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  • Israel Expands Offensive, Moving Into Central Gaza Open this result in new window
    New York Times - 31 minutes ago
    With scores of tanks, armored personnel carriers, armored bulldozers and Apache attack helicopters, Israel crossed into central Gaza near Kissufim.

  • Israel expands Gaza offensive Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 15 minutes ago
    Israeli tanks swept into the central Gaza Strip on Wednesday and an air raid targeting top Hamas commanders killed six Palestinians as Israel broadened a two-week-old offensive.

  • Israel not doing enough to ease Gaza conditions: UN Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 11 12:52 PM
    U.N. aid agencies told Israel on Tuesday it was not doing enough to ease a threatened humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, Western diplomats said.

  • Israel batters Gaza as death toll hits 52 Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 11 9:35 AM
    Israel has battered the Gaza Strip with new air strikes as troops stood poised to launch further incursions in a deadly offensive that has killed more than 50 Palestinians in a week.

  • Israel hits Gaza with new strikes Open this result in new window
    CNN.com - Jul 11 6:25 AM
    An Israeli airstrike killed another Palestinian militant Tuesday as neither Israel nor Hamas appeared ready to back down in their nearly 2-week-old standoff.

  • Israel batters Gaza with air strikes, death toll hits 52 Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 11 5:30 AM
    Israel has battered the Gaza Strip with fresh air strikes as troops stood poised to launch more incursions in a deadly offensive that has killed more than 50 Palestinians in a week.

  • Israel batters Gaza with more air strikes, death toll tops 50 Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 11 3:11 AM
    Israel battered the Gaza Strip with more air strikes as the government gave the green light to intensify the offensive that has killed more than 50 Palestinians in a week.

  • Israel pressed to allow Gaza aid Open this result in new window
    BBC News - Jul 11 11:00 AM
    Human rights groups appeal to the High Court to force Israel to allow essential supplies into the Gaza Strip.

  • Israel's tanks roll into southern Gaza Open this result in new window
    San Diego Union-Tribune - 5 minutes ago
    GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip, 6:39 p.m. July 11 (AP): An Israeli airstrike targeted the home of an Hamas activist in northern Gaza early Wednesday and killed seven people, officials and residents said, while Israel expanded a two-week offensive in the region with an incursion further south.

  • Israel pushes on with Gaza assault, death toll hits 50 Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 11 1:39 AM
    Israel struck the Gaza Strip with fresh air strikes after the government agreed to intensify a military offensive on the territory that has killed 50 Palestinians in two weeks.

  • Alan Dershowitz: The Anti-Israel Double Standard Watch by Alan M. Dershowitz Open this result in new window
    HuffingtonPost - Jul 11 10:02 AM
    Yet another example of the double standard directed against the Middle East's only democracy--Israel. Every time Israel kills a terrorist who has murdered Israeli civilians the international community and America's hard left goes crazy, condemning, boycotting, and divesting from the Jewish state. But it totally ignores the indistinguishable actions of other nations. Yesterday, Russia targeted

  • Israel expands Gaza offensive Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Jul 11 6:35 PM
    Israeli tanks swept into the central Gaza Strip and an air raid targeting Hamas militants killed five Palestinians, three of them children, on Wednesday as Israel expanded a two-week-old offensive.

  • Victor Davis Hanson: Whats behind the dislike of Israel? Open this result in new window
    New Hampshire Union Leader - 40 minutes ago
    SINCE ISRAELI settlers withdrew from Gaza in 2005, Palestinian terrorists have replied by consistently shooting homemade Qassam rockets at civilian targets inside Israel. Just recently, theyve kidnapped a soldier and a hitchhiker (who has been killed) and promised to do the same to others.

  • Israel's tanks roll into southern Gaza; blast at Hamas activist's home kills 7 Open this result in new window
    9 News Denver - 1 hour, 59 minutes ago
    GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - An Israeli air strike targeted the home of an Hamas activist in northern Gaza early Wednesday and killed seven people, officials and residents said, while Israel expanded a two-week offensive in the region with an incursion further south.

  • The Current State of Israel Open this result in new window
    Newsweek - Jul 11 6:10 AM
    A visit to Israel illustrates the harsh realities of the Palestinian conflict--and refutes some assumptions about this troubled land.

