Middle East shifts may weaken Iran's influence with Palestinians
CAIRO — Iran for years has supplied Hamas with weapons as part of its own struggle against Israel, but the conflict in the Gaza Strip reveals a shift in regional dynamics that may diminish Tehran's...
View ArticleAnalysis: Middle East shifts may weaken Iran's influence with Palestinians
CAIRO -- Iran for years has supplied Hamas with weapons as part of its own struggle against Israel, but the conflict in the Gaza Strip reveals a shift in regional dynamics that may diminish Tehran's...
View ArticleA fragile peace: in pursuit of a solution
As shop owners pushed open their metal shutters and signs of life returned to the streets of Gaza, the scars of eight deadly days of open warfare between Israel and Hamas marked a landscape already...
View ArticleWRAPUP 6-Tel Aviv bus blast shakes Gaza truce efforts
* Clinton seeks ceasefire deal and "broader calm" * Goes to Egypt, main truce broker, for ceasefire talks * Israel says wants long-term deal to end rocket strikes * Ten wounded in Tel Aviv bus blast...
View ArticleClinton says ceasefire comes at "critical" moment
CAIRO (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday the ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza had come at a crucial time for countries of the Middle East. "This...
View ArticleGaza shakes as Clinton seeks truce
Gaza/Occupied Jerusalem: Israel struck more than 100 targets in Gaza overnight, killing a Hamas gunman and destroying a cluster of Hamas government buildings. Palestinian fighters fired 31 rockets at...
View ArticleTel Aviv bus blast shakes Gaza truce efforts
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A bomb exploded on a bus in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, potentially complicating efforts by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to pursue an elusive truce between Israel and...
View ArticleGaza shakes, bus explodes in Tel Aviv as Clinton seeks truce
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday pursued a Gaza truce, with Israel and Hamas still at odds over key terms, as Israeli air strikes shook the enclave and a...
View ArticleIsraeli-Gaza ceasefire holds
Hostilities cease between the two sides after eight days of fighting that have claimed more than 160 lives Israeli soldiers prepare to leave their Gaza border position as the ceasefire takes hold....
View ArticleHow the 'imminent' Gaza ceasefire unravelled
A truce was said to be in the bag on Tuesday night, but hit stumbling blocks in a sign of the problems that lie ahead Hillary Clinton meets Mohamed Morsi as efforts to stop the Gaza war continue....
View ArticleEgypt announces Hamas-Israel ceasefire
CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) - Israel and the Islamist Hamas movement agreed on Wednesday to an Egyptian-sponsored ceasefire to halt an eight-day conflict around the Gaza Strip that has killed more than 140...
View ArticleHamas leader says Israeli onslaught has failed
CAIRO (Reuters) - The exiled leader of Hamas said on Wednesday that Israel had failed in its "adventure" when it launched attacks on Gaza and accepted Palestinian terms. "It failed, praise be to God,"...
View ArticleIsrael, Hamas call a Truce
Both sides wary, disagree over issues in deal Cease-fire details Key details of the cease-fire agreement reached yesterday between Israel and Hamas: • Israel agrees to stop hostilities in Gaza,...
View ArticleGaza ceasefire observed nervously as tensions simmer
A ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Gaza Strip’s Hamas rulers took effect Wednesday night, bringing an end to eight days of the fiercest fighting in years and possibly signalling a shift in...
View ArticleGaza crisis: Palestinians back on streets as truce holds
People in Gaza have been attempting to return to normal life as a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in effect since Wednesday, appears to be holding. A number of rockets were fired from Gaza in the...
View ArticleGaza ceasefire seems to be holding
Gaza/Jerusalem - A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas held firm on Thursday with scenes of joy among the ruins in Gaza over what Palestinians hailed as a victory, and both sides saying their fingers...
View ArticleTentative ceasefire agreed between Hamas and Israel
Israel and Hamas agreed to end the conflict in Gaza in an agreement mediated by Egypt. Both sides claimed victory after the ceasefire was announced in a press conference involving Egyptian Foreign...
View ArticleGaza ceasefire holds but mistrust runs deep
LATEST: A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has held firm with scenes of joy among the ruins in Gaza over what Palestinians hailed as a victory, and both sides saying their fingers were still on the...
View ArticleHamas says truce requires opening of Gaza crossings
CAIRO (Reuters) - Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal said a deal to end fighting between Israel and Palestinian groups in Gaza stipulates that all of the Palestinian territory's crossings must be...
View ArticleEgyptian-brokered Hamas-Israel ceasefire takes hold
CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) - Israel and the Islamist Hamas movement ruling the Gaza Strip agreed on Wednesday to an Egyptian-sponsored ceasefire to halt an eight-day conflict that killed 162 Palestinians...
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