Gaza Strip

The UN Security Council ended Wednesday's closed-door discussion on seeking a ceasefire in the conflict in Gaza Strip without an agreement on how to move forward.  

GAZA CITY, Gaza — Israel ordered a pause in its Gaza offensive for three hours today to allow food and fuel to reach besieged Palestinians, and a government spokesman said it “welcomes” an Egyptian-French cease-fire proposal as long as Hamas ...  

Mourners pray beside bodies of Palestinians, killed at a U.N. school, during their funeral in Jabalya i n the northern Gaza Strip January 7, 2009 Israeli soldiers mourn during the funeral of their comrade Alex Mashavisky at a cemetery in Beer Sheva January 7, 2009 BY NIDAL al-MUGHRABI...  

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Mortar rounds fired by Israeli forces exploded at a U.N. school Tuesday, killing at least 30 Palestinians who had sought shelter there during a day when Israeli forces pounded deeper into the Gaza Strip and a Hamas rocket ...  

Tel Aviv/Gaza - Israel welcomed Wednesday a Franco-Egyptian proposal to end 12 days of fighting in the Gaza Strip that has killed hundreds and injured thousands, but continued to attack the enclave. "Israel welcomes the (Franco-Egyptian) initiative ...  

Tel Aviv/Gaza - Israel welcomed Wednesday a Franco-Egyptian proposal to end 12 days of fighting in the Gaza Strip that has killed hundreds and injured thousands, but continued to attack the enclave. 'Israel welcomes the (Franco-Egyptian) initiative ...  

ISRAEL last night launched a daily three-hour pause to its bombing of the Gaza Strip, in a concession to international pressure for a ceasefire and outrage at the killing of 48 civilians in three UN-run schools. In response, Hamas ceased firing ...  

The sun sets over rising smoke on the Gaza Strip as Israeli artillery is still striking Gaza, Gaza-Israel border, 07 January 2009. Clashes between Israel Defense Forces troops and Palestinian gunmen resumed in Gaza City on 07 January afternoon, after ...  

GAZA — Israel and Hamas studied an Egyptian proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday that won immediate backing from the United States and Europe, hours after Israeli shells killed 42 Palestinians at a UN school. However, Israeli ...  

GAZA CITY, Gaza (AP) - Israel's leaders conferred Wednesday at the military's nerve center to decide whether to continue an offensive against Hamas or consider an international plan that would halt 12 days of bloodshed in the Gaza Strip. With ...  

WAR ZONE … Smoke caused by explosions from Israeli strikes rises over Jebaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, on Monday. Israeli forces pounded Gaza Strip houses, mosques and tunnels on Monday from the air, land and sea, consolidating their ...  

A Palestinian inspects the rubble of a building following an Israeli airstrike in Rafah refugee camp southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009. Israel said Wednesday that it "welcomes" an Egyptian-French ceasefire proposal for Gaza as long as such ...  

Violence has resumed in the Gaza Strip after a three-hour halt to attacks Israel termed a "humanitarian respite". The brief lull allowing Gaza's beleaguered residents to look for food and fuel was also followed by news that Ehud Barak, the Israeli ...  

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel's military paused its Gaza offensive for three hours today to allow food and fuel to reach besieged Palestinians, and the country’s leaders debated whether to accept an international cease-fire plan or to expand the ...  

AFP - Western and Arab foreign ministers plan to resume bargaining Thursday to try to reach a compromise on a UN Security Council text for a truce in the strife-torn Gaza Strip, diplomats said.