  • Israel launches three airstrikes on Gaza Strip Open this result in new window
    People's Daily - Jul 11 6:40 PM
    Israel launched Tuesday night three airstrikes on targets in northern and central Gaza Strip, wounding one militant, security sources and witnesses said.

  • "Israel backers risk 'explosion of Muslim anger" Open this result in new window
    IranMania.com - 2 hours, 14 minutes ago
    LONDON, July 12 (IranMania) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned Tuesday that Western powers that support the Islamic republic's arch-enemy Israel could soon be hit by a "explosion" of Muslim anger, AFP reported.

  • Israel kills at least three in double air raid in Gaza Strip Open this result in new window
    TODAYonline - Jul 11 5:47 PM
    Israeli army mobile artillery unit fires 155mm shell towards the northern Gaza Strip, 10 July 2006, at a military staging are near Kibbutz Nahal Oz in southern Israel.

  • Israel Bars Arab-Americans From Visiting West Bank, Gaza Strip Open this result in new window
    Arab News - Jul 11 4:13 PM
    WASHINGTON, 12 July 2006 For the first time since Israel captured the West Bank and Gaza Strip in 1967, the Zionist state has begun a policy of preventing Palestinians with foreign citizenship mostly Americans from entering Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

  • Hamas Using American Press to Bash Israel, US Open this result in new window
    Crosswalk.com - Jul 11 9:33 AM
    Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh is using a platform provided by the Washington Post to spread anti-Israel propaganda to the American public, Israeli analysts said.

  • Koizumi in Israel on Mideast trip ahead of G-8 summit in Russia Open this result in new window
    Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News - Jul 11 9:57 AM
    _ Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi arrived in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Tuesday on the first leg of his five-day visit to the Middle East before attending an annual meeting of the Group of Eight leaders, scheduled this year in St.

  • Rejecting criticism, Israel vows to press forward with Gaza offensive Open this result in new window
    WHO-TV Des Moines - Jul 11 2:52 PM
    JERUSALEM Israel says it won't let up on attacks in the Gaza Strip until Palestinian militants release a captured Israeli soldier and stop their rocket attacks.

  • Israel, Hamas stick to hard line in standoff over prisoner swap / Despite rumors of talks, leaders give no ground in  Open this result in new window
    San Francisco Chronicle - Jul 11 3:47 AM
    In dueling news conferences, the exiled political leader of the militant group Hamas said Monday that Israel's captured soldier would not be freed without the release of Palestinian prisoners, and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ruled out any negotiations...

  • Trip to Israel opens eyes of young American Jews Open this result in new window
    News Transcript - Jul 11 4:43 PM
    MARLBORO - Evan Meyerberg had a definite perspective about Israel after he visited the Mideast nation for the first time as part of the Birthright Israel program.

  • Israel seals Gaza settlements, evacuations loom Open this result in new window
    Tiscali - Jul 11 4:13 PM
    KISSUFIM CROSSING, Israel (Reuters) - Israel set its Gaza pullout into motion on Monday, blocking access to Jewish settlements in the occupied territory and giving settlers a 48-hour deadline to leave or be removed.

  • Israel strikes Gaza from the air, prepares to broaden invasion Open this result in new window
    The Daily Star Lebannon - Jul 11 12:37 PM
    Israel battered the Gaza Strip with new air strikes Tuesday as troops stood poised to launch further incursions as part of an offensive Palestinian Premier Ismail Haniyya said would only ensure Israelis had no peace. On the ground, two Palestinians, including a toddler, died on Tuesday while stranded in oppressive summer heat.

  • Israel expands in Gaza; 5 killed in blast Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Jul 11 5:52 PM
    Israeli tanks moved into southern Gaza in a new phase of a two-week offensive early Wednesday, and at least five people died when an explosion destroyed a Hamas activist's home in northern Gaza, residents and hospital officials said.

