GAZA CITY (AP) — Palestinian fighters broke through Israel’s heavily fortified Gaza border and battled troops inside Israel for about two hours Saturday, in an abortive attempt to abduct an Israeli soldier in which one of the raiders was killed but the military said no soldiers were harmed.
Read More »5 Lebanese soldiers die in camp battles
NAHR BARED (Reuters) — Five Lebanese soldiers were killed on Saturday in the latest bout of heavy fighting against Al Qaeda-inspired gunmen entrenched in a Palestinian refugee camp, a military source said.
Read More »Israeli forces re-enter Gaza
Israeli tanks and troops have pushed into the southern Gaza Strip where they have traded gunfire with members of the armed wing of the Hamas movement, the army and Hamas have said.
Read More »“Israel is a frightened society”
CAIRO — Israel is behaving like Nazi Germany and has turned into a “Zionist” ghetto with a lot of paranoia about its existence as it builds a separation wall and uses military force as the only language to solve crises, the former Knesset speaker, Avraham Burg, has said.
Read More »Palestinian and Egyptian delagations meet
Delegation from the Palestinian Arab Front travels to Cairo to take part in the factional dialogues
Read More »Turkey’s army chief denies report of cross-border operation
ANKARA, Turkey — Chief of General Staff Yasar Buyukanit reacted harshly to an AP report which suggested the Turkish Army had entered northern Iraq, telling reporters Thursday (June 7th) that the army “is no reckless hoodlum”.
Read More »Iran and the U.N.
As the United Nations Security Council prepares to debate a third round of sanctions against Iran for its continuing refusal to stop its uranium enrichment program, it is time for the five permanent, veto-wielding states to get serious about their efforts to curb the ambitions of an increasing powerful and …
Read More »Army resumes shelling in Lebanon
The Lebanese army has resumed shelling the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon, saying the targeted posts are held by Fatah al-Islam fighters. Shelling started at 6am on Saturday after a calm night, marking almost three weeks since fighting broke out.
Read More »Zionist forces re-enter Gaza
Zionist tanks and troops have pushed into the southern Gaza Strip where they have traded gunfire with members of the armed wing of the Hamas movement, the army and Hamas have said.
Read More »Bush holding talks in Poland on Missile defense shield
Bush arrived in Poland on Friday for talks on a planned US missile shield in central Europe after receiving a surprise Russian counter-offer to base it in Azerbaijan.
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