bank compound for the first time in 3 years | |
|
| Oct.30 |
Questions swirl around Arafat's health
|
| Oct.30 |
Arafat's illness not fatal - aide |
|
| Nov.3 |
Arafat's health 'suffers setback' |
|
| Nov.4 |
Arafat 'in critical condition' Palestinian leader is at a Paris military hospital after drifting in and out of consciousness throughout the night
|
| Nov.4 |
Arafat 'alive but gravely ill' |
|
| Nov.5 |
Arafat on life support
|
| Nov.5 |
Arafat 'stable' - French doctors
|
| Nov.5 |
Arafat remains in critical state |
|
| Nov.6 |
Palestinians ponder end to Arafat era
|
| Nov.8 |
Arafat visit to go ahead |
|
| Nov.8 |
Palestinian leaders in Paris to visit Arafat |
|
| Nov.9 |
Palestinian PM visits Arafat |
|
| Nov.9 |
Aide: Arafat suffers brain hemorrhage
|
| Nov.10 |
Palestinians plan Arafat funeral |
|
| Nov.10 |
Israel agrees Arafat burial plans |
|
| Nov.10 |
'Final hours' for Yasser Arafat |
|
| Nov.10 |
Arafat died The veteran Palestinian leader has died in a Paris hospital. There is no clear line of succession
| Yasser Arafat led Palestinian struggle for more than 40 years. He had been in a coma since November 3 and suffered a brain hemorrhage
|
| |
|
| Nov.11 |
Arafat's body arrives in Egypt The body, together with Arafat's widow, Suha Tawil, was flown from a French military air base to Cairo
|
| Nov.12 |
Chaos as Arafat is buried| Amid chaotic and highly emotional scenes, Palestinian leader has been buried at the Ramallah compound | |
|
| Nov.13 |
Palestinians call for peace talks |
|
| Nov.13 |
Somber mood over Arafat grave |
|
| Nov.22 |
Arafat nephew: No poison found |
|
| Nov.24 |
EU chief holds secret Hamas talks |
|
| Dec.12 |
Barghouthi Drops Out
|
| Dec.14 |
Abbas calls for end to violence |
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