  • Satire: Pentagon Announces Final Destruction Of Israel To Commence January 1, 2021 Open this result in new window
    Blogcritics.org - Jul 11 3:50 PM
    Dateline: October, 29th 2020-United ElectronicTextSatelite Information Services President Nailler announced to an extraordinary session of the United Nations today that the U.S. Air Force and Army, in conjunction with the Israeli, Egyptian, Iraqi, British and Syrian armed forces will completely wipe away all trace of the existence of Israel on a day dubbed Gods Peace Day. With the near

  • Israel pushes into central Gaza Strip Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 11 5:25 PM
    Israeli tanks and troops poured into the central Gaza Strip on Wednesday, expanding a two-week-old offensive aimed at recovering a captured soldier and stopping rocket attacks by Palestinian militants.

  • Hamas leader calls on Israel to make prisoner exchange Open this result in new window
    International Herald Tribune - Jul 10 9:30 AM
    The political leader of Hamas, Khaled Mashal, insisted Monday that Israel must free Palestinian prisoners to win the release of an Israeli soldier captured by Hamas-linked Palestinian militants.

  • Israel, Hamas At Odds Over Prisoners Open this result in new window
    CBS News - Jul 10 8:24 PM
    Hamas' leader says a prisoner swap is the only way to defuse the crisis. Israel's rules it out. The Israeli Prime Minister also is defended the Gaza offensive and said he remains "absolutely determined" to proceed with Israel's West Bank withdrawal.

  • Israel prepares to expand Gaza offensive Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Jul 11 3:14 PM
    Israeli leaders ordered the army Tuesday to expand an offensive in the Gaza Strip, moving into areas of the territory they have not yet entered in its two-week operation to win the release of a captured soldier and halt Palestinian rocket fire, security officials said.

  • Israel pushes into central Gaza Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 11 3:37 PM
    Israeli tanks and troops pushed into the central Gaza Strip on Wednesday, expanding a two-week-old offensive aimed at recovering a captured soldier and stopping rocket attacks by Palestinian militants.

  • Israel batters Gaza with airstrikes, death toll hits 52 Open this result in new window
    Middle East Times - Jul 11 6:56 AM
    GAZA CITY, Gaza -- Israel battered the Gaza Strip with fresh airstrikes on Tuesday as troops stood poised to launch more incursions in a deadly offensive that has killed more than 50 Palestinians in a week.

  • South African Cosatu: Cut Ties with Israel Open this result in new window
    Palestine News Agency - Jul 11 1:02 PM
    JOHANNESBURG, July 11, 2006 (WAFA) - An alliance of nongovernmental bodies, including the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), has called on the South African government to end diplomatic relations with Israel in an attempt to force a tougher stance on it.

  • Israel keeps up Gaza attacks, Hamas threatens Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 11 1:36 PM
    Israeli air strikes killed a militant and wounded several gunmen and civilians in Gaza on Tuesday in an offensive Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said would only ensure Israelis have no peace.

  • Palestinians call for truce; Israel wants soldier freed Open this result in new window
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Jul 11 3:04 AM
    GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- The head of the Hamas-led Palestinian government called Saturday for a truce in the Israeli offensive in Gaza, but Israel demanded that Hamas first free a captured Israeli soldier and halt rocket attacks on its southern towns.

  • Israel intensifies Gaza action Open this result in new window
    Aljazeera - Jul 11 4:57 AM
    Israel has begun fresh air strikes in the Gaza Strip after pledging to intensify its military offensive on the territory that has killed 51 Palestinians in two weeks.

  • HWC: International Community should Press Israel Terminate its Measures against Palestinians in Gaza Strip Open this result in new window
    Palestine News Agency - Jul 11 11:02 AM
    JERUSALEM, July 11, 2006 (WAFA) - The Health Work Committees (HWC) called upon the international community to exert pressure on Israel so that it immediately terminates its measures against hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

  • Israel Plans to Broaden Operation in Gaza Open this result in new window
    New York Times - Jul 11 11:28 AM
    The Israeli government today gave the armed forces the authority to broaden operations in the territory.

  • Israel anger over Polish minister Open this result in new window
    BBC News - Jul 10 1:25 PM
    Israel will have no official contact with Poland's new education minister, accusing his party of anti-Semitism.

