Gaza violence: ‘we don’t want to escalate but maybe we have no choice’ Rockets from militants are slamming into Israeli cities, Israeli air strikes are killing Palestinian children, and no end is in sight Palestinian relatives of 12-year-old schoolboy Ayoub Useila grieve during his funeral in Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza. Link to this video The yellowing [...]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel is not looking for an escalation of hostilities, but operates on the principle “kill or be killed.” (AFP/Gali Tibbon, File) TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma’an) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Sunday that Israel would hit back against rocket fire, while insisting the country wants to avoid [...]
Al-Quds Brigades and Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades fighters, at a news conference in Gaza City. (MaanImages/Wissam Nassar, File) GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The military wing of the PFLP in Gaza on Saturday called for resistance groups to unite in order to respond to an Israeli airstrike which killed five Islamic Jihad fighters earlier in [...]
Islamic Jihad: Ceasefire with Israel agreed at dawn Published today (updated) 26/08/2011 21:13 An Israeli army jeep passes by Egyptian soldiers on the Israeli-Egyptian borders on North East Sinai, August 22, 2011. [Reuters/Asmaa Waguih] BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Senior Islamic Jihad officials said the faction had agreed a ceasefire with Israel at dawn Friday, after [...]
Israel moves to ease strains with Egypt Published today 16:32 JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Israel offered on Thursday to investigate jointly with Egypt the killing of five Egyptian security personnel during an Israeli operation against cross-border raiders a week ago, violence that has strained relations with Cairo’s new rulers. “Israel is ready to hold a [...]
An unofficial truce was declared after four days of clashes which left 15 Palestinians dead [Reuters] Israel has launched several attacks on Gaza, killing three Palestinians and wounding several others, prompting Hamas to allege that the attacks violated an unofficial two-day-long truce. Medics in Gaza said an Israeli air strike on Wednesday evening killed 20-year-old Mohammad Moqat. He was a member of the [...]
Israeli Video Games in Gaza by Alison Weir, August 24, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum He looks at the camera with bright eyes and the beginning of a smile, wearing a miniature dark blue zipper sweatshirt, the cuffs folded up a bit to make it fit. I can imagine his mother dressing [...]
VERA MACHT: THE HOUSE OF NASSER AND HIS CHILDREN WAS BOMBED SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2011 AT 9:27AM GILAD ATZMON Thursday evening I got the call. From Inge, my ISM colleague, who is still in Gaza. “Nasser’s house was bombed,” she just said. “The paramedics are evacuating the family now. I’ll keep you updated.” It took about an [...]
War Clouds Back Over Gaza by Mel Frykberg, April 13, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum RAMALLAH – After several days of intense violence, during which 19 Palestinians were killed and one Israeli wounded, a fragile calm has returned to Gaza. But political commentators argue that this could well be a precursor to [...]
