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Gaza City zookeepers have found a creative way of drawing crowds to their dilapidated zoo — by painting their donkeys. The Marah Land Zoo's only two zebras died of hunger earlier this year when they were neglected during the Israel-Hamas war.
The Israeli army says it carried out airstrikes on a weapons workshop east of Gaza City and two weapons smuggling tunnels under the Gaza-Egypt border.
Two bombs went off near a mosque and inside Gaza's main security compound early Sunday in the latest violence to shake the troubled coastal territory, security officials said. No injuries were reported.
A federal appeals court says a former Israeli security chief cannot be sued in the United States for 15 deaths in a Gaza City bombing.
Three-quarters of the rock and gravel quarried in the West Bank are transferred out of Palestinian territory and used by Israelis, a human rights group said Monday, charging Israel's government with violating international law.
The English town of Worcester is seeking sister city status with Gaza City in a gesture of solidarity with Palestinians, a government official said Thursday.
Israeli warplanes pounded smuggling tunnels under the Gaza-Egypt border early Wednesday, a day after a Palestinian bomb killed an Israeli soldier and the Israeli military vowed to respond harshly to any further attacks.
Israeli security forces have backtracked on a report that Gaza militants fired on Israel in violation of a shaky truce.
Derar Mohammed, a 19-year-old Palestinian, spent several hours Thursday watching a surreal scene unfold on television as Israeli forces inflicted heavy damage on the Gaza City neighborhood where he and his family lived until they fled the city nearly three weeks ago.
International doctors called for an end to the violence in Gaza, saying hospitals were scenes of "nightmarish havoc" in articles published Wednesday in The Lancet medical journal. In a special report detailing the human toll of the Gaza offensive, the Lancet said Gaza City's Al Shifa hospital asked for extra refrigeration equipment before the bodies of patients with severe wounds began decomposing.
Palestinian civilians caught in the middle of an Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip are gathering in apartment buildings and homes not yet hit by the fighting, preferring hardship to the greater danger in other parts of the embattled territory, two Palestinians told msnbc.com on Tuesday.
Israel unilaterally ceased fire in the Gaza Strip on Sunday but kept its troops there after a 22-day war meant to halt years of rocket fire on southern Israel but whose vast scale of death and destruction provoked international outrage.
Uniformed Hamas security teams emerged on Gaza City's streets Monday as leaders of the Islamic militant group vowed to restore order in the shattered Palestinian territory after a three-week pummeling by the Israeli military.
Israeli troops made their deepest advance into the Gaza Strip's most heavily populated area on Sunday, encountering increasingly fierce resistance from Hamas fighters as they warned civilians to stay clear of the battle zone.
With fighting all around them, Israeli troops knocked on the door of the Samouni clan in Gaza City last weekend and told them to leave, directing them to the building owned by a relative. Twenty-four hours later, three shells slammed into the structure where dozens of people were huddling, according to survivor accounts Friday.
Israel dropped bombs and leaflets on Gaza on Saturday, pounding suspected rocket sites and tunnels used by Hamas militants and warning of a wider offensive despite frantic diplomacy to end the bloodshed.
The U.N. suspended aid shipments in the Gaza Strip on Thursday and the Red Cross restricted its convoys after their trucks came under Israeli fire. The threat of a wider conflict arose when militants in Lebanon fired two rockets into northern Israel.
The international Red Cross accused Israel on Thursday of "unacceptable" delays in letting rescue workers reach three Gaza City homes hit by shelling where they eventually found 15 dead and 18 wounded, including young children too weak to stand.
Anas Mansour sleeps in his street clothes in a south Gaza refugee camp, with his ID in his pocket so he can flee quickly if fighting gets worse. In Gaza City, the 10 members of the Karam family huddle in their hallway at night, kept awake by artillery fire booming outside.
France and Egypt announced an initiative to stop the fighting in Gaza late Tuesday, hours after Israeli mortar shells exploded near a U.N. school sheltering hundreds of people displaced by the onslaught on Hamas militants. At least 30 Palestinians died, staining streets with blood.
Terrified prisoners fled a Gaza City jail bombed by Israeli warplanes on Sunday, their faces white with dust and red with blood as they stumbled over huge piles of rubble.
Gazans seeking food aid walked away empty-handed from locked United Nations distribution centers Saturday after a strict Israeli border closure depleted U.N. food reserves.
Israeli troops and Palestinian militants fought with missiles and mortars along the Gaza-Israel border on Wednesday, raising new concerns that an increasingly shaky five-month-old truce might collapse.
The crayons, construction paper and toddlers scattered on the floor suggest a typical daycare center or kindergarten classroom. The armed guards and surveillance cameras reveal a painful reality.
Hamas police waged a fierce gunbattle against members of a heavily armed Palestinian clan in a crowded neighborhood Tuesday, leaving three clan members and one policeman dead, officials said Tuesday.
The Gaza Surf Club: Catching Waves in a War ZoneThe road to Gaza City ran between shambling concrete buildings with strings of green Hamas flags fluttering over traffic. On the concrete center divider stood occasional trees and more than one burnt-out hulk of a car.
