Palestinian militants fired at least 17 more rockets into Israel Sunday and the Israeli military launched an air strike in the Gaza Strip during the region’s fourth straight day of violence. Overall, the violence has claimed the lives of 15 Palestinians, nine Israelis and five Egyptians. Palestinian police say Israeli troops arrested scores of Hamas […]
Gaza Rockets Hit Israel in 4th Day of Violence
Posted August 21st, 2011 at 10:40 am (UTC-5)
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Gaza Rockets Hit Israel in 4th Day of Violence
Posted August 21st, 2011 at 9:55 am (UTC-5)
Palestinian militants fired at least 17 more rockets into Israel Sunday and the Israeli military launched an air strike in the Gaza Strip during the region’s fourth straight day of violence. Overall, the violence has claimed the lives of 15 Palestinians, nine Israelis and five Egyptians. Palestinian police say Israeli troops arrested scores of Hamas […]
Gaza Shoots Rockets into Israel
Posted August 21st, 2011 at 6:40 am (UTC-5)
Palestinian police say Israeli troops arrested scores of Hamas members Sunday in the southern West Bank, just hours after the faction’s Gaza branch fired rockets into Israel. Israel says militants in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip have fired more than 100 rockets into southern Israel in the past few days. Israeli military spokesman Brigadier General Yoav […]
Gaza Rockets Kill 1, Wound 20 Others in Southern Israel
Posted August 20th, 2011 at 4:15 pm (UTC-5)
Israeli officials say Gaza militants have fired a barrage of rockets and mortars into southern Israeli communities, killing one civilian and wounding at least 20 others. Authorities say several Grad rockets hit a house and a car in the Israeli city of Beersheba late Saturday, killing a man and wounding seven people. Rockets also struck […]
Palestinian President to Submit Statehood Proposal to UN
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 7:05 pm (UTC-5)
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says an application for Palestinian statehood will be submitted to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in September. Mr. Abbas made his remarks Tuesday as he completed a trip to Bosnia-Herzegovina, where he pressed government officials to support a Palestinian bid for statehood. He then traveled to Lebanon, where he will seek more […]
Palestinian President to Submit Statehood Proposal to UN Chief
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 2:25 pm (UTC-5)
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says an application for Palestinian statehood will be submitted to the U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon in September. Mr. Abbas made the announcement in Sarajevo Tuesday as he completed a trip to Bosnia-Herzegovina, where he pressed government officials to support a Palestinian bid for statehood. He then traveled to Lebanon, where he […]
Palestinian President to Submit Statehood Proposal to U.N. Chief
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 10:45 am (UTC-5)
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says an application for Palestinian statehood will be submitted to the U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon in September. Mr. Abbas made the announcement in Sarajevo Tuesday as he completed a trip to Bosnia-Herzegovina, where he pressed government officials to support a Palestinian bid for statehood. He planned to travel on to Lebanon, […]
Israeli Airstrikes Kill 1, Wound 4 in Gaza Strip
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 3:45 am (UTC-5)
Israel has carried out several airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, which Palestinian medical sources say killed one person and wounded at least four others. The Israeli military says it struck four targets Tuesday, including a group of militants who were trying to fire a rocket at Israel. The attack came after a rocket fired from […]
Israeli Airstrikes Wound 5 in Gaza Strip
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 1:25 am (UTC-5)
Israel has carried out several airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, which Palestinian medical sources say wounded at least five people. The Israeli military says it struck four targets Tuesday, including a group of militants who were trying to fire a rocket at Israel. The attack came after a rocket fired from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip […]
Israel Approves 277 Apartment Units In West Bank
Posted August 15th, 2011 at 4:30 pm (UTC-5)
Israel has approved the construction of 277 new housing units in a Jewish settlement located deep in the occupied West Bank. Israel’s Defense Ministry said Monday that Defense Minister Ehud Barak approved the new housing in the Ariel settlement. It said Israel would reserve at least 100 of those units for Israelis evacuated from Gaza […]