  • South Africa: Cut Ties With Israel, Says Cosatu Open this result in new window
    AllAfrica.com - Jul 11 6:55 AM
    AN ALLIANCE of nongovernmental bodies, including the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), has called on government to end diplomatic relations with Israel in an attempt to force a tougher stance on the Jewish state.

  • The Israel enigma Open this result in new window
    Jewish World Review - Jul 10 11:07 PM
    http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | What explains most of the world's dislike of Israel? Since Israeli settlers withdrew from Gaza in 2005, Palestinian terrorists have replied by consistently shooting homemade Qassam rockets at civilian targets inside Israel.

  • Israel pounds Gaza as death toll hits 43 Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 10 3:00 AM
    Israel has pounded the Gaza Strip with fresh air strikes as Prime Minister Ehud Olmert defended the deadly military offensive in the face of international criticism.

  • U.S. EXPANDS MISSILE DEFENSE DIALOGUE WITH ISRAEL Open this result in new window
    Middle East Newsline - Jul 11 5:28 AM
    WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The Bush administration has expanded efforts for missile defense cooperation with Israel, a report said. A report by several leading national security think tanks asserted that the United States has sought to expand missile defense cooperation with Israel to include Turkey.

  • Koizumi leaves for Israel, Palestinian areas before attending G8 summit(Updated 04:08 p.m.) Open this result in new window
    Chinapost.com.tw - Jul 11 1:24 AM
    Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi departed Tuesday on a trip to the Middle East where he is expected to urge Israel and the Palestinians to engage in dialogue to resolve their conflict.

  • Israel rejects ceasefire offer Open this result in new window
    ITV.com - Jul 11 3:17 AM
    Israel has rejected a ceasefire offer from Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas after 11 days of fierce fighting in Gaza. The country said militant must first release a captured soldier and halt rocket attacks.

  • Israel kills at least four in double air raid in Gaza Strip Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 11 5:56 PM
    Israeli aircraft carried out a double raid against the Gaza Strip, killing at least four people and wounding around 30, a Palestinian security official said.

  • Israel kills at least three in double air raid in Gaza Strip Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 11 5:45 PM
    Israeli aircraft carried out a double raid against the Gaza Strip, killing at least three people, a Palestinian security official said.

  • Israel keeps up Gaza attacks Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 11 5:53 AM
    Israeli air strikes killed a militant and wounded several gunmen and civilians in Gaza on Tuesday as part of an offensive that Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said would only ensure Israelis had no peace.

  • Sheldon Drobny: Part III of My Trilogy-The Solution for Israel and Palestine Open this result in new window
    HuffingtonPost - Jul 10 10:02 AM
    One of the benefits of being a contributor to the Huffington Post is that I do not have to please my readers. I have complete independence as to the subjects I write about and I can post without any editorial approval. My last 2 posts had to do with the historical perspective of the issues that have created the present hostilities. Many of the readers have accused me of calling critics of Israel

  • Syrians rally to back Palestinians against Israel Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 11 7:00 AM
    Syrian students and trade unionists have demonstrated in the northern city of Aleppo in support of Palestinians facing "Israeli aggression".

  • Israel Vows To Push Gaza Offensive Open this result in new window
    CBS News - Jul 10 9:54 AM
    As Israel's 12-day-old operation has caused widespread destruction in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said he would push ahead with the army's offensive, and promised fight to free an abducted soldier would last for a "long time."

  • Boycott apartheid Israel, says Cosatu Open this result in new window
    Cape Argus - Jul 11 5:12 AM
    The apartheid Israel state is worse than the apartheid that was conducted in South Africa, Cosatu president Willie Madisha said yesterday.

  • Israel, Hamas leaders at impasse over soldier Open this result in new window
    Seattle Times - Jul 11 12:15 AM
    Khaled Mashaal, the exiled political leader of Hamas, and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel staked out sharply opposing positions Monday...

  • 41 dead as Israel presses on with Gaza assault Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 09 9:26 PM
    Israel pounded Gaza with fresh air strikes as Prime Minister Ehud Olmert vowed the massive operation will go on -- despite so far failing to win the release of a soldier seized two weeks ago.

  • Israeli warplanes kill 6 in Hamas house Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 8 minutes ago
    Israeli warplanes killed six people in an attack early Wednesday on a Gaza City meeting of Hamas commanders, Israelis and Palestinians said, while Israel's military expanded an offensive in the region with an incursion in the southern Gaza Strip.

