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  • Hamas offers conditional ceasefire

    Hamas and several allied Palestinian factions have announced a conditional, one-week ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, giving Israel seven days to pull out of the territory. The move, following a meeting of the factions in Damascus, comes a day after Israel announced a unilateral ceasefire, ending its 22-day offensive in Gaza which has left at least 1,300.. More

  • Hamas says to fight Israeli soldiers still in Gazan land

    Hamas said on Saturday that it would fight against Israeli soldiers that Olmert said they would still remain in Palestinian territories despite its "unilateral ceasefire" in the Gaza Strip. "A unilateral ceasefire does not mean ending the (Israeli) aggression and ending the siege. These constitute acts of war and so this will not mean.. More

  • European protests call "Life, land, liberty for Palestinians"

    Thousands of people staged on Saturday demonstration in France, Rome and also Egypt, protesting military offensive in the Palestinian Gaza Strip. Some protesters burnt American and Israeli flags at the start of the Paris demonstration, one of several held around the world to protest against the Israeli massacres in Gaza. Thousands also marched through.. More

  • Israel announces Gaza ceasefire

    Ehud Olmert, Israel's prime minister, has announced a unilateral truce in the Gaza Strip. Israel will halt its offensive in Gaza at 0000 GMT on Sunday but troops will remain in the enclave for the time being and will respond to Hamas fire, Olmert said on Saturday. The announcement came after a meeting of Israel's Security Council on Saturday evening.. More

  • Israel shells UN school in Gaza

    Israeli tank shells hit a UN-run school in Gaza, killing at least two people, as war in the Palestinian territory stretched into a 22nd day. Heavy bombardment of so-called Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip - from artillery on the ground and jets overhead - continued on Saturday despite speculation that Israel will wrap up its military operations later.. More

  • Bomber strikes in heart of Kabul

    Three Afghan civilians and two US soldiers have been killed in a suicide bomb attack close to the German embassy and a US military base in the capital of Afghanistan. The US military said at least 12 US troops were among the wounded and that two had succumbed to their injuries after the attack on Saturday morning in Kabul. Vehicles set ablaze.. More

  • Qatar, Mauritania cut Israel ties

    Qatar and Mauritania have suspended economic and political ties with Israel in protest against the war in Gaza, Al Jazeera has learned. The move announced on Friday followed calls by Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, and Khaled Meshaal, the exiled leader of Hamas, for all Arab nations to cut ties with Israel. Addressing leaders at an emergency.. More

  • Syria: 'Cut all ties with Israel'

    Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, has urged all Arab nations to sever diplomatic ties with Israel because of the Gaza war. Addressing leaders at Friday's emergency Arab summit in Doha, the Qatari capital, al-Assad declared that the Arab initiative for peace with Israel was now "dead". Al-Assad said Arab countries should cut "all.. More

  • Fatal shooting at West Bank protest

    A Palestinian has been shot dead and several others wounded after Israeli security forces opened fire during a protest in the West Bank against Israel's war in Gaza. The man died after being shot in the head when clashes broke in the West Bank town of Hebron on Friday, medics and witnesses said. Israeli soldiers had opened fire with live ammunition.. More

  • Israel shells Gaza hospital, UN headquarters

    Israel shelled Al-Quds Hospital and the United Nations headquarters in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, the U.N. and witnesses said. A wing of a hospital in Gaza City caught fire on Thursday after an Israeli strike, witnesses said. The strike occurred near the Al-Quds Hospital in the southwestern neighborhood of Tal Al-Hawa, where hundreds of people.. More

  • Gazans flee advancing Israeli army

    More than 1,050 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip as Israeli ground forces pushed deeper into densely-populated urban areas. Thousands of civilians fled their homes on Thursday as tank shells and missiles exploded causing black smoke to rise above the neighborhoods of Tal al-Hawa, Zeitoun and Shujaiyeh in Gaza City. Battles raged in.. More

  • Guantanamo detainee 'was tortured'

    A Saudi Arabian national held at the US prison facility in Guantanamo Bay was tortured by US military personnel over his alleged involvement in the September 11, 2001 attacks, a senior US official has said. Mohammed al-Qahtani suffered techniques including sustained isolation, sleep deprivation, nudity and prolonged exposure to cold, Susan Crawford,.. More

  • Venezuela breaks off Israel ties

    Venezuela has joined Bolivia in severing ties with Israel in protest against its war in the Gaza Strip, which has left more than 1,000 Palestinians dead. "Venezuela ... has decided to break off diplomatic relations with the state of Israel given the inhumane persecution of the Palestinian people," the foreign ministry said in a statement.. More

  • A short life for Gazan children as Israel claims 1000 lives

    The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip is continuing to climb with Israel keeping up its offensive on the territory for a 19th straight day, pushing deeper into densely populated areas. Diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict meanwhile appeared to make little ground, although Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, arrived in Cairo on Wednesday.. More

  • Bin Laden tape calls for Gaza jihad

    Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaeda, is reported to have issued a video recording calling on Muslims to wage jihad against Israel over its offensive in Gaza. The recording, which was dated to the current month in the Islamic calendar and called "A Call for Jihad to Stop the Aggression against Gaza", was posted on websites on Wednesday. &qu.. More