Persecuting Palestinians: Speaking Up for a Forgotten Group Does Secretary Hillary Clinton read the reports issued by her own State Department? It's a fair question.
Obama invites Mideast leaders for talks on 'comprehensive peace' - CNN.comWASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Obama is launching an effort "to achieve a comprehensive peace in the Middle East," his spokesman said Tuesday. President Obama speaks to the media during a meeting Tuesday with Jordan's King Abdullah II.
UN: Hamas seized food and blankets from needy GazansA United Nation spokesman on Wednesday accused Hamas police in Gaza Strip of seizing thousands of blankets and food parcels meant for needy residents.
Israeli army shells Gaza despite ceasefire progress on Yahoo! NewsIsraeli Army with tanks and Artillery keep pounding Gaza City positions after three weeks of continuous fighting, (Reuters)
Israeli shelling kills dozens at UN school in Gaza• Reports of more than 40 killed in and around UN shelter • 12 members of family killed in Gaza City air strike
Hamas: Israel has legitimised the killing of its children As fighting intensified on the northern outskirts of Gaza City today, a top Hamas leader broke cover to warn Israel that the Islamists would kill Jewish children anywhere in the world in revenge for their own young who have died in the devastating assault.
How do they know which of the casualties in Gaza are civilians? Israeli aircraft bombed Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip for the fourth day straight on Tuesday. Gaza officials said that, as of Monday, 364 Palestinians have been killed, and the United Nations noted that at least 62 were civilians. How did the U.N.
'For the children, it is like living in hell'As explosions echoed in the distance and Israeli aircraft roared overhead, many residents in Gaza City were hunkered down in their houses yesterday, praying the bombs would spare them and worrying about how to feed their families and keep them warm should they survive.
Israel attacks Gaza, more than 140 reported killed Israeli war planes and combat helicopters pounded the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip today, killing at least 140 people and prompting rocket fire from Palestinian militants that killed an Israeli, medics said.
UN Condemns Israeli Settler ClashesThe UN Security Council has condemned a rampage by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in Hebron, which came after they were evicted from a disputed building in the West Bank city.
Al-Ahram Weekly | Region | Gaza's useful mercenariesDespite the exhaustion apparent on his face, the young officer made a point of shaking hands with his soldiers and thanking them for their efforts. It had been a long night of clashes and incredibly harsh conditions.
After Annapolis: PA Television Erases Israel From Map. by Hillel Fendel.11/29/07, 2:40 PMJust one day after the Annapolis conference at which the PA recognized the State of Israel's right to exist in peace and security, the PA's official television station screened a map that shows a Palestinian state in place of Israel.
Three die in heavy Gaza fightingAt least three people have been killed and 10 injured in heavy fighting in Gaza as rival Palestinian factions challenge the authority of Hamas. The dead included a 13-year-old boy caught in the crossfire, medics said.
Olmert 'won't play into Hamas hands'Prime Minister Ehud Olmert continues to oppose mounting a major IDF operation in the Gaza Strip or cutting off Israeli-supplied utilities to the region, despite Tuesday's Kassam attack on the Zikim army base, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
Convent damage unsettles Gaza ChristiansGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Broken crucifixes and shards from a statue of Jesus have been swept up, but Gaza's tiny Christian community says the violent warning sent by Islamic militants cannot be erased.
Israel offers to release prisoners as Middle East leaders show support for AbbasMiddle East leaders looking to contain and weaken Hamas forces now controlling the Gaza Strip converged at this Red Sea resort Monday.
Israelis launch airstrike on Hamas areaGAZA CITY, Israel - A large explosion struck a Hamas compound in central Gaza City Thursday, wounding at least five people, Palestinian witnesses and medical officials said.
BBC man missing for eight weeksThe BBC journalist kidnapped in Gaza, Alan Johnston, has now been missing for eight weeks. The 44-year-old has not been seen since he was seized at gunpoint on his way home in Gaza City on 12 March.
Egypt Sends Weapons Through Israel to FatahJERUSALEM (AP) - Egypt has sent a large shipment of weapons through Israeli territory to shore up forces loyal to the embattled Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli security officials said Thursday - an extraordinary show of support by both countries for his efforts to r …
2 Fox News Journalists Kidnapped in GazaPalestinian gunmen ambushed a car carrying a Fox News crew in Gaza City on Monday and kidnapped two of the journalists inside, according to witnesses and Fox. "We can confirm that two of our people were taken against their will in Gaza," Fox News said in a statement.
War on Iran Has Begun - July 13, 2006 - The New York SunA great account about the war to come, and an unparalleled summary of Iran's stakes in the region.
Air strike on Palestinian PM's HQIsraeli aircraft launch an attack on the office of the Palestinian prime minister in Gaza City, witnesses say. The attack comes during an Israeli incursion into Gaza after one of their soldiers was abducted last week.
New Demands for Israeli Soldier's ReleaseFrom the page: -- Three militant groups holding a 19-year-old Israeli tank gunner ask Israel to free 1,000 prisoners and "end all aggression" in the West Bank and Gaza. Israel reiterated that the soldier should be released unconditionally. --
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