  • Israel Vows to Fight Until Soldier's Release, and Palestinians Mourn Their Dead Open this result in new window
    New York Times - Jul 09 8:31 PM
    Israel plans to continue its Gaza Strip offensive until militants both release a captured Israeli soldier and halt their rocket attacks.

  • Minister: Israel may release prisoners if soldier freed Open this result in new window
    Mail and Guardian - Jul 11 12:31 AM
    Israel could be prepared to free some Palestinian prisoners if militants first release a soldier they seized last month, Interior Minister Roni Bar-On said on Monday.

  • FM Livni: Israel needs to protect security interests Open this result in new window
    Haaretz Daily - Jul 10 11:46 PM
    Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told the Knesset on Monday that Israel needs to protect its security interests during the convergence, and warned against a hasty unilateral withdrawal from the West Bank.

  • Israeli air strike kills 5 in Hamas house Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 51 minutes ago
    Israeli warplanes killed five people in an attack early Wednesday on a Gaza City meeting of Hamas commanders, Israelis and Palestinians said, while Israel's military expanded an offensive in the region with an incursion in the southern Gaza Strip.

  • Israel says it will step up incursion Open this result in new window
    Cape Argus - Jul 11 2:41 AM
    Israeli leaders approved a new phase of their Gaza offensive, Israel Radio has reported, after the Israeli premier and Hamas leader showed no flexibility towards ending a bloody 13-day confrontation over a captured Israeli soldier held by Palestinian militants.

  • Olmert Says Israel Isn't Seeking to Topple Hamas Rule (Update2) Open this result in new window
    Bloomberg.com - Jul 10 5:34 AM
    July 10 (Bloomberg) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Israel's Gaza incursion, now in its 13th day, isn't aimed at bringing down the Palestinian Authority's Hamas-led government.

  • Ahmadinejad: Expect an "Explosion of Anger" Against Israel Open this result in new window
    Israel National News - Jul 11 2:27 AM
    (IsraelNN.com) The Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned Tuesday that Israel would soon face an explosion of anger in the Muslim world. Ahmadinejad said that this explosion would affect not just Israel but the entire western world.

  • Israeli president in spiraling sex scandal Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Jul 11 5:57 PM
    Israel's president is being dogged by allegations of sexual harassment in a spiraling scandal that has pushed the country's violent standoff with Hamas off the front pages.

  • Israel signs double taxation treaty with Moldova Open this result in new window
    Moldova.org - Jul 10 10:21 PM
    Israel and Moldova have signed an agreement for the prevention of double taxation, which will come into force in 2007. Minister of Finance Abraham Hirchson said, The treaty was signed as part of the extension Israels tax charter network, and the removal of tax barriers that harm international trade and investment in Israel. The treaty is based on the OECD model. Tax on royalties and interest

  • Once Again, Gazans Are Displaced by Israeli Occupiers Open this result in new window
    New York Times - Jul 11 6:28 PM
    Residents of the Gaza Strip, urged by Israel to flee their homes to avoid fighting, are filling refugee camps.

  • Exiled Hamas Chief Demands Israel Prisoner Trade Open this result in new window
    Voice of America - Jul 10 2:05 PM
    The exiled political leader of Hamas is demanding that Israel release Palestinian prisoners to win freedom for a captured Israeli soldier. Khaled Meshaal spoke at a rare news conference under tight security in Damascus.

  • Apartheid SA better than Israel Open this result in new window
    Daily Dispatch - Jul 11 1:18 AM
    THE apartheid Israel state is worse than the apartheid that was conducted in South Africa, Congress of SA Trade Unions president Willie Madisha said yesterday.

  • Hamas says prisoner swap only option for Israel Open this result in new window
    The Star Online - Jul 10 3:52 PM
    DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Hamas leader-in-exile Khaled Meshaal said on Monday Israel must free Palestinian prisoners in exchange for a captured Israeli soldier, asserting that Israel's military campaign in the Gaza Strip was futile.

