Israel fired missiles and sent tanks on a foray into Gaza on Wednesday, killing four Palestinians in the deadliest military action since Hamas militants took control of the coastal strip. At the same time, Israel allowed in a few sick and wounded Palestinians of the hundreds of people who fled the violence — with many holed up for days at a fetid border passage with Gaza.
Mr. Schiff, defense editor of the newspaper Haaretz and author of numerous books, was a household name in Israel.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon joined Western nations on Wednesday in criticizing the world body's own Human Rights Council for picking on Israel as part of an agreement on its working rules.
Israel fired missiles and sent tanks on a foray into Gaza on Wednesday, killing four Palestinians in the deadliest military action since Hamas militants took control of the coastal strip.
With his group firmly in power in Gaza, Hamas official Mahmoud Zahar said Wednesday the radical Islamic movement doesn't want trouble with Israel, but warned it won't be the Jewish state's "protector" and threatened retaliation for attacks on militants.
Israel attacked Islamist fighters in Gaza on Wednesday for the first time since Hamas seized the territory, and ended an embargo of the Palestinian Authority by opening contacts with a new government in the West Bank.
Israel fired missiles and sent tanks on a foray into Gaza on Wednesday, killing four Palestinians in the first military action since Hamas militants took control.
US President George W. Bush said Tuesday he will send a top diplomat to Israel next month to continue negotiations on a new, 10-year military aid deal with the Jewish state.
Israel attacked Islamist fighters in Gaza on Wednesday for the first time since Hamas seized the territory, and ended an embargo of the Palestinian Authority by opening contacts with a new government in the occupied West Bank.
Israel fired missiles Wednesday on the Gaza Strip in the first attack since Hamas militants took control and it let in a few seriously ill Palestinians who had been holed up for days at a fetid border crossing.