NBCNews.com | No More Truce: Israel and Hamas Resume Fighting in Gaza NBCNews.com GAZA CITY, Gaza — Despite a 24-hour cease-fire proposal, Israel and Hamas continued launching attacks Sunday, adding over a dozen fatalities to the sky-high death-toll accrued in nearly three-weeks of conflict. Hamas asked for a cease-fire hours after ... Netanyahu vows Israel will do 'whatever is necessary' New fighting breaks out in Gaza despite Obama's appeal for a cease-fire Israel resumes shelling of Gaza Strip |
USA TODAY | Israel Says Its Forces Did Not Kill Palestinians Sheltering at UN School New York Times JERUSALEM — Israel and Hamas went back and forth on Sunday over proposals for a new cease-fire in the fighting in the Gaza Strip, and Israel sought to bolster its claim that its forces were not responsible for the deaths of 16 Palestinians reportedly ... Israel Acknowledges Mortar Strike at UN School, But Denies Casualties Israel admits mortar shell hit UN school Israel rejects Gaza school shelter attack blame |
USA TODAY | Gaza war rages despite Hamas, Israel truce pledges USA TODAY After Hamas' call for a cease-fire, an Israeli airstrike killed one in Gaza after it hit a vehicle carrying workers who were on their way to fix water pipes, the Palestinian Red Crescent said. At the same time, a rocket fired from Gaza lightly injured ... |
An Israel Without Illusions New York Times JERUSALEM — Israelis and Palestinians are imprisoned in what seems increasingly like a hermetically sealed bubble. Over the years, inside this bubble, each side has evolved sophisticated justifications for every act it commits. Israel can rightly ... |
Israel military rejects blame for deaths at UN shelter CNN Gaza City (CNN) -- The Israeli military denied Sunday that it was responsible for anyone killed last week when a mortar hit the courtyard of a U.N. school that was shelter to many Gaza residents. Officials from the United Nations and the Palestinian ... |
New York Times | Israel Extends Cease-Fire in Gaza, a UN Request Rejected by Hamas New York Times JERUSALEM — Under intense diplomatic pressure, Israeli leaders decided late Saturday to extend a halt to hostilities in the Gaza Strip through midnight Sunday, but said their troops would maintain defensive positions and continue to ferret out tunnels ... |
New York Times | Hamas Offers Cease-Fire After Israel Resumes Gaza Offensive New York Times JERUSALEM — Soon after barrages of rockets were fired from Gaza into Israel on Sunday morning, the Israeli military announced that a humanitarian lull in its Gaza offensive, which was meant to last through midnight, was over. Then, on Sunday afternoon ... |
Gaza campaign on pace to become deadliest Israeli conflict in recent years Washington Post JERUSALEM — Palestinian and Israeli casualties are mounting at a pace that could surpass any other Israeli conflict in nearly a decade, amid signs of a deepening military and political stalemate driven by diplomatic gridlock, Palestinian militant ... |
Netanyahu says Israel's assault on Gaza Strip will continue Los Angeles Times In a round of interviews on Sunday TV talk shows, Netanyahu said Israel would remain focused on destroying the militant group Hamas' “terror tunnels” that extend from Gaza into Israel and threaten the nation's security. The Israeli leader's statement's ... |
The Guardian | Vic Alhadeff resigns after comments supporting Israel The Guardian Vic Alhadeff ,the chair of the New South Wales Community Relations Commission (CRC), has resigned following controversial comments he made supporting Israel. An email sent by Alhadeff defending Israel's military offensive in Gaza, which has so far ... |