  • Northrop and Raytheon have the solution for Israel tom counter rocket attacks by militants in the Gaza Strip Open this result in new window
    India Daily - Jul 10 10:22 PM
    Northrop and Raytheon are pitching defense systems to Israel to counter rocket attacks by militants in the Gaza Strip.

  • Israel denies 'excessive force' Open this result in new window
    BBC News - Jul 10 1:54 AM
    Israel rejects criticism that its military offensive in the Gaza Strip is a disproportionate use of force.

  • Breach Security Secures Israel's Largest eCommerce Site Open this result in new window
    [Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Jul 11 2:00 AM
    CARLSBAD, Calif.----July 11, 2006--Breach Security, the leading provider of next-generation web application security solutions for protecting business-critical data and applications, today announced that NetVision Ltd., Israel's largest ISP, has selected the BreachGate WebDefend appliance to protect and secure Israel's most popular eCommerce site, hosted by NetVision, that markets hundreds of

  • Report: Israel Conducting Secret Negotiations on Prisoner Release Open this result in new window
    Israel National News - Jul 10 11:12 PM
    (IsraelNN.com) Secret negotiations are being conducted between Israel and Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal on the release of kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in exchange for the release of terrorist prisoners held by Israel.

  • The Fate of the Jewish People Open this result in new window
    RealClearPolitics.com via Yahoo! News - Jul 11 1:30 PM
    On the occasion of Israel's 50th anniversary as a modern state, the political columnist Charles Krauthammer laid out the very bleak math on the future of the Jewish diaspora if present trends continue.

  • Israel Rejects Hamas Terms for Exchange of Prisoners Open this result in new window
    New York Times - Jul 10 9:28 PM
    Prime Minister Ehud Olmert forcefully rejected dealing with Hamas, despite hints of behind-the-scenes deals.

  • Gaza: Israel Deserves Scolding Not Coddling Open this result in new window
    Arab News - Jul 10 4:13 PM
    During a summit held in Iran last Friday, Arab foreign ministers jointly rounded on Israel for upping its aggressive tactics against the Palestinian people.

  • Israel withdraws from Gaza, Hamas claims victory Open this result in new window
    World Tribune - Jul 10 11:13 AM
    GAZA CITY The ruling Hamas movement has claimed victory as Israel withdrew troops from much of the Gaza Strip. Hamas asserted that it drove Israeli troops out of the northern Gaza Strip during heavy fighting over the weekend.

  • Israel Pounds Gaza With More Deadly Strikes Open this result in new window
    Arab News - Jul 10 4:13 PM
    GAZA CITY, 11 July 2006 Prime Minister Ehud Olmert defended the massive military offensive in the face of international criticism and calls for restraint as Israel pounded Gaza with more deadly airstrikes yesterday.

  • Israel expands Gaza offensive, tanks and troops enter two areas(Updated 11:25 a.m.) Open this result in new window
    Chinapost.com.tw - 1 hour, 4 minutes ago
    Israeli aircraft blasted a house and killed at least six people in Gaza City early Wednesday during a high-level meeting of Hamas commanders, Palestinians and the military said, as Israeli forces expanded their offensive in the southern Gaza Strip.

  • Israel says Gaza offensive has no timetable Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 09 3:02 PM
    Israel vowed on Sunday to pursue air and ground assaults in the Gaza Strip indefinitely, rebuffing a proposed truce and keeping pressure on militants to free an abducted soldier and halt cross-border rocket attacks.

  • Olmert Says Israel Has No Plan to Topple Palestinian Government Open this result in new window
    Bloomberg.com - Jul 10 2:21 AM
    July 10 (Bloomberg) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Israel's Gaza incursion, now in its 13th day, isn't aimed at toppling the Palestinian Authority's Hamas-led government.

  • Israel probe finds border failure Open this result in new window
    BBC News - Jul 11 6:43 AM
    An Israeli army inquiry into the incident that triggered the current crisis in Gaza finds serious shortcomings.

