Palestina

GAZA CITY (AFP) — The Gaza Strip, the lesser half of the Palestinians’ promised future state, is home to 1.4 million residents who struggle against poverty and violence on the shores of the Mediterranean.

GAZA CITY (AFP) — The Gaza Strip, the lesser half of the Palestinians’ promised future state, is home to 1.4 million residents who struggle against poverty and violence on the shores of the Mediterranean.

Envoy says Israeli soldier could be exchanged for 600 Palestinian prisoners PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday armed groups had agreed to stop firing rockets into Israel from Gaza, but fighters said such a move would be dependent on Israel halting its offensive.

LAST MONTH WAS the deadliest in the Gaza Strip for nearly two years, with Israel’s offensive against Palestinian fighters in the territory leading to a surge of killings, a Palestinian research group said on Thursday.

RAMALLAH — Four Palestinians were killed Saturday in two separate early morning Israeli air strikes in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah. The first air strike killed a 16-year-old girl, Kifah Natour, and her brother, Amar, 15. Their mother, Huda, 50, and four other people, including their 13-year-old brother, …

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — By wasting little time withdrawing troops from northern Gaza over the weekend after a two-day operation, Israel made clear it did not want to get bogged down in territory it quit less than a year ago.

OCCUPIED  JERUSALEM (AP) — The two most powerful players in the violent standoff over the capture of an Israeli soldier offered up sharply differing visions Monday on how to resolve it.

GAZA CITY (AFP) — Israel pounded Gaza with fresh air strikes Sunday as Prime Minister Ehud Olmert vowed the massive operation will go on — despite so far failing to win the release of a soldier seized two weeks ago.

غزة-دنيا الوطن قال قيادي بارز في حركة حماس انه لا توجد لدى حماس اية معلومات عن مغادرة رئيس مكتبها السياسي دمشق لاي مكان .