  • Israel pushes into central Gaza Strip Open this result in new window
    RedNova - 39 minutes ago
    By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - I

  • Israel expands Gaza offensive Open this result in new window
    RedNova - 38 minutes ago
    By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - I

  • Pax Christi Criticises Firms Backing Israel Occupation of Palestine Open this result in new window
    Catholic Times - Jul 10 4:08 PM
    By Paul Donovan in London: Pax Christi has backed a report from campaigns group War on Want which has highlighted the role of companies like Tesco, Sainsburys, Waitrose, Connex and Caterpillar in Israels war against the Palestinians.

  • Japanese PM Heading to Israel Open this result in new window
    Israel National News - Jul 10 10:12 PM
    (IsraelNN.com) Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is on his way to Israel where he will meet with Israeli and Palestinian Authority (PA) officials. Koizumi is expected to urge the sides to enter into negotiations towards resolving the ongoing conflict.

  • Israel pushes into central Gaza Strip Open this result in new window
    Stuff - Jul 11 5:01 PM
    GAZA: Israeli tanks and troops have pushed into the central Gaza Strip, expanding a two-week-old offensive aimed at recovering a captured soldier and stopping rocket attacks by Palestinian militants.

  • Israel army 'enters central Gaza' Open this result in new window
    BBC News - Jul 11 3:09 PM
    Israeli troops cross into central Gaza in an expansion of their offensive, Palestinian witnesses say.

  • Amira Hass: Israel Bars Palestinian Americans Open this result in new window
    The Palestine Chronicle - Jul 10 7:01 PM
    For the first time since 1967, Israel is preventing the entry of Palestinians with foreign citizenship, most of them Americans. Most of those refused entry are arriving from abroad, but have lived and worked for years in the West Bank.

  • Japan's Koizumi kicks off visit to crisis-hit Mideast Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 11 12:40 PM
    Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi arrived in Jerusalem at the start of a tour of Israel, the Palestinian territories and Jordan.

  • Israeli Airstrike Shocks Gaza Open this result in new window
    CBS News - 5 minutes ago
    Israel says the airstrike, which killed at least six people, wounded Mohammed Deif, the Palestinian militant who has topped Israel's wanted list for a decade. CBS News correspondent Lara Logan has an exclusive report from the scene.

  • After 30 Years: Wife Loses Right to Enter Israel Open this result in new window
    The Palestine Chronicle - Jul 10 8:01 PM
    "It must be a mistake, the caprice of a clerk at border control," Aadel Samara responded when his wife Enayeh informed him by phone on May 26 that her entry to Israel, through the Sheikh Hussein Terminal (near Beit She'an), was not permitted. There was no reason to suspect anything but an error.

  • Missiles, rockets fly between Israel, Gaza Open this result in new window
    CNN.com - Jul 09 11:10 AM
    Israel continued military actions Sunday as part of an operation aimed at securing the release of an Israeli soldier and ending Palestinian attacks against Israel, after rejecting a cease-fire proposed by the Palestinian Prime Minister Saturday.

  • Gaza civilians caught in the middle in fighting between Israel, militants Open this result in new window
    San Francisco Chronicle - Jul 10 3:45 AM
    With mourners chanting calls for vengeance, the funeral procession wound its way through dusty streets on Sunday, bearing the shrouded bodies of a Palestinian mother and her two children. Civilians are increasingly at risk in Israel's nearly 2-week-old...

  • Israel Vows to Press Gaza Attack Until Soldier Is Freed Open this result in new window
    New York Times - Jul 09 11:01 AM
    Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told his cabinet today that Israel will continue its military offensive in the Gaza Strip at its own pace.

  • Gaza: A Never-Never battle Open this result in new window
    International Herald Tribune - Jul 11 9:30 AM
    Events on the Gaza-Israel front are not deterring Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel from his commitments to the principle of disengagement.

  • Offensive to continue in Gaza, Israel says Open this result in new window
    International Herald Tribune - Jul 09 3:45 PM
    Israel will continue its military offensive in the Gaza Strip until Palestinian militants release a captured Israeli soldier and halt their rocket attacks.

  • Israel should end systematic killing of Palestinians: OIC Sec-Gen Open this result in new window
    ArabicNews.com - Jul 10 12:57 PM
    Secretary General of Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu yesterday said that Israel should put an end to systematic killing of Palestinian people.

  • Israel pushes into central Gaza Open this result in new window
    RedNova - Jul 11 6:41 PM
    